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Wait... condensation is exothermic. Something's not right here. Edit: Also, going from a gas to a solid is actually deposition. It's exothermic too.

Weight is the force of gravity. You still have weight in orbit, you just can't perceive it, as in free fall you do not have a normal force acting on you, where on the ground, you can feel weight because it and the ground are squeezing you. This is incorrect, and it is also not acceleration. The equation that you are referring to is "F = G*m1*m2/ r^2." m2 does not get neglected. If you neglected m2, that would mean that everything on Earth would be pulled by gravity with the same force. If that was true, everything would weigh the same, and massive objects would fall slowly, as they have more inertia. This is not the case. Something twice as massive is pulled on twice as much by gravity, but it accelerates the same amount. Picture this scenario (with everything having arbitrary units): There are two objects, one with mass 1000, one with mass 1. The force of gravity between the two is 1000. Both objects will be accelerating towards the center of mass. The larger object has an acceleration of 1, and the smaller object has an acceleration of 1000. If instead, the smaller object had a mass of 2, the force of gravity between the objects would be 2000. Both objects will be accelerating towards the center of mass. The larger object has an acceleration of 2, and the smaller object has an acceleration of 1000. The acceleration of the object that changed mass stayed the same, but the force of gravity between both is twice as much. That is a possible realmatic explanation for some things, such as the problem with bullet penetration. Only, we do know for sure that his strength changes in some way to counteract the extra weight. I assume the reference frame in this case works the same as the reference frame for speed bubbles.

Momentum is mass*velocity. If there are no losses due to heat or similar things, momentum in a system is conserved, staying the same. If your mass is halved, in order for your momentum to stay the same, your velocity would have to double. This only works if the mass that is "dropped" is removed from the system. If the mass was literally dropped, the same effect would not happen, since the total mass of the entire system would still be the same.

Acceleration and force due to gravity are completely different. The force of gravity is directly proportional to the mass of either object. That is what weight is. If you have two objects on a planet, and one is twice as massive as the other, that one will be twice as heavy, as the force of gravity between it and the planet would be twice as large. For the acceleration however, it is different. "F=ma" can be rewritten as "a=F/m." If the force stayed the same, but the mass increased, acceleration would decrease. Wax is shown to fall with the same acceleration, regardless of his mass, barring the effects of drag. For Wax's acceleration to stay the same, the force of gravity between him and the planet would have to change with his mass. Since his gravitational acceleration is observed to stay the same, we can conclude that his feruchemical mass is still subject to the increase in gravitational force. The claim that more massive things fall faster is incorrect in free fall. With air involved, the greater inertia of a massive object allows it to fall faster, as the air pushing on it cannot affect it as much, but in true free fall, the mass of the falling object doesn't matter at all for gravitational acceleration. It is not that the effect is "tiny." There is no effect. A black hole would still have the same acceleration. This would be correct, but Brandon has said that the feruchemy will increase your strength just enough to keep you alive, which doesn't nessecarily mean just your muscle strength. It is accounting for those things as well. This is where we get into the weirdness of feruchemical iron, as this would normally be true, but we know that his mass is changing due to what I explained above and because of the increase in velocity Wax experiences when decreasing his feruchemical "weight." In order for these things to happen, either density or volume would have to increase. Since Wax does not double in size when he doubles his "weight," his density must be increasing. The fact that bullets are not affected by Wax's increased mass is a known problem with iron feruchemy, and I do not have a explanation for it. We can only assume that it has to do with realmatic effects. It is likely something Brandon put in just to make it less powerful, like how there is no redshift from speed bubbles. Edit: I may have been unclear when explaining how the acceleration does not change for more massive objects. To clarify: the more massive object's acceleration would be the same, but the planet's acceleration would be greater. I also have a possible realmatic explanation for the bullet penetration. It could be that once a bullet enters Wax's view of "himself," its mass also increases. This explanation does have the issue of how the bullet would decrease in velocity, and thus kinetic energy, which would affect the penetration. The realmatic effect that allows this to happen is probably similar to, but not exactly what I described because of that issue.

When Wax says this, he presumably means that it doesn't increase how much matter he is made up of, which goes along with how Brandon says that it just changes interactions with the Higgs field. Going at close to light speed works the same way. The amount of matter packed into each unit volume doesn't change, but your mass--and therefore density--does change. The idea that density has to do with how much matter is packed into something often works, but does not at relativistic speeds or for f-iron. Wax was making a common mistake in using the word "density" that way. The evidence is that that is the way mass works. Everything has a gravitational field, and things with more mass have stronger gravity. If the force of gravity on a skimmer didn't change, their gravitational acceleration would change, but Wax specifically notes that he falls at the same "speed." Since things with more mass have greater inertia, they take more force to accelerate the same amount as a smaller thing. It is a common misconception that the force of gravity is the same for different objects; gravitational acceleration doesn't depend on mass, but the force of gravity does. If Wax's gravity stayed the same, he would accelerate less while tapping his metalmind. They do get denser, but the amount of matter they are made up of does not increase. It can be kind of complicated, but if you want to know more on how that works, research a little about the Higgs field. You don't need to get into any of the more complex parts of it, but the general idea behind it is good to know. The cube/square law has to do more with large things, not things with a lot of mass.

I don't see a reason why this wouldn't work. Like you said, if they tap it as in a very short amount of time, they would not need to have much "weight" stored to achieve this. However, having a black hole exist for only a Planck time isn't going to do very much. There will also be very odd effects, as Brandon has said that tapping iron increases your strength just enough that your weight doesn't crush you. The amount your strength would have to increase at the levels you are suggesting is massive though, and that is an understatement. It would be like trying to keep something from falling into a black hole... while inside the event horizon. In order to figure out how effective this is, we would have to figure out how long someone could make a black hole last for given a lot of iron, a lot of time to store, and compounding. Really this hinges on whether the things in Feruchemy that are said to have no limit really do have a limit. If your mass has to increase gradually, and if your strength doesn't really go up enough to keep you alive at those levels, that could solve the problem.

Questioner Back to Stormlight. Is there significance to the color of moons? Brandon Sanderson Yes, there is a significance to the colors of the moons in Stormlight, but it is not a major player in theories. There is a significance, but it's not, like, one of these things that you're going to read book seven and be like "The colors of the moons! It was there all along!" Sometimes, I put stuff like that in, right? It's not like that. Oathbringer Glasgow signing (Dec. 2, 2017)

Yes, I quoted that part of the thread, and @Jofwu says that it "reinforces" that they have the same rise times everywhere. What I can't find is the original source that Jofwu's analysis reinforces.

How do we know that? Can you quote the relevant source? I can't find it.

I am somewhat confused as to what your stance is on this topic, as you said this in a previous comment: I had given this argument in response: This was after Brandon finished the book, so he knows how the main plot was carried out at this point. He said that he would call Venli the "focus" character, with the caveat that he was avoiding spoilers. The spoiler that he is talking about is probably the "main character" information he gave at the Dusty Wheel. This information seems to place those two characters about on par, with the main character slightly higher. Venli being a focus character beyond the flashbacks is evidence towards her being part of the "core arc" of the book. There is also a weaker bit of evidence, and that is how Group 2 is only in Parts 1, 2 and 4, while the flashbacks are in Parts 3, 4, and 5. Those only overlap in Part 4, and with Group 2's climax being in that Part, it would be rather odd for Venli to be in that group, yet with flashbacks continuing beyond, although not impossible. It would be very strange for Brandon to claim that Venli is a focus character with a lot of viewpoints if she was also in Group 3, which will only be touched lightly upon, and not in much depth. It is possible that her many viewpoints come from the flashbacks, but it is not likely. The flashbacks in this book will only be in 3 Parts, while they have been in more Parts in each of the previous books. In the previous books, flashbacks have taken 9-15 chapters. Since this one is in less Parts, and the flashbacks are split between Eshonai and Venli, Venli is not likely to get many flashback chapters. Based on the data, I expect 3-10. Beyond that, we know that Part 1 is over 100K words, which is about a fourth of the book. For comparison to previous books, take a look at @Jofwu's chart: The flashbacks only occur in Parts 3-5, and over 100K words are in Part 1 (111K if it doesn't get trimmed down). Take out the Group 1 PoVs in those Parts, and you are not left with much room for someone only in half of the flahbacks and Group 3 to be considered a "focus" with "a lot of viewpoints. It is possible, but highly unlikely. Sorry for the long post. I'm not great at short explanations. I have no idea here. Speculating on that type of stuff is not my wrong suit. Edit: Found this: So that's about 15K words for the Venli flashbacks, give or take some depending on how it was split. For reference, Kaladin's, Shallan's, Dalinar's flashback sequences were 40K, 22K, and 47K words, respectively. @agrabes, I've taken your suggestion of putting the reference numbers next to each spot in the groups, so tell me if that helps. I've also sorted different sections of the original post into spoiler boxes to make it easier to go through.

He does say this, but he also said that Rysn will get an interlude each book. If Rysn has a whole novella worth of story in Wandersail, then of course her interlude in RoW will reference events in it. It could be more significant, of course, but since Brandon isn't completely sure that it will be done before RoW, I expect the connections to be mostly confided to Rysn's interlude, with only very minor connections elsewhere.

Speed bubbles and FTL don't break the cosmere's thermodynamics. For speed bubbles, Brandon has said there is a realmatic explanation for why there is no redshift, but it's just an odd thing he had to add in just to make sure that didn't happen. For FTL, it initially seems to violate the rules of relativity, but there are workarounds, such as the Albuquerque Drive, which we can't actually build, but would theoretically allow for FTL travel. There is probably something in Allomancy that allows a similar workaround to actually happen. Fabrials, such as spanreeds, allow for some odd things, but their functions can be attributed to a macroscopic effect of the quantum behaviors observed in spren.... sprentanglement. Would it not be a simpler explanation if Endowment just provided the Investiture via the Spiritual Realm like Preservation, as I suggest in the link in my earlier comment?

Yeah, I'm not sure of the likelihood. I was just pointing out an example. I assume that Brandon counts the spren if they get a viewpoint, but otherwise doesn't. Do you agree that Lift seems to only be getting one interlude?

Did I ever say that it was a flashback? I only remember claiming that it was an interlude. Sorry if I made that unclear somewhere. I agree that is definitely not a flashback and that it is an interlude. When I pointed out that Brandon called it "Lift's interlude," I was trying to say that that might rule her out as the main interlude character, as he probably would have worded that differently if it was. She probably only has one interlude. It doesn't necessarily rule out Urithiru as a place of action, but you present a good point there. It really depends on what Brandon meant when he said that they would be in separate locations. A possibility is that a group is at Urithiru, but just very separated from Lift.

Brandon calls it an interlude. 41:40 is about when he says it. Edit: Hmm. I just realized that he calls it "Lift's interlude." Not "a Lift interlude" or "one of Lift's interludes." The wording definitely implies that there is only one Lift interlude. What do you think?

I just noticed this site by Brotherwise Games. I don't know how long it's been up for, but it has a few cool pieces of artwork for the game that I haven't seen before. The only one on here that I remember being released earlier is one of Elhokar in Plate, so I think the other 5 are all new. https://www.brotherwisegames.com/about-stormlight For those that haven't heard of this game: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/call-to-adventure-stormlight/

@Elsecaller_17.5, thanks for all the suggestions. As you mentioned about the jewelry question, scenario questions are often the most lacking in accurate answer choices. Having seen a bunch of personality quizzes, I was wary of that while I was making this quiz, but I wanted to include a couple like that for the variety. I tried to pick scenario questions that left few options available, but, as you pointed out, the most common answer to those types of questions is that "it depends." Sadly, the same problem will come up with those questions that you suggested. I would add a "depends" answer choice, but so many people would choose it that it wouldn't give any meaningful information. If you have any ideas on how to reword the jewelry question in a way that would remove the need for a "depends" option, please share. I will definitely consider adding more quote questions. Do you have any quotes in mind that each apply to a couple of Orders? Also, as a general note, does anyone have any suggestions for questions that would be good for distinguishing Edgdancers from non-Edgedancers? I had found a 3% bias to Edgedancers in the quiz, but the poll above shows over a 10% bias when people are added to the equation (since ideally, each order would get about 10% of people, but Edgedancer, right now, has over 20% of the responses in the poll). Of course, a bias is expected, but a previous "which order would you be in" thread indicates that the bias should be more towards Elsecallers.

It isn't supposed to be clear.

I speculate on how this works in this thread by relating it to Allomancy and Feruchemy:

Interesting idea. I don't know about the rest of the theory, but this part would explain something. It could explain how it was possible for the Order of Bondsmiths to increase in size. @Gilphon Correct.

Sadly:

That's fine, but people have been arguing about it. Sharing an opinion is okay, but people arguing over opinions never leads to any good.

Here is the evidence that pushes Venli to Group 1: This was after Brandon finished the book, so he knows how the main plot was carried out at this point. He said that he would call Venli the "focus" character, with the caveat that he was avoiding spoilers. The spoiler that he is talking about is probably the "main character" information he gave at the Dusty Wheel. This information seems to place those two characters about on par, with the main character slightly higher. Venli being a focus character beyond the flashbacks is evidence towards her being part of the "core arc" of the book. There is also a weaker bit of evidence, and that is how Group 2 is only in Parts 1, 2 and 4, while the flashbacks are in Parts 3, 4, and 5. Those only overlap in Part 4, and with Group 2's climax being in that Part, it would be rather odd for Venli to be in that group, yet with flashbacks continuing beyond, although not impossible.

The problem isn't the extent to which regular physics matter. The problem is, your theory cannot be proven or disproven. The way that you are matching surges to these different effects can really be done for anything; even the ones that you think don't fit. For example, using this theory, you could explain emotional allomancy as being based on soulcasting creating certain chemicals. There's way too much freedom in the applications of your theory. The value of a theory is in how it can predict things. A theory that cannot be disproven or proven cannot predict anything useful. In fact, things that can't be proven or disproven are opinions. "Pizza tastes good." I could argue that with somebody that doesn't like pizza for as long as I want, but neither of us will convince each other because you just can't.