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School is just one simplification after the other (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by illectrility@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

5! Err... 6!

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Many other states are known such as Bose–Einstein condensates and neutron-degenerate matter but these only occur in extreme situations such as ultra cold or ultra dense matter.

Yup!

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

Really we should talk about quasi particles too. Not exactly a state of matter but stuff like polaritons blur a few lines.

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[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

Like, water alone has like, five different phases IIRC.

Or was that helium?

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

you might by confusing "solid phases" for states of matter.

If we draw a phase diagram you'll see shit like ice, ice 2: the cooler ice, ice 9: radical edition or whatever but they're all solid phases. The they just have different structures.

Sort of like lamp black and graphite are both forms of carbon but not really because that's got to do with distinct bonding. A better example, if you know your steels, is martensite vs autensite.

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[-] ben@lef.li 6 points 8 months ago

Ahh yes. Good ol' Michael Reeves. Awesome.

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Actually ...

[-] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Which one of his videos is this from?

[-] nicolauz@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

4 is the worst possible answer there is.

You either accept a simple model (fitting the audience/context) or your being pedantic about it, then the answer is anything >=5, but definitely not 4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=184eP_KuXek