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Earlier I had commented on how knowledge gained from a secondary (meaning pre-college) science class was worthless. The reason for this is because the texts have hundreds of errors on average. The very manner in which the classes are taught function under false assumptions and an entirely incorrect mind set. I was trying to illustrate this point by asking a very simple question: how many states of matter are there? I was expecting the reply of either three or four, these being solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. I was then going to reply that that would be wrong, because a fifth had been proposed in 1915 and experimentally proven in 1929. It has been over seventy years and text books haven't caught up yet. That is simply pathetic.

But as far as the whole how things work is concerned, from my outlook on life the most noble pursuit possible is to gain an understanding of nature. This is for several reasons. First of all you cannot achieve true happiness without such an understanding, and this has been proved conclusively to be true by Plato. The second reason for thinking that gaining an understanding of nature is important is because of religion. If there is a god of some sort, which I believe there is, then it is obviously important to follow this god's purpose in life, whatever it may be. There is nothing provided that shows conclusively what this purpose is, however. But if our universe came to exist because of this god, then we can find out things about this god by studying nature. Suppose that I am a painter. You can learn things about me by only looking at my work. In the same way, a person can learn about god by studying the god's work, which is nature and the universe. To reiterate: it is important to know how things work because of happiness and religion, even for those of the Christian faith.

Ice is fine so long as it isn't in my drink. I think that ice in drinks is most of the time the most silly practice possible. Allow me to go into detail:

1) It is desirable for a drink to be cold
2) It is desirable for a drink to have a moderate concentration

In most circumstances, except those in which, for example, a pitcher of tea is just made, a drink will already be cold when you get it. Go to Burger King and buy a large drink but don't get ice. The soda will be cold from the dispenser. The odds are that, unless it takes you an hour to eat a meal there, you drink will still be cold when you finish. Not only that but you can put more soda into the cup if you don't use ice, which is particularly handy if you don't get free refills. If you do get ice you have very little benefit. The drink might stay cold longer, but you get less in a cup. And by the time you finish your soda it might taste watered down because of melting ice, which is undesirable.

Because, as demonstrated in the circumstances above, there is nothing to gain from ice, it is therefore a waste of good water.

well said (I was only taught three states of matter, Solid, Liquid, and Gas three basics in science class. Though in Elementary, through High School I was taught the same thing over and over.)

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