I like particles. I like that they make no goddamned sense.
Our world on the macroscopic level is so consistent that we’ve arrived at this belief that the physical world behaves the way it does because that’s the way it has to behave. We forget that the physical world isn’t what scientists have ordained makes sense, but simply what is.Written by Brookelin Thorpe
Never does this become more apparent than on the subatomic level, where we realize that nature is just making shit up. Mathematically, of course, but making it all up, nonetheless.
Particles act however they damn well please, and we are helpless but to take note.
This picture is deceptive in that it makes sense. Also electrons are nowhere near that close to the nucleus. Also, they exist in a cloud, not in a… oh. No one cares? Damn everything.