Timeline for Isn't this Wired chemist totally wrong about why we can touch things? [duplicate]
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| Aug 23, 2022 at 19:36 | comment | added | RC_23 | I think her analogies are for teaching the rough concept children or people with little or no science education. You may be reading too much into it | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 18:00 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Aug 23, 2022 at 17:48 | comment | added | anon | @RC_23 ... and the Pauli Exclusion Principle, right? But what about her claim that electrons are exchanged as gloves, isn't that wrong as well? | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 17:39 | comment | added | RC_23 | You are correct that it is not all about the nucleus. The electron clouds repel. So it is like when two strong magnets repel without "touching." | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 17:36 | history | closed | ACuriousMind♦ | Duplicate of Why doesn't matter pass through other matter if atoms are 99.999% empty space? | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 17:34 | history | asked | anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |