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When air moves around small fibers, they move. Look at literally any fibrous material under a microscope and you'll see this -- it's really cool to see exactly
by freeone3000 6y ago
When air moves around small fibers, they move. Look at literally any fibrous material under a microscope and you'll see this -- it's really cool to see exactly how small individual fibers in a thread are!
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoYeah but the videos are more than just "air" - they don't move until applied moisture/heat then they move on their own without more. Kind of like those Japanese dishes with little flakes on them?
- ceejayoz 6y agoAnyone with frizzy hair can conclusively tell you inert, dead material can change with moisture/heat.
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoYou're doing a generalization without looking at the vid... why not look?
- ceejayoz 6y agoI did. As a kid, I had these: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Capsules-various-themes-package/dp/B000096R2E https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Capsules-various-themes-package... They moved, grew and changed shape when put in water, too. That doesn't make them alive. Or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGPfSSUlReM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGPfSSUlReM A thin strand of material moving around when put in water is not at all surprising to me.
- Igelau 6y ago> They moved, grew and changed shape when put in water, too. That doesn't make them alive. Or they were alive and part of a shadow operation to deploy an army of plasticky animals into homes.
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoSo a cell isn't alive? It moves in a stream of water and other stuff(s). I guess not that surprising.
- ceejayoz 6y agoA cell is alive. Some things move because they're alive. Some living things don't move. Some non-living things move, too. Movement is not conclusive evidence of life. These videos - setting aside the legitimacy of 4chan for a moment - demonstrate "if you put the fiber in water, it moves", not "these fibers are alive".
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoWell, given that there exists no formal definition of life then that's just like, your opinion, man. I say that in jest, but, it has merit. Any definition you try will be contested, even in academia.