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Re: Question on Reality Perception

Date: Wed Jan 17 02:37:01 2001
Posted By: Duje Bonacci, Grad student,
Area of science: Physics
ID: 979056977.Ph
Message:

Hallo, Mich!

You will probably be dissapointed by this answer to your question, as you
will have to look for the door whenever going from one room to another for
the rest of your life...

It is truth that everything around us is made of molecules. But the
molecules themselves are made of atoms held together by FORCES. Now if
there are forces between the molecules, then you can collect a multitude of
them in a SOLID object like wall, or Homo Sapiens. If the forces between
them are feeble,then these molecules move around freely, almost not
noticing one another. In that case they make up a gas, like air. 

Us people are made of molecules that hold to each other quite strongly. If
that wasn't the case, you could literaly loose your head by doing let's say
a somersault. When we walk through the air, the air molecules just flow
around us, as our molecular bonds hold us together, but nothing holds the
air molecules together. If you try walking through the wall you would first
have to break the bonds between the molecules making up that wall, but in
the process you would instead probably get torn appart by the wall as its
molecules stick together stronger than the molecules you are made of...

Mind you, according to quantum mechanics, there is a certain probability
that you just pass through the wall unscratched, through the process known
as 'tunneling'. However, it's very unlikely, but if you want to try your
luck, I suggest you find an apropriate wall, put your back against it,
start pushing and wait to see what happens...

Duje


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