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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by ars on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:37PM (#24938567)
The article says the glass does actually have a viscosity, so maybe she was not quite that wrong - just about the magnitude.

I think glass has a viscosity, but other solids do not, but will creep.

I hope my understanding is correct - if not, can anyone help explain?

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by aoki on Thursday October 29, 2020 @10:55PM (#24938653)
I believe you are correct. I had to shorten the title, and removed “observable” because the word “medieval” already refers to the science class meme that the viscous flow is at human history timescale (as opposed to ~1 nm/10^7 years).
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