Why Matter Feels Solid

You were always told that you are solid, right? But what if I told

you that you are not? So listen carefully to this movie scene which explains a

quantum law without ever naming it. Well, this glass, this drink,

this countertop. Yes, you guessed it correct. The scene is from the movie Oppenheimer,

where Robert Oppenheimer explains a complex quantum concept in his own charming way.

Uh, our bodies. All of it. It's mostly empty space.

Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together. By what? Forces of attraction

strong enough to convince us that matter is solid. Stop my body passing through yours.