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xkcd #3144: Phase Changes

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People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a spike like protrusion in one of my icecubes from a regular ice cube tray you place in the freezer.

But couldn't tell you why though

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was trying to give you a present.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Clearly. And I took it with grace and added it to my rum.