Talk:Ronaldo Fryman/@comment-25839649-20150210150510/@comment-28584561-20150211232350

@ReasonAndPearls

"Polymorphic: "The quality or state of existing in or assuming different forms." Gems are not in a state of existence; Their physical forms are an allusion. Polymorphic relates to 'Crystallography', and the basic definition of polymorphic crystallography is "Crystallization in two or more chemically identical but distinct forms." Gems do not crystallize as twins. In other words, Polymorphic is out of the question."

Gems are in a state of existance. Their constructs aren't illusions (or an allusion for that matter), they are the manifestation of the gem they carry. It is physical therefore present in plane of existance. Your first definition was spot on, "The quality or state of existing in or assuming different forms.", this perfectly describes the gems. Polymorphic is composed of the words poly- meaning "many" and -morph(ic) meaning "form", this describes the Gems ability to alter there forms and are not only confined to only one form.

"Now on to 'sentient'. Sentience is a state of consciousness, an ability to percieve or feel things. Basically, awareness. Now I quote, "Only members of the animal kingdom can be sentient." Gems are Gems. Sentient is out."

You are applying logic from a world where there are no extraterrestrials that exist or are known to a world that actually has them. Arguing that only members of Kingdom Animalia are the only ones that are sentient is moot. Again, your first definition was great, disregard the second one as it isn't a definition of sentience. The second line is there due to not having any type of sentience outside of Kingdom Animalia in a world where there are no "Gems". Have the Gems ever shown a state of conciousness? Yes. Do they have the ability to percieve and feel things? Yes. Therefore, the Gems are sentient.

"Now for 'Rocks'. Is a Gem the same thing as a rock? Gemstones are human-influenced while rocks are natural. Some Gems form inside of rocks. Out of the fact that, in my research, the two often have to be distinguished, I can safely say that Gems are not rocks."

In geology, a rock is any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals. That includes regular stones and some gemstones. But rock is more of a general term and is often distinguished with gems, as the latter mostly only incompasses precious stones.

"Ronaldo is just a guy who uses big scientific words that sort of relate to what he's talking about just to sound smart."

Ronaldo uses words accutely to relate what he is talking about, it's just that what he's talking about is not something we can relate to.