Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24757875-20140429150437/@comment-24757875-20140430021317

Blaziken rjcf wrote: Friction. Simple. Ever rubbed your fingers on a bed sheet very quickly several times, or slid down a long rope quickly without something to protect your hands? The pain you feel is due heat, which in turn is caused by friction. That's what I first thought, but I have trouble believing that there is so much friction that the paper burns by itself.