ZetaTalk: Science

may go unnoticed. A limited combustion process is what keeps the human body at 98.6 degrees, for instance - a slow

burn.

Oxygen is present in the blood due to the bellowing action of the lungs, and fats or sugars present from stores in the

liver or as a result of digestion. The components for a fire hotter than 98.6 are therefore present, but are held in check only by the limited supply of oxygen. Damp a fire and its pace becomes controlled. Blow on a fire and it flares. The

pace of a fire is determined by the availability of its ingredients, and for the slow burn that takes place in the human

body, oxygen is one of those ingredients. What would occur, then, if a substitute for oxygen were to become available,

along with a catalyst to start the process. Matches start a fire because the heat produced by friction acts as a catalyst

for the chemical mix on the head of the match. Where heat is not required to start the chemical process known as

combustion, oxygen or a similar ingredient is required to keep it going.

That said, what causes spontaneous human combustion, a rare but frightening occurrence.

Beyond what is normally present in the human body - oxygen in limited amounts and fuels - those who spontaneously

ignite have inadvertently created their own cremation by fretting and eating, a combination that often occurs. If life

feels out of control, then eat. Fat laden foods comfort the most, as comfort from banking against the cold of a long

winter or lean times is built into the human animal. The more worry, the more chomping occurs, and under normal

circumstances this simply results in obesity. However, worry causes the liver to flood the blood stream with a fine oil,

readily lit, in case the body may need to take flight or fight. In some humans a rare genetic condition exists that allows

the combustion of this fine oil to continue, unabated, when in combination with a type of adrenaline, the catalyst. The

need for oxygen is bypassed, as a self-feeding chemical reaction starts where a byproduct of the catalyst- induced

combustion incites combustion in neighboring areas, and the matter goes out of control.

These humans, ostensibly fat and even jolly, are invariably found alone in their cremated state. This was a source of

their self induced anxiety, as they chose to live alone, yet feared being alone, being their own worst enemy on all

fronts. Does the human suffer? They feel no pain, as they become unconscious early in the process. A warm feeling,

and then all goes black, as the brain is the first to receive blood from the pumping heart and brain cells are delicate.

The unconscious and rapidly dying body, heart and breathing stopped, progresses to an intense chemical reaction,

without oxygen, that is fast, hot, and very limited. The surroundings rarely burn unless highly flammable, as it is over

too quickly to heat the air or raise the temperature of flame resistant furniture to the level where combustion runs

unabated. Before the advent of flame resistant furnishings, spontaneous human combustion was not recognized for

what it is. A spark from the fireplace or perhaps murder were suspected, but all clues were destroyed in the fire.

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ZetaTalk: Dinosaur Extinction

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ZetaTalk: Dinosaur Extinction

Note: written by Jul 15, 1995.

Habitable planets are in the minority, as your scientists well know. Habitable planets that can sustain life long enough

for intelligent species to evolve are in an even slimmer minority. The reasons for this reduction is the number of

catastrophes that can befall evolving life, setting the clock all the way back. Catastrophes are many, and involve more

than cataclysms.

In the main, evolving life falls because of the tiniest enemy, microorganisms which are likewise constantly evolving.

Microorganisms have more flexibility than larger animals and greater mobility than plants. They can change hosts if

their original host is not available. They have fewer factors to deal with. Where a large animal must only breath air or

water but most often not both, and locate and eat non-poisonous food in sufficient quantity to sustain its bulk, and find

a mate and then carry and rear the young - microorganisms have an easier time of it all around. They can survive in

water or air, most often, eat most anything at hand, divide to produce young and all in a day. What we are telling you

is that the dinosaurs did not die because their food source failed to grow due to the gloom from dust thrown up from a

meteor impact, nor did small mammals chew up their eggs faster than they could hatch. They died because they were

genetically related, and were thus similarly susceptible to the same microorganisms. The killer is no longer

recognizable, having mutated long, long ago into another path altogether.

It would be sheer speculation as to what the intelligent species on Earth would have been, had this not occurred.

However, most habitable planets do indeed evolve reptilian species, not mammalian, as the dominant species. This is

simply first come, first serve. Reptiles evolve long before mammals, and have a head start. It does not follow,

however, that the intelligent species is mammalian only where the evolving reptilian species has had a catastrophe.

Most planets evolving mammals as the dominant intelligent species have not had such a history. Many factors come

into play, among them how difficult life is for the various species. A difficult life, while a curse at the moment,