..Not in the least bit Pynchonic -- space

[David Morris]

This thread is weightless, like objects in space.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:21 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> But how real is the real?  Are atoms real?  We can infer their structure, but not view it directly.  The model that many of us here were raised on, the solar system analog, is just plain wrong.  Still, it was an introduction, a useful crutch, to get us (as school kids) thinking about atoms.  The quantum model may be closer to reality, but it "feels" much more abstract. Imagining a two-dimensional world is beyond our abilities, but only if we think about it too much.  If we accept it, at face value, as a Flatlands-style flat world, then it's a useful crutch for thinking about the concept of dimensions.
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> Laura