Instigator / Pro
1500
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Topic
#6079
Water is wet
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- Number of rounds
- 5
- Time for argument
- One week
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- One week
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
1495
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15
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Description
This question has been debated online for a long time. I myself have debated this in the past. But I've seen more since then, and have considered both sides, and I still have come to the conclusion that water is wet. And I'm going to go at this a bit differently than I did last time, in a more conclusive way. Do not base any arguments off of a technicality when you clearly know what the statement meant.
Round 1
I have looked at both sides of the argument, and I personally have still come to the conclusion that water is wet. This is mainly because there are two things that can't seem to be properly addressed by water-isn't-wet advocates:
1. Water is not dry, therefore it is wet. Wet and dry are opposites, so when it is not at all one, it is the other. We can all agree that water is not dry, so how come we cannot all agree that water is wet? We all agree that water is definitively not dry, yet some people still say it isn't wet either. What other option is there? Well some might make the argument that water is a third state that isn't wet, nor dry. But this concept isn't real, and they're speaking completely out of their ahh when they say this, because there is no evidence for this third state, there are no definitions for it, and so there absolutely no case for its existence. This concept is only ever proposed when people are trying to say that water is not wet, and they have no way of showing that it exists.
2. Some say, "Water makes things wet, but it is not in and of itself wet." But this simply is not possible. A thing cannot make something else wet if it is not in and of itself wet. If I touched a brick, my hand wouldn't get wet, because the brick is not wet. If I touched water, my hand would get wet, because water is wet. It simply doesn't make any sense to say, "If I touched water, my hand would get wet, because water is not wet." The water must be wet to transfer the property of wetness onto things.
Conclusion: Until these things are adequately addressed, there is no way water cannot be wet.
Tickbeat , i appreciate u for ur personal conclusions that water is wet in the beginning of first round of debate
alright but i prefer others and u , to decide and make ur personal decision upon ur perception , that
what is what
instead of impose what i perceive
if maybe i perceive my opponent wronge that's not make my opponent wronge ( nor right )
Tickbeat say : " Water is not dry, therefore it is wet. " ....... Water makes things wet
everything is't white or black , sometimes something is black and something white but that's not true too........... sometimes
everything matters from reality to ur perception ....... reality is't always what u perceive ...... as water maybe water its objective for u and me but our feelings r our feelings and our feelings r not objective ......... sometimes i don't feel what u feel
Conclusion: i don't impose what i think on u but u impose on u what u think ........ water is wet or not its upon our feelings for us .... but our feelings not define truth but only for us
Round 2
"Everything isn't black or white, sometimes something is black and sometimes something is white, but that's not always true."
Yes I edited the quote, but all I did was make it grammatically correct because the original message was borderline incomprehensible.
Indeed, not everything works in opposites. But wet and dry are opposites. Sure, not everything is black and white, but not everything isn't black and white either. And in this case, wet and dry is black and white.
Con then goes on a tangent about how reality isn't always the way we perceive it. This is also true. There are quadrillions of solar neutrinos passing through your body every second. You don't see those. But we study the universe enough to know that, despite the fact that we initially don't perceive the reality of those solar neutrinos. And so we have studied water and discovered its nature based on that. So the nature of liquid and water doesn't "depend on your perception of reality." Water objectively exists the way it does.
Conclusion: Con inadequately responded to my first point, which I then responded to back, and has not at all responded to my second point. So I have held both of my original points as correct, and so far, no adequate rebuttal has been made on con's part.
😊 My dear if u prefer to play dumb then i've to respect these red herrings
but that's against the essence of debate to blame each other ..... so i don't like to make it against u
according to standard Definition of " wet "
covered or saturated with water or another liquid
if we say water makes others things wet , its maybe true sometimes , but if u say water is wet then that's ur illusions
we've to understand that to being wet and to make wet is different
Round 3
Yeah? Well the definition of wet according to Merriam Webster is: consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (such as water). Water is consisting of liquid, therefore it is wet. So it's one word against the other here, which is why I didn't cite them.
Plus, water can be "covered with" liquid, because the water molecules are covered with other water molecules, existing in a liquid relationship with each other.
If being wet and making things wet are different things, explain how something that isn't wet can make things wet.
Conclusion: Con has still not adequately addressed my original points, therefore I still hold them to be correct.
My dear Pro of debate u find Merriam Webster's definition of wet being wronge becoz , it proves ur statement ( Water is wet ) completely wronge
As Tickbeat blieve that :
water can be "covered with" liquid, because the water molecules are covered with other water molecules, existing in a liquid relationship with each other.
according to ur believe Gold is also liquid too . as lower molecules of Gold is covered by upper molecules of Gold and in relationship with each other ..... and wet too.....
and ofcourse according to ur words if the most upper molecules of water , who r not under cover by other molecules , what u say about them .... they r not wet u make contradiction on ur believes ..........
Btw , i like to ans what u ask from me :
If being wet and making things wet are different things, explain how something that isn't wet can make things wet.
when water get in contact with something that such as a surface of steel then water make a layer of its molecule upon it , when u touch that thing u actually touch not that steel but after the laywer of water ........ when u contact in with molecules of water upon the surface u feel wet little sticky ..
alright i like to make it more easy to get , when we drink alcohol (wine )we feel lazy its dos't mean wine itself is lazy , in the same way water makes effect on other things not on itself
Round 4
You completely missed why I used Merriam Webster's definition of wet. I specifically said before the debate that I wasn't going to bring up specific definitions, and instead was going about it in another way (the way of which you now can see). So when you brought up the definition of wet, I did too, specifically to show you that they contradict each other, hence why I didn't use them before in any of my arguments.
"According to your beliefs, gold is liquid, too. As lower molecules of gold are covered by upper molecules of gold, and in a relationship with each other, and wet, too."
First of all, it's actually gold atoms, not gold molecules. Second, this is just a blatant misquote. You intentionally changed the wording very slightly so it would fit your argument, and hoped that I wouldn't notice. Unfortunately for you, I did. Because I specifically said that the water molecules are covered with other water molecules, existing in a liquid relationship with each other. Did you miss that part? I'm sure you didn't, you just took it out on purpose. It is not liquid if the molecules / atoms are not existing in a liquid relationship with each other, so gold is only liquid if you have melted it into a liquid. Otherwise, it's not, and is therefore not wet.
"When water gets into contact with something, such as the surface of steel, then water makes a layer of molecules upon it. When you touch that thing, you don't touch the steel until after you've touched the layer of water. When you come into contact with molecules of water upon the surface, you feel wet and sticky."
Let me know if I messed up the interpretation of any part of this quote. Yes, you feel wet and sticky when you touch something wet. That's because your hand has now become wet, due to the fact that the property of wetness has been transferred onto your hand via the water. How did the water do that? Because it is wet. You haven't explained anything in this quote related to my question of "How can water make things wet if it is not in and of itself wet?"
Conclusion: Con has still not adequately addressed my points, therefore I still hold them to be correct.
Mercury is a metal in liquid state , can we say Mercury is wet ?if gold in liquid state make things wet like water in liquid state too
What's goin on with the rhythm of Tickbeat
haha , what u think is may not be right but i admire u for that
i don't think what u say , is exactly i think but may be 😊 , i don't wanna hurt u
but there's some objection my lord
Objection no.1 :
when i consider molecules of gold in my example ,
"According to Tickbeat beliefs, gold is liquid, too. As lower molecules of gold are covered by upper molecules of gold, and in a relationship with each other, and wet, too."
but my opponent consider my considerations inappropriate and
My opponent oppose and say : "First of all, it's actually gold atoms, not gold molecules"
but i prefer to clear one thing that ,
molecule : a group of atoms bonded together (group of atoms of gold make a molecules it makes a some piece of gold , which my example valid like ur )
so in my example molecules of gold and ur example of water looks exactly same , and r liquids according to ur methodology of liquid and of being wet state of liquids
Objection no.2 :
Tickbeat say : It (gold) is not liquid if the atoms are not existing in a liquid relationship with each other, so gold is only liquid if you have melted it into a liquid. Otherwise, it's not, and is therefore not wet.
i like to introduce some to u dear , IMF
Intermolecular forces, often abbreviated to IMF, Intermolecular forces are the attractions between molecules, which determine many of the physical properties of a substance and r responsible to hold molecules together
My dear forces r between every molecules of every substances from water to gold
if IM-Forces get weaken by external forces such as temperature , every substance changed its physical nature from solid to liquid or from liquid to gas
Ice have stronger Im forces due to which ice , looks like solid to us ....... may according to ur methodology Ice can't make things wet ..... but c when ice become in contact with thing that has high temperature than ice , ice make a layer of liquid water upon its surface and same thing happend , u touch surface of that thing and find water upon ur skin , which we named wet , what u named it 😊
Objection no.3 : (this objection is technical but if u find it hard then just read it once for general knowledge)
Tickbeat say : gold is only liquid if you have melted it into a liquid. Otherwise, it's not, and is therefore not wet.
if gold get melt and then get in contact with something solid , can we consider that gold makes things wet too
ofcourse yeah , but to feel that is hard i guess
Most important objection
Objection no.4 :
Tickbeat say : gold is only liquid if you have melted it into a liquid. Otherwise, it's not, and is therefore not wet.
when gold get melt and make other things wet , water in solid can make it too ?
as we can say gold and water makes things wet
can u say that gold is wet too ? as u say water is wet
haha nope my dear , but what u say
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my dear opponent feel sad and say
You haven't explained ............. my question of "How can water make things wet if it is not in and of itself wet?"
Alright my dear i can describe by ur highness i can explain it again
wet = something that is covered or saturated with water or another liquid
when contact with some solid ( iron plate ) then , there's a laywer of water covered the surface of iron plate , exactly when u water get in contact with our skin , water makes its laywer upon ur skin , which all called wet for u , hence ur skin is wet becoz laywer water is upon it
its all about presence of water upon ur skin or something else which is solid
Round 5
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Actually, water can fit the "covered with" description, because the border is drawn at individual water molecules, which are all covered with other water molecules, together behaving in a liquid state between each other.
Just because something cannot become wet doesn't mean it isn't wet. In fact, that argument states that it cannot become wet specifically because it was never formally dry, and then became wet, upholding my argument that water is not dry. Bringing us onto your baseless claim that "Just because wet is the antonym of dry doesn't mean water is 'wet' because it isn't dry." Sorry, but if wet is the antonym of dry, and water isn't dry, it is wet. That's just how opposites work.
How can it be neither wet nor dry? I already said that there is no case for the fantastical "third state" only ever proposed when arguing for water not being wet.
WATER IS NOT WET. I don't know what the con is smoking but it must be some good stuff, cuz even a three year old can make better arguments than him. I have made a seemingly better argument than Con.
By definition, wet means "something" covered or saturated with liquid. However, water itself is the liquid. It cannot be "covered" by another liquid. It is impossible. Water can only make things wet. But it cannot BECOME wet, physically. Pro has stated that Water isn't dry so it has to be wet because opposite of dry is wet. Ofcourse water isn't dry because liquids cannot be dry. However, it isn't so simple as said. Just because wet is the antonym of dry doesn't mean water is "wet" because it isn't dry. Pro's argument does not fit the actual definition of "wet". I believe that water is neither wet nor dry. It is the medium to make things "wet" but it is not wet itself.
Okay 😅
I think I had a stroke reading that.
Serious debate is all about definitions, but if you want something else here, then fine. I just dont see how is it possible to argue this with no agreed definition. Its about as technical as it gets.
Well I wasn't particularly going to put that much focus on the fine line definitions (mainstream definitions one could site actually contradict each other). I'm going to go about it a bit differently.
This depends completely on definition of "wet". If it is "covered with water", then its yes in some cases, no in other cases. Really, cant debate this without a definition.