# What is fire? It's definitely not what you think it is.

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 13, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-fire-its-definitely-not-what-you-think-it-is/592535 "2011-08-13T01:46:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-fire-its-definitely-not-what-you-think-it-is/592535/21 "2011-08-17T00:05:19Z")

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Fire has baffled man for a very long time.

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-fire-its-definitely-not-what-you-think-it-is/592535/22 "2011-08-17T13:28:56Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> I grant you “emits light and heat” is redundant with “incandescent”. So 1 point to you.

Hey, he went from 0 points to 1, which is an increase of infinity percent. Impressive!

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