• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    8 days ago

    Has anyone actually read any of those books?

    I feel like pretty much everyone who reads them is only doing so out of spite. I don’t think anyone has ever really wanted to read Fahrenheit 451.

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      8 days ago

      I saw also the movie, also a movie with similar content, Equilibrium. 451ºF is the temperatur when Paper begins to burn.

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        8 days ago

        451ºF is the temperatur when Paper begins to burn.

        Apparently this is not actually true, paper will burn at much lower temperatures than that which when you think about it is kind of obvious, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to set paper on fire with a lit match, you would need an accelerant, as wood starts burning at 400F.

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          7 days ago

          The title is refered to the temperature needed to burn books. “Who burn books, soon also burn people”.

          Currently very actual in the US