Very nice.
He said balls.Sometimes you have to measure from the balls.
Here's an interesting thought. The area between atoms is mostly space, too, just like outer space. Theoretically, if you consider two objects sitting on top of each other, if the atoms were to align just right, the objects would just fall into each other.
Here's an interesting thought. The area between atoms is mostly space, too, just like outer space. Theoretically, if you consider two objects sitting on top of each other, if the atoms were to align just right, the objects would just fall into each other.
No they wouldn't
Google crystal structures, then Google Van Der Waals force
That's why I said theoretically. There are forces at work that would stop it from happening, but if you go by strictly the size of the atoms alone, it could happen.
This explains it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kypne21A0R4
theoretically doesn't mean what you think it means
It's impossible in every single way. It's impossible from a macro level and a micro level. Even at atomic level it's impossible. Oh sure, if you ignore all of the science that prevents it from happening then it's totally possible... but then you're not talking about theory at all.
Scientific theory is explanations based on experimentation and laws that have already been proven. Based on certain physical interactions, you can pose a thought like, "given that X happens, and Y happens, then Z should happen as well". But as your video told you, we already know why it can't happen. Those laws are already in place and that knowledge is already scientifically sound. So there's nothing "theoretical" about what you said... it's just flat out wrong
Here's an interesting thought. The area between atoms is mostly space, too, just like outer space. Theoretically, if you consider two objects sitting on top of each other, if the atoms were to align just right, the objects would just fall into each other.
If my understanding of quantum mechanics is correct, then he's technically right. There's a finite possibility that it would happen. The probability is simply so small though, that if we filled the universe* with objects resting on one another, it would likely never happen in the span of time from the big bang, until the universe dies a cold death.theoretically doesn't mean what you think it means
It's impossible in every single way. It's impossible from a macro level and a micro level. Even at atomic level it's impossible. Oh sure, if you ignore all of the science that prevents it from happening then it's totally possible... but then you're not talking about theory at all.
Scientific theory is explanations based on experimentation and laws that have already been proven. Based on certain physical interactions, you can pose a thought like, "given that X happens, and Y happens, then Z should happen as well". But as your video told you, we already know why it can't happen. Those laws are already in place and that knowledge is already scientifically sound. So there's nothing "theoretical" about what you said... it's just flat out wrong
It sounds like I'm being harsh but I'm not meaning to. I'm trying to get people to stop devaluing the term "theory"
If my understanding of quantum mechanics is correct, then he's technically right. There's a finite possibility that it would happen. The probability is simply so small though, that if we filled the universe* with objects resting on one another, it would likely never happen in the span of time from the big bang, until the universe dies a cold death.
*You know what I mean.