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Comment on they say we never really touch something because our electrons repel.. so how does something like dirt stay on my hands when it's not really touching my hands?

blx@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

That sounds like “touching” has a really loose definition. If we go that way, you could say that our bodies are clouds of atoms that never touch one another

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phar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That is technically correct. The electrical field each atom is making means the electrons of each atom are not directly touching each other, so we are just a ton of atoms not touching each other outside of electrical fields.

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- HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Not touching, can’t get mad!
  
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- angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s better to include the field in your atom definition - it’s an important part of it. Then you’ll see they do touch.
  
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