• chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Eh, you wouldn’t use the noun water to refer to atoms of water. ‘How many waters are there?’ to refer to atoms of water is the statement of someone deranged

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      2 months ago

      Water only exists as atoms. There is no non-discrete water, it is inherently in reality discrete.