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But when I picture a point, I can see it and since it has a visible area, then what's in it? That's my problem. I could picture it as nothing maybe? But then wh

• slowmovintarget 6y ago
  That's more an issue with your mental model. These aren't points, they are fields with potentials.
• naebother 6y ago
  Probably because we learn about points by drawing them on a graph at some point in math class, so we imagine them having an area. I think points are an abstract construct. Sort of like infinity - you can never truly reach it. Or imagine it.