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Originally posted by Sidran
Its a matter of physics
Since everything is made of moving atoms that are never at rest we are considered liquids |
Of course everything is made of moving atoms. The only time atoms don't move is when they are at "absolute zero" (which is never,
AFAIK). The definition of a liquid is *not* being made of moving atoms, it's a state in which the atoms are bound loosely enough to "flow" but not so loosely that they diffuse away from each other (thus forming a gas). See
www.dictionary.com/search?q=liquid and
http://www.infoplease.com/search.php...=liquid&in=all.
By your definition, everything in the known universe would be a liquid, which would make the distinction between solids, liquids and gases meaningless.
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Over time glass will gather at the bottom of a window paine, anyway it was a physics philosophy.
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I wondered if that's what you were referring to. Read
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physic...ass/glass.html.
Wyvern