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I have to agree with you on this one.
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Why is Water Wet?
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True... but off topic.
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
Maybe, but why is not-wet water not wet? And why is wet gel wet? isn't the question really about just why "wet is wet"?True... but off topic.
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
Oil called. It says water isn't wet, as it has never been made wet by water. So. [FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being.[/FONT]
Same reply as earlier: the epitome of coincidence.
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
Same reply as earlier: the epitome of coincidence.
I agree.
We all started as kids, having a bath, and realizing that this thing that we were emerged in had a certain feel to it, different than being outside of it or in bed, etc. The different feels later were associated with words that we learned from our parents. What we conceive is "wet" is essentially a word based on conformity describing a very subjective and personal experience.
Let's say someone had a disease that made him/her feel pain when touching water (it would be a terrible disease). That person would associate "wet" with pain. It's all in the end dependent on our senses and neural system to what we ascribe wet, dry, smooth, etc. The words are just common words we've learned to associate with those (personal) experiences.
It's even more interesting when we start experimenting (and experiencing) non-newtonian substances. Like the starch-water combo. It feels wet if you slowly dip your hand in it. But punch it, and it's semi-solid.
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qualiaphile
Best answer ever
Ouroboros
Coincidentia oppositorum
Oh, and there's "dry water" now too: Dry water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i.e. silica coated water molecules.
i.e. silica coated water molecules.
Water is wet because thats what its nature or attribute. Just like stone is hard, sugar is sweet. Substance is known for its nature, if you takes away the nature from its substance then it does not remains that substance anymore. Just like if you takes away the sweetness of sugar, it can not be said sugar anymore.
We define things as either "ourselves" or "not ourselves." We tend to divide the category of "not ourselves" to multiple parts in order to differentiate between them.
Water is wet for the same reason why language exists: To make things easier to understand between more than one person.
Simply: It's wet because the english language defines it as such. It is NOT called wet in my language... SO yeah.
As to the property of wetness itself: That is an issue of physics. And water happens to be wet because of its physical properties. There is nothing mystical about this: We know exactly why water has the property of wetness. It has not been in question for some time now so why ask it here?
Water is wet for the same reason why language exists: To make things easier to understand between more than one person.
Simply: It's wet because the english language defines it as such. It is NOT called wet in my language... SO yeah.
As to the property of wetness itself: That is an issue of physics. And water happens to be wet because of its physical properties. There is nothing mystical about this: We know exactly why water has the property of wetness. It has not been in question for some time now so why ask it here?
paarsurrey
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paarsurrey
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It has to be, if it is not wet, it is not water. Right?
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is ice wet?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It's the molecular structure that makes water wet whereas it slides past for the most part along other molecular structures.
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
Water isn't wet.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
wet (adj.)
Old English wæt "moist, rainy, liquid," also as a noun. "moisture, liquid drink," from Proto-Germanic *weta- (source also of Old Frisian wet ). Also from cognate Old Norse vatr; all from PIE *wed- (1) "water, wet" (see water (n.1)). Of paint, ink, etc., "not yet dry" from 1510s. Opposed to dry in reference to the U.S. battles over prohibition from 1870. Wet blanket "person who has a dispiriting effect" is recorded from 1871, from use of blankets drenched in water to smother fires (the phrase is attested in this literal sense from 1660s).Do we not know them, those wet blankets who come down on our pleasant little fires and extinguish them, with no more ruth than the rain feels when it pours on the encampment of the merry picnic party, or floods the tents of a flower show? ["Wet Blankets," in "Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine," February, 1871]All wet "in the wrong" is recorded from 1923, American English; earlier simply wet "ineffectual," and perhaps ultimately from slang meaning "drunken" (c. 1700). Wet-nurse is from 1610s. The diver's wet-suit is from 1955. Wet dream is from 1851; in the same sense Middle English had ludificacioun "an erotic dream."He knew som tyme a man of religion, þat gaff hym gretelie vnto chastitie bothe of his harte & of his body noghtwithstondyng he was tempid with grete ludificacions on þe nyght. ["Alphabet of Tales," c. 1450]
wet (v.)
Old English wætan "to wet, moisten, water; be or become wet;" see wet (adj.). From mid-15c. as "to intoxicate" (oneself). Meaning "urinate" is by 1925. Related: Wetted; wetting.
wet (n.)
Old English wæt (see wet (adj.)).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wet
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Old English wæt "moist, rainy, liquid," also as a noun. "moisture, liquid drink," from Proto-Germanic *weta- (source also of Old Frisian wet ). Also from cognate Old Norse vatr; all from PIE *wed- (1) "water, wet" (see water (n.1)). Of paint, ink, etc., "not yet dry" from 1510s. Opposed to dry in reference to the U.S. battles over prohibition from 1870. Wet blanket "person who has a dispiriting effect" is recorded from 1871, from use of blankets drenched in water to smother fires (the phrase is attested in this literal sense from 1660s).Do we not know them, those wet blankets who come down on our pleasant little fires and extinguish them, with no more ruth than the rain feels when it pours on the encampment of the merry picnic party, or floods the tents of a flower show? ["Wet Blankets," in "Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine," February, 1871]All wet "in the wrong" is recorded from 1923, American English; earlier simply wet "ineffectual," and perhaps ultimately from slang meaning "drunken" (c. 1700). Wet-nurse is from 1610s. The diver's wet-suit is from 1955. Wet dream is from 1851; in the same sense Middle English had ludificacioun "an erotic dream."He knew som tyme a man of religion, þat gaff hym gretelie vnto chastitie bothe of his harte & of his body noghtwithstondyng he was tempid with grete ludificacions on þe nyght. ["Alphabet of Tales," c. 1450]
wet (v.)
Old English wætan "to wet, moisten, water; be or become wet;" see wet (adj.). From mid-15c. as "to intoxicate" (oneself). Meaning "urinate" is by 1925. Related: Wetted; wetting.
wet (n.)
Old English wæt (see wet (adj.)).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wet
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