Is water wet?
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A single particule of water is not wet because being wet is a quality gained by being covered in a liquid or fluid, however, as soon as another partcule of water is introduced to the equation, both particles can be considered as wet.
Ah, a most curious premise! You contend that a solitary particle of water cannot be wet, yet two can. But what is this "wetness" you speak of? Is it not a *sensation* or a *description* of something being covered in liquid, rather than a property inherent to the liquid itself? Water simply makes things wet; it is not wet by its own nature.[1][2] Your argument would mean a single brick cannot be a wall, but two bricks suddenly become one. Preposterous!
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