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Both are, essentially, about crystalline structure. That sounds quite similar to a phase change to me. Especially if we consider ice to have multiple phases.
by rocqua 5y ago
Both are, essentially, about crystalline structure. That sounds quite similar to a phase change to me. Especially if we consider ice to have multiple phases.
- nawgz 5y agoYes, I see your point. I disagree for water such a phase change could be discovered under earth-like conditions, but I can see how "sufficiently complex" substances with reasonable energy deltas in their phase-/structural-changes could be "attacked/exploited/triggered" to look like an infection-style reaction. My stream of conscious while realizing this is here: [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28925835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28925835