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Re: [Phys-l] Fields and touch?



Ah oh, I predict a long thread here.

Here's a wiki on this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFve_realism


Maybe not; the last time, if my search was correct, a short thread (~13).

Initial:

https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/2006/04_2006/msg00112.html

teaching different descriptions of "reality" [all? for the month] search teaching


https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archives/2006/04_2006/threads.html#00126

bc


On 2010, Feb 22, , at 17:44, Tony wrote:

When my hand rests on the table, do I touch the table? ...Or do the electric
fields between my hand and table leave a gap between the to objects? Maybe
it comes down to how "touch" is defined?

-Tony

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