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> Some people _think_ of an atom as something you can reach out and touch, or grok in some deep sense distinct from performing specific experiments. Right, wit
by randallsquared 6y ago
> Some people _think_ of an atom as something you can reach out and touch, or grok in some deep sense distinct from performing specific experiments.
Right, with an atomic force microscope.
...but it almost sounds like you're suggesting that atoms and molecules are NOT something you could individually pick up with an AFM?
- iand 6y agoThe parent was referring to the perceived physicality of atoms which you cannot touch or understand except in terms of the forces between your instrument and the bundle of quanta we call an atom.