..Not in the least bit Pynchonic -- space

[Joseph Tracy]

Exactly what I was going to say. Those little matter spirit devils can be pretty mean. But I think Laura is not so much talking about their atoms reality  but the degree to which we have  an accurate model /understanding. That is where science has been wrong or at lest incomplete, and where new data continues to confound or at least disturb the models we have.
On Feb 9, 2012, at 5:58 PM, David Morris wrote:

> They might just be really pissed-off matter-spirits...
> 
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:55 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
>> doesn't the splitting and fusing of atoms to create bombs show that  atoms are "real"?