For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some ‘organic element’ since I couldn’t accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

  • Skull giver
    1•2 years ago

    The “empty space” description of an atom is a simplification that’s often linked to an outdated model of how atoms work. That space isn’t really empty, it’s just that matter acts really weird on an atomic scale and even weirder when you start considering the subatomic physics that cause effects like “particles having mass” and “things not just phasing through each other”.

    Atoms are bits of matter and, more importantly, fields of force that keep themselves separated from each other.

    If you ever see a picture of an atom with a bunch of electrons neatly stacked in rings around a core, you’re looking at a gross simplification that only teaches you that atoms are made up of electrons, neutrons, and protons.

    This post explains there’s actually not really a good way to visualise atoms. This video has some more accessible explanations.