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> He acknowledges that the study participants were from central Pennsylvania, so they weren’t accustomed to temperatures and humidity spiking off the charts. So
by OrvalWintermute 3y ago
> He acknowledges that the study participants were from central Pennsylvania, so they weren’t accustomed to temperatures and humidity spiking off the charts. Some people living in typically hot and humid climates may be better able to tolerate those conditions. However, he adds, volunteers were also young and healthy, which presumably would have made them relatively more resilient: Age as well as heart conditions, diabetes, and other diseases inevitably bring the threshold down for many. For some of them, 31 Centigrade (88 Farenheit) at 90 percent humidity might be deadly.
This was not a scientifically valid study, as it preselected individuals from a cold climate.
This is nearly as bad as selecting native Inuit from Alaska and conduct a study on handling humid heat ~ pre-biased towards a specific conclusion.
- slashdev 3y agoThe temperature in my office right now is 28.1 with 86% humidity. I'll start to sweat in a couple of minutes. I rely on air conditioning to keep things more comfortable (at the setting I use, it brings it down to about 24 degrees and 75-80% humidty.)
- ssklash 3y agoNo, it just means that people from that area cannot handle higher temperatures and humidity. Many parts of the world are not used to higher heat and humidity, and those same places are experiencing both more regularly, so it's quite relevant, and scientifically valid. Pennsylvania is nothing like Alaska. Nor is it the same as Qatar, but that should be obvious to most.