Why can’t it be neither? Being wet or dry is a property of solids, or maybe gasses (where you’d say “humid” rather than “wet”). It doesn’t make sense as a qualifier of water itself.
I never got it either. I think they’re just contrarians. They just want to feel like they discovered something novel that all the people before them got wrong so they can indulge in pedantic arguments about it.
That is, when it’s not engagement baiting like the tweet above.
I see a lot of people try to answer brainteaser questions like this as if they can be driven down to some scientific ultimatum, but science can’t answer questions of philosophy. “Wet” is something we made up. A towel doesn’t care if it’s “damp” or not. How could it?
water isnt wet bro it just makes everything it touches wet but i SWEAR its not wet bro pls just believe me i have to be right its not wet
This is physically correct
This but unironically
It’s such a weird thing to say that it’s dry.
Why can’t it be neither? Being wet or dry is a property of solids, or maybe gasses (where you’d say “humid” rather than “wet”). It doesn’t make sense as a qualifier of water itself.
It can be neither, I said it’s weird when people say it’s dry.
I never got it either. I think they’re just contrarians. They just want to feel like they discovered something novel that all the people before them got wrong so they can indulge in pedantic arguments about it.
That is, when it’s not engagement baiting like the tweet above.
Possibly. Some do, I’m sure.
I see a lot of people try to answer brainteaser questions like this as if they can be driven down to some scientific ultimatum, but science can’t answer questions of philosophy. “Wet” is something we made up. A towel doesn’t care if it’s “damp” or not. How could it?
See my other comment if you want a link to a fun Vsauce video.