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I don't think it would - for the obvious reason that when we talk about the size of, say, a desk, there is never a concern about its meaning, and we rarely, if ever, think about the object itself in terms of waves or particles. Protons etc., on the other hand, is a totally different matter, and since everyday notions cannot be trivially applied to such objects it becomes important to be clear concerning the meaning we choose to give to the word.



Desk size is the same - sqrt mean square of scattering cross section of people, books, etc. with the desk :)


I just hope it doesn't collapse when anyone looks at it.


See it’s not my woodworking skills at all, it’s just the nature of matter in our Universe.


That says more about the weirdness of our intuitions than reality. Reality is not weird. We are.


Maybe. More likely our inferred assumptions about the things we can't see are off or wrong.


Why do you say that's likely? The data points otherwise.




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