Samantha Rinne
Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
So, we like to see our bodies, and by extension, the matter around us as solid. Like this.
But the reality is something more like...
You see, our bodies aren't solid at all on the atomic level, being composed of loads and loads of tiny atoms which according to the uncertainty principle
could be anywhere. And most of them are gases! So basically, our physical forms are sort of ghost that we imagine to be solid by convention. In essence ourselves and everything around us are made of microscopic compounds strung together by loose bonds. And yet, not only can our our bodies bend metal (with effort) but if they happen to be cut, can repair itself. There's nothing in these that explains this, unless we see the universe as a constant series of chemical and mathematical equations floating in the air. Kinda like this, only much more dense.
With me so far? So then, what is to stop humans from say... rearranging some atoms to ghost through a brick wall, lighting a stove, or heck just gathering hydrogen and oxygen out of the air to make water?
But the reality is something more like...
You see, our bodies aren't solid at all on the atomic level, being composed of loads and loads of tiny atoms which according to the uncertainty principle
The uncertainty principle says that we cannot measure the position (x) and the momentum (p) of a particle with absolute precision. The more accurately we know one of these values, the less accurately we know the other.
could be anywhere. And most of them are gases! So basically, our physical forms are sort of ghost that we imagine to be solid by convention. In essence ourselves and everything around us are made of microscopic compounds strung together by loose bonds. And yet, not only can our our bodies bend metal (with effort) but if they happen to be cut, can repair itself. There's nothing in these that explains this, unless we see the universe as a constant series of chemical and mathematical equations floating in the air. Kinda like this, only much more dense.
With me so far? So then, what is to stop humans from say... rearranging some atoms to ghost through a brick wall, lighting a stove, or heck just gathering hydrogen and oxygen out of the air to make water?