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not_IO to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Phase Change

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Phase Change

not_IO to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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https://xkcd.com/3025/

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  • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m so lost!

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect

      • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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        Woah, that’s really cool!

        • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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          What’s even cooler is that the Wikipedia URL actually supports unencoded slashes

          • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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            I noticed that! Never seen that before either.

          • kabi@lemm.ee
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            deleted by creator

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Water above 273 K with a certain amount of pressure becomes kiki again.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      Where’s that area on this phase diagram?

      • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        There:

        Flextape meme

  • cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    Some rain feels very kiki to me.

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      True, but if you look at it close up, it’s bouba. Very small bouba moving fast does kinda turn into kiki at larger scales.

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        We need a grand unified theory for describing the physics where matter goes from bouba- to kiki-scale.

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    It’s not just crystals. Even amorphous solids, like glass, can be extremely kiki.

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      amorphous is a bouba word for kiki materials

  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I like to do a quick bouba/kiki experiment with people when they ask me what having synesthesia is like

    Demonstrates nicely the “I didn’t know why, I just know that it is” feeling

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