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xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths (imgs.xkcd.com)
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==COSMOLOGY==> 'Uhhh ... how sure are we that everything is made of these?'

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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