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> And likely is exponentially worse the colder it gets. Not quite. If we assume that the human body is a black body, the radiation loss is proportional to (T_b
by codethief 5y ago
> And likely is exponentially worse the colder it gets.
Not quite. If we assume that the human body is a black body, the radiation loss is proportional to (T_body)⁴-(T_outside)⁴, where T_body is the body's temperature and T_outside is the temperature of the surrounding[0]. So not quite exponential but still pretty significant.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%E2%80%93Boltzmann_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%E2%80%93Boltzmann_law