Unstable As Water

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

(Genesis 49:3-4) KJV

Water is inherently unstable. Anything created from it will also be unstable. That’s how popular science (SciPop) can be so disastrously wrong about human origins but still produce a marvel like the iPhone.

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