I used to be a huge fan of John Baez when I was an aspiring theoretical physicist and into category theory. His weekly finds in mathematical physics column was my HN before HN.
The high level idea of reducing the cost per molecule of breaking those hydrogen bonds by having whole groups of molecules evaporate makes sense to me.
Didn't read the post but I wonder whether it relates to this "photomolecular effect" discussed here? https://youtu.be/17Y82tJDk2o?si=YjJAIhP3MkF8N6pT
The high level idea of reducing the cost per molecule of breaking those hydrogen bonds by having whole groups of molecules evaporate makes sense to me.