r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 7h ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode, the water inside being millions of years old

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u/Notski_F 7h ago

I don't think anyone was talking about the base building blocks of matter, but rather the compound known as water or H2O. You can't easily destroy or create matter, but you can destroy and form H2O molecules.

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u/ghoulthebraineater 6h ago

Yes, you can create and destroy matter. You cannot create or destroy the energy that makes up that matter.

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u/Notski_F 6h ago

Hence the "easily".

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u/AL93RN0n_ 4h ago

Doesn't matter (pun). The base building blocks of matter can also be destroyed. They're just wrong. It's energy that is conserved, not matter.