[–] slevin_kelevra 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
How?
[–] Derpfroot 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think it's just so hot that as long as your hand is moist, the intense heat with create a barrier of steam between his skin, which keeps a very small, but very important, layer between the two. Same reason people can do this same trick with liquid nitrogen.
[–] Jahwe ago
Well theoretically it ought to work this way too. Luckily we have Russians to test these kind of things.