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[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 21:55:48 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> The problem, of course, is that they are also charged 
> particles, and the electromagnetic forces that hold the atom in 
> place would be greatly disturbed if two atoms were to occupy 
> the same space simultaneously, leading to a (very fast and very 
> violent) reorganization of nucleii and electrons.  What that 
> looks like macroscopically, I can't say exactly, but certainly 
> delicate structures like proteins, DNA, lipid layers, and such 
> would cease to exist, their constituent particles being 
> violently scattered every which way in the course of 
> reorganizing themselves into new structures that would bring 
> the electromagnetic forces back into balance (and that, in all 
> likelihood, won't resemble anything close to their starting 
> molecular structures).  Whatever the result may be, I'm pretty 
> certain it would not have good consequences for the biological 
> processes built upon said delicate structures. To say the 
> least. :-D

Even worst than that: conversion to/from E is involved in the 
process! :-P