Fire is one of the most important discoveries made in human history. It is even considered a landmark. According to research published in the science journal "Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences", the fire was discovered nearly a million years ago. It is believed that the fact that our ancestors managed to rule the fire contributed greatly to our evolutionary development.
In human history, fire has served many purposes. Sometimes it is a sacred item to be worshiped, sometimes a weapon, sometimes an illuminator, sometimes a cooking tool, sometimes a starter of reaction for scientists…
What exactly is fire? Now let's talk a little bit about that. If we are talking about what most people think of when it comes to fire, we can say that fire has occurred in the presence of sufficient oxygen, heat, and a substance that can burn. However, burning is not obtained only in this way. You can also perform this process with substances such as fluorine or carbon dioxide. In other words, fire with a general definition; is the name of a fast and oxygenated burning process that emits light and some other by-products.
Now let's come to the point why I started talking about the fire. When I think about it, I realized that fire contains many of the features that a living being possesses. Let me explain why I think so by giving examples of the common characteristics of living things.
Respiratory. If we do not count some types of fire used in chemistry, as far as we know that the fire uses oxygen and also gives carbon dioxide. I don't need to say anything else about this subject ...
Excretion. Firstly, let's clarify what excretion generally means. Excretion is the removal of metabolic waste products from the body. So, is there a similar situation for fire? Or let me ask what is smoke? Smoke is the small solid particles that have not been fully burned and dispersed into the air as liquid or gaseous form. In fact, it throws away substances that it cannot burn, just like we throw away substances that are not useful to our body.
Sensitivity. Fire is a very sensitive formation that can respond even to the slightest breezes. For example, if you pour alcohol on it, it will blaze. Or when it sees another fire, it turns to that side. You can see that it is not indifferent to the things around.
Reproductive. Reproduction is the production of offspring. Well, can fire reproduce? If you ask me, the fact that sparkle can burn somewhere else and that this newly formed fire has features similar to the parent fire. This completely reminds me of reproduction.
Growth. It seems a fire left by itself, or a fire triggered especially by flammable substances, can grow. And as soon as it finds something that it can be fed, it grows by eating them. It also digests them. Wait, did I just say ‘fed’?
Death. The termination of biological functions that keep the organism alive is called death. Doesn't the fire turn into an ash after living for a while? Or can it not be killed as a result of the outside intervention?
Apart from these, fire differs in its characteristics just like the characters of people. For example, when copper burns, it gives a green flame. Lithium, red; strontium, tile red; sodium, yellow; potassium gives off a violet-colored flame. It may blaze and fade like the mood of people. It is energetic. It is impatient, it can grow suddenly. It is careless, sometimes it does not pay attention to where it burns. Maybe that's why most people with this character have fire group horoscopes.
In short, fire has many common features with living things. I don’t know if these features are enough to put it in the category of living things, but such resemblance seemed to be very interesting. What are you thinking? Do you think fire is a kind of living thing? Could the fire have a soul? Or would it fall into the category of half alive, at least like viruses? Or, nooooo way, it is just fire?..
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