Monday, January 4, 2010

I know just enough about science to know that it's way over my head...

Peter reminded me around Christmas of something that I've "known" but never really considered thoughtfully. As far as I know, it's accurate to say that atoms are about 99.9999999% "empty" space. Pondering that idea really throws me for a loop.

I find it really amazing that such nearly unfathomably small things emit the forces that keep my hands from whizzing right through the keyboard. I'll write about something that I have more informed thoughts on soon, but maybe Peter will leave some nugget of scientific brilliance here in the meantime.

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