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> I suspect that humans will adapt to this new way of life we've brought upon ourselves. You can't beat the laws of thermodynamics. When the wet bulb temperat
by mediumdeviation 8y ago
> I suspect that humans will adapt to this new way of life we've brought upon ourselves.
You can't beat the laws of thermodynamics. When the wet bulb temperature reaches the human body's natural 37 degrees Celsius, it'll be impossible for the body to expel heat via sweating (evaporative cooling). At that point no amount of adaptation will help, and humans need technology to stay alive.
- esailija 8y agoMetabolic processes create unavoidable waste heat so the wet bulb temperature doesn't even need to reach 37. It starts to get dangerous already at 30 and 35 will kill any healthy person after a few hours even if they don't move at all.