Author Topic: Random thought I had. (Read 2148 times)

Dexter · « **on:** April 06, 2016, 02:38:51 am »

Our bodies are made entirely of atoms, and atoms are over 99.9% empty space. That means we are actually over 99.9% empty space. Rapidly moving protons, neutrons and electrons create the illusion that we are solid.

Bill Cipher · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:25:00 am »

Depends on what you mean by empty space. The "space" within an atom is certainly much more full of energy than is the space between the stars. Also, given the quantum nature of subatomic particles, they cannot be adequately described as discrete point sources and so may in fact "fill" that "space" in a quantum manner in the sense that nothing else could be put into that "space" without breaking apart the atom.

Lando Lincoln · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2016, 12:05:11 pm »

Yes, but since that time I was assisting a benevolent professor in college with a radiation experiment that went terribly, terribly wrong... my interstitial atomic space is filled with something else. I will be the next tragic Marvel comic book hero. Watch for it!

Bill Cipher · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2016, 01:38:15 pm »

Quote from: Lando Lincoln on April 06, 2016, 12:05:11 pm

Yes, but since that time I was assisting a benevolent professor in college with a radiation experiment that went terribly, terribly wrong... my interstitial atomic space is filled with something else. I will be the next tragic Marvel comic book hero. Watch for it!

Honey I shrunk the Kids.

Sanguine · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2016, 03:18:08 pm »

Quote from: Bill Cipher on April 06, 2016, 11:25:00 am

Depends on what you mean by empty space. The "space" within an atom is certainly much more full of energy than is the space between the stars. Also, given the quantum nature of subatomic particles, they cannot be adequately described as discrete point sources and so may in fact "fill" that "space" in a quantum manner in the sense that nothing else could be put into that "space" without breaking apart the atom.

Great response, Bill.

Weird Tolkienish Figure · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2016, 04:26:33 pm »

Quote from: Dexter on April 06, 2016, 02:38:51 am

Our bodies are made entirely of atoms, and atoms are over 99.9% empty space. That means we are actually over 99.9% empty space. Rapidly moving protons, neutrons and electrons create the illusion that we are solid.

Read up on quantum mechanics. It'll melt your brain.