I can see what you mean by saying that ‘identical to water but not water’ is not true, but it’s called the ‘Twin’ planet. Even twins have different fingerprints. Can’t a substance act like water, look like water, and anything we do without looking at the molecular structure makes it seem identical to water, yet actually the creatures on that planet discovered a new molecule, that was just the same shape/form as a water molecule and have a different number of electrons?
I don’t really understand atom structure, so is this scenario possible?
According to my a-few-classes-of-college-level-chemistry-and-physics level knowledge, no. There just aren’t enough possibilities that are small enough to do that sort of thing that share enough of water’s properties, with the notable exception being literal anti-water (water made of antihydrogen and antioxygen).
I can see what you mean by saying that ‘identical to water but not water’ is not true, but it’s called the ‘Twin’ planet. Even twins have different fingerprints. Can’t a substance act like water, look like water, and anything we do without looking at the molecular structure makes it seem identical to water, yet actually the creatures on that planet discovered a new molecule, that was just the same shape/form as a water molecule and have a different number of electrons?
I don’t really understand atom structure, so is this scenario possible?
According to my a-few-classes-of-college-level-chemistry-and-physics level knowledge, no. There just aren’t enough possibilities that are small enough to do that sort of thing that share enough of water’s properties, with the notable exception being literal anti-water (water made of antihydrogen and antioxygen).