Is it a myth or not that glass flows?

By studying a glob of 20 million-year-old amber, scientists have proven once and for all that glass does not flow. read more

The myth is that since glass is a supercooled liquid it must flow over time thus becoming thicker at the bottom of the individual piece. This is a myth. Glass DOESN'T flow at room temperature. read more

But the myth that glass flows has persisted over time. Part of the reason is that glass is a supercooled viscous substance that was vitrified — a massive change in physical properties in which a first-order phase transition was avoided (unlike the standard solid/liquid/gas state of matter transitions). read more

It is as if the glass were one giant molecule. This makes glasses rigid so they cannot flow at room temperatures. Thus, the analogy fails in the case of fluidity and flow. Why the Myth Doesn't Make Sense. There are at least four or five reasons why the myth doesn't make sense. read more