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[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 19 points 8 months ago

I disagree. In physics, you choose the simplest model that works for a particular purpose. If it is enough to assume that there are three phases, then that's the simplest model that works, and therefore the "correct" one to use. A model that has four phases is, then, bloated.