I would say that the big challenge in "converting" people away from their common line of thinking, from a communications perspective, is the longstanding connection to physical properties of:
solid: definite shape and volume (and fixed distance between atoms/molecules),
liquid: definite volume (up to compressibility) but no fixed shape or inter-particle distance,
gas: no definite volume and no definite shape or particle-particle distance.
So if you want to communicate "there's no difference between liquid and gas" except in certain materials (or under certain conditions) where a phase transition is observable, that's a big challenge right there.
How would you re-formulate the distinction between liquid and gas, or how would you encourage people to change their line of thought in thinking about liquids and gases, so that they can overcome this rigid way of thinking?
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2025-03-09 17:33:01 UTC
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