David_Gerard comments on Were atoms real? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 10 December 2010 11:49:27PM *  2 points [-]

In the sense that the word "particle" at that scale now means "quantum probability distribution". BLOB THINGS.

(I still visualise atoms as planetary electrons around a nucleus sun - the electrons possibly in shells - until I catch myself and try to visualise s and p shells. Too much out-of-date popular science as a child.)