Why, then, do things physical – made of empty atoms – appear so solid?
That is a pertinent and perplexing question. Our source (3) explains it this way: “The electrons whirl through the space of the atom, completing billions of trips around the nucleus each millionth of a second. The fantastic speed of the electrons makes atoms behave as if they were solid, much as the fast-moving blades of a fan prevent a pencil from being pushed through them.”I want to repeat that because it is so hard for us to get our mind around it. We are told the electrons whirl through this space of the atom, completing billions of trips each millionth of a second! Billions of trips each millionth of a second. If you are a reader persuaded we have been created, that has to make you marvel all the more of what an awesome creator we have.A recent magazine article (4) added this: “The only reason you cannot reach right through a wall is because negatively charged electrons in the atoms that make up your hand repel similar negatively charged electrons in the atoms that make up the wal
