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Except, in the water phase change examples, that ignores what is happening at the molecular level. When, ice melts, not SIMPLY ice changing to water. We really mean, at the water ice interface, more molecules are leaving the crystal structure and joining the liquid (water is VERY polar, so water mo...

Ultimately, I take this position: To resolve the age old dispute between idealism, realism, and materialism, we should probably assume the contribution of two components. In a 50/50 ratio, or with a predominance of one or the other. It seems best to adopt the golden ratio in this case. That is, a d...

MikeNovack wrote: ↑Sun Nov 23, 2025 6:47 pm So while ice melts, there is still some freezing going on and when water boils, still some condensation going on. I'd say that makes both changes "quantitative". More molecules going one way than the other.

I agree with you, Mike.

It's worth noting that idealiths (see paragraph 3), as the third component of material structures, primarily living ones, exist outside spacetime (actually, according to my new theory, outside spacetime-matter) and beyond simulation. This means that these structures are characterized by a certain a...

Belinda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 26, 2025 9:17 am The most effective definition of Eternity is that eternity is a condition of timeless, spaceless

I agree.

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Oct 27, 2025 5:28 pm It's also a quantitative change.

Of course, you are right.