User blog comment:Madman97/The Peryite Theory (Part 2)!/@comment-1738746-20151027053034

(Was reading this while answering the interview questions lol)

I think a major piece of description is missing with regards to the jump between "convection" and heat and 'energy' transfer. Convection essentially describes that as electrons gain more energy, generally in the form of heat, they begin to move more. They knock into their neighbours and essentially transfer this energy to them so they get moving as well until eventually the whole "thing" is full of excited (moving) electrons. This is why if you leave a metal spoon in hot coffee long enough, the holding end of the spoon can get hot enough to burn you too. This method is used to heat this Warped Soul gem but this scientific principle alone isn't enough to describe the change we see in-game. Unless the gem is heated enough to create a structural change within the gem so that the gem ends up acting different as a result (think plastic spoon is shaped like spoon- heat it so it melts- let it cool so it re-hardens- now plastic spoon is shaped like a flat puddle). I don't think there's enough evidence to support this because the gem has to be taken to multiple convectors. To support this theory, you would have to have it at one convector and heat it up A LOT. And no, the theory of heating and cooling to change structural properties doesn't apply here because the heating and cooling needs to be rapid- so the game should have had us using fire then ice spells. So what does make sense? Well, pseudo-science gets into this, and I think it's applicable considering this is just a video game, so the creators don't really have to stick to hard science. Some fields of pseudo-science describe that heat is one of many forms of "energy" but not in the way energy is described by science. So, heating it up at multiple convectors, allows the warped gem to conserve this "energy" you and the convectors put into it (not heat, because when something heated cools down, it loses its [heat] energy- scientifically, things don't "get cold", they lose heat). This then erupts out when Arniel goes to use it, and provides the power for his experiment :) I hope with this you can see why "heat" alone doesn't go as far to explain the Heart's function within the Numidium- the "dash of magic on the side" is what does it really. It's the heart of a God after all, it will be full to the brim of powerful "energy". It really is just a giant and unique Soul gem, considering soul gems capture the "energy" of souls and use this to power enchantments. If you want an example of pseudo-science energy stuff, look up "Reiki healing". They essentially describe channelling "energy" to heal others, and this manifests in a physical form of heat coming off the healer's hands. Heat is technically a form of energy, but it's not the same kind of energy described in this healing technique to be the source of their "power" if you will.