As electron by latest scattering experiments was found to be smaller than 10^-18 m. This makes abundance of electron in atom 10^-24 - this is way way less than the abundance of nucleus 10^-15, at least billion times less.

So, electron takes less than 0.0000000000000000000001% of atom, thus adding nothing to 0.0000000000001% occupied by nucleus.

So, atom is 99.9999999999999% empty illusion then.

according to your point of view, we then know only 0.0000000000001% of atom (and not for sure yet). And, according to your belief (in dark energy, or something like that) then we don't know 99.999999999999% of even a single atom.

As in the average the Universe contains about 1 atom of hydrogen in a cubic foot, then we (barely)know only about 10-44 part of Universe according to your logic, and don't know the rest 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the Universe.

So?

• Your numbers disagree with quantum mechanics - yanniru - April 12, 2001 - 03:48 UTC