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What about when you splat on the ground? Is that not a force? Where did it come from?
by basicplus2 6y ago
What about when you splat on the ground? Is that not a force? Where did it come from?
- antonvs 6y agoThat involves a force which comes from encountering an object that's not in free fall with you.
- drivers99 6y agoSpecifically the electrons in the atoms of the ground and the electrons of the atoms of yourself repel each other when they come together. “So pushing just two atoms close to each other takes energy, as all their electrons need to go into unoccupied high-energy states. Trying to push all the table-atoms and finger-atoms together demands an awful lot of energy – more than your muscles can supply. You feel that, as resistance to your finger, which is why and how the table feels solid to your touch.“ https://theconversation.com/if-atoms-are-mostly-empty-space-why-do-objects-look-and-feel-solid-71742 https://theconversation.com/if-atoms-are-mostly-empty-space-...