A Matter of Fact or a State of Mind?

In school, I was taught that there are three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.  

Apparently, there are at least 14 states of matter:

1.                  Solid

2.                  Amorphous solid

3.                  Liquid

4.                  Gas

5.                  Plasma

6.                  Super-fluid

7.                  Supersolid

8.                  Degenerate matter

9.                  Neutronium

10.              Strongly symmetric matter

11.              Weakly symmetric matter

12.              Quark-gluon plasma fermionic condensate

13.              Bose-Einstein condensate

14.              Strange matter

List source: 10 Things You Ought To Know

My favorite is the Bose-Einstein condensate, which is essentially coherent atoms vibrating in unison.  In this state, the condensate follows quantum rules and individual atoms no longer exist - they all exist as one.

Bose-Einstein condensate as it relates to Buddhism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdzHnApHM9A

Dr. Michio Kaku talks about Bose-Einstein Condensates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=9RDocoSWqPY