• chumbalumber
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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.