The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1imageIf it wasn't in an encyclopedia, you just trusted word of mouth.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·10 months agowe used to think that glass is actually a slowly flowing liquid.
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoOpinions seem to vary, but Scientific American is credible enough, right? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-glass-really-a-liquid/
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoIt’s not. Part of the myth comes from ol timey glaziers putting glass fat side down.
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoDidn’t know this has been disproven, I thought it was a “scientists don’t know for sure” type thing
we used to think that glass is actually a slowly flowing liquid.
Opinions seem to vary, but Scientific American is credible enough, right? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-glass-really-a-liquid/
Is…that not true?
It’s not. Part of the myth comes from ol timey glaziers putting glass fat side down.
Didn’t know this has been disproven, I thought it was a “scientists don’t know for sure” type thing