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Dusty923 t1_iy5o003 wrote

Reply to comment by GameofFame in Depictions of atomic nuclei often show distinct and individual protons and neutrons, is this accurate? by ZTYTHYZ

"Except much more complicated" can probably be appended to every attempt ever at describing quantum mechanics in ways that humans can understand.

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[deleted] t1_iy6snsr wrote

Yes and once it’s been explained and they do finally fully understand it, many go on to conclude, that actually it’s much more complicated than even that.

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SupersuMC t1_iy6ywi3 wrote

To pull a comparison from r/Catholicism, it's like the book "How to Explain the Trinity Without Being a Heretic": You can't. Basically whatever explanation or model we have falls short at some point at the quantum level.

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