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==COSMOLOGY==> 'Uhhh ... how sure are we that everything is made of these?'

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[–] ForgotAboutDre 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They are both describing the same particles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They are both describing the same particles.

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