>> More impressive is the scientific *fact* this this system is somehow 
>> able to keep the contents of the human body at a temperature drastically 
>> *lower* than the surrounding ambient, even though the human body itself 
>> generates heat, in utter defience of the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
>>
>> I'd never believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes...
> 
> Sorry, but the ambient temperature is generally lower than body temperature.

Yes, _usually_ it is, and this is quite unsurprising.

> When it is higher we use evaporation, as Scott says. 


didn't die. Indeed, although he came out looking half dead, a 
radiothermometer confirms that his *internal* temperature barely moved. 


> Although it is amazing the temperatures that we can tolerate. Once I was working




*serious* protective clothing...

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