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How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whizzz-vroom dept.

Datagod asks: "Has anyone ever calculated the temperature you would need to be able to slice through steel like it was thin air? How hot would a light saber really need to be? Also, I am assuming that at least some of the metal would be vaporized and the expanding gas would fling bits of molten metal at the saber wielder. Wouldn't your average Jedi be horribly scarred from all this."

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  1. Re:Could Jesus microwave a burrito by redalien · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Initial assumption: A being called "Jesus" exists that can do anything. Can he microwave a burrito (whatever that is) so hot that he can't eat it? In order to be able to do this, he needs to create a situation where he can't do something. Contradiction. If this isn't possible, he can't microwave it to that temperature. Contradiction. There is a logical problem with the initial assumption, no being could exhibit those properties.