Comment on xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths

• Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are both describing the same particles.

  Water and ice are made up the same particles and molecules yet the mathematical to define the effect of force/pressure is very different - plastic deformation vs fluid dynamics as the example given above

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• Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean in the case of the comic, yeah the reason for the behavior actually is tied to pretty much the same principles, but the generalized statement you made isn’t, well, generalizable.

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