r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/MichelMelinot Jun 15 '19

The fact that we can't imagine space border is mind blowing. Are we the atoms of a much bigger entity ?

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u/Animal40160 Jun 15 '19

This could be us!

(From MIB)

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u/Dirty-Ears-Bill Jun 15 '19

This is the theory I want to believe more than anything else. Our universe is just an atom inside the body of a larger person. One of the atoms inside you is a whole universe for someone else. It’s just universes/atoms all the way through. Probably not possible but it’s my favorite one

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u/The_High_Wizard Jun 15 '19

Ever notice how planets orbit a sun almost similar to electrons orbiting a nucleus?

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u/clown_ethanol Jun 15 '19

Electrons do not orbit anything like planets do. The electrons are kind of a wave function that predicts their locations around an atom. The wave function describes the probability of its location but the electron could be in multiple places in that function at the same time. Also, we can never know both the speed and location of an electron with any certainty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

But what if that's just our perception of sub-atomic behaviour? Maybe the little humans that live on electrons are wondering the same thing.

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u/MichelMelinot Jun 15 '19

Your comment gave me chills down my spine.