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Paolo Invernizzi
paolo.invernizzi at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 07:57:03 UTC 2018
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
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