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Atoms are models. Chemistry and physics often demands that the irreducibility of atoms is breached.Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:42 pm The atom is composed of itself as a particle is composed of particles. The atom as an irreducible entity however negates this. But a paradox occurs as the atom being reduced to a further atom necessitates no reduction happening at all given the atom is present across each reductive phase.
And one context reduced results in another context thus context is ever present and paradoxically irreducible even when it is reduced.Sculptor wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:59 pmAtoms are models. Chemistry and physics often demands that the irreducibility of atoms is breached.Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:42 pm The atom is composed of itself as a particle is composed of particles. The atom as an irreducible entity however negates this. But a paradox occurs as the atom being reduced to a further atom necessitates no reduction happening at all given the atom is present across each reductive phase.
It's all about context.