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View submission: xkcd: Quantum Vacuum Virtual Plasma
Actually, if the energy is distributed throughout her body evenly and with 100% efficiency, then the following will happen:
20 kW absorbed by a 57 kg human body (125lb woman), having a specific heat capacity of 3.5 kJ kg^-1 K^-1, warms it up by 0.1 K every second.
She would reach a fever of 42 C (108 F) after 60 seconds, which causes brain damage and, eventually, death.
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