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gaypiratebrainrot · 1 year ago

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op i got a whole physics degree just to be able to say that you are 100% correct that the sensations of your experience are more real than atoms and "atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" is hot bullshit and any scientist spouting that has mistaken the map for the territory and has not grappled with the philosophy of their endeavor at all and their opinions about the nature of reality should not be trusted

"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level

#i went thru a long period of time where i shouted a lot about atoms being fake #and that's not entirely true but it kinda is in some ways #and that not touching thing comes from the idea that atoms are mostly empty space #which i strongly disagree with bc they are filled with electromagnetic fields #just because it is non corporeal does not mean it's not physical #and what does it even mean to be corporeal on the atomic level like there is nothing solid on that scale #they mistake quantifiable by nature of discreteness with corporeal but it's all just vibes #and the atomic scale is kinda it's own fiction cause very small things don't exist off in their own very small world #atoms are waaaay more a way of thinking about and manipulating the world than an actual ontological unit #and our obsession with atoms has everything to do with our desire for the world to be broken down into fundamental parts #but that's just a way of knowing and not some absolute truth beyond our experience #ANYWAY

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