OT: Carbon Dioxide races -> known vs unknown -> terraforming mars -> is or is not

[narf poit chez BOOM]

if it's smaller than an electron, i don't see how we can be sure it's there. least until we have something that can see smaller than an electron. yes, i know there's mathamatical models. but think about this:

cells - 1 remove. can be seen with a Version 1 light microscope. i think there's one that can be seen with just the naked eye.

molecules - 2 removed. not sure if you could prove, conclusivily, that those atoms are linked. could you even watch individual atoms? i mean 100%, not 99.5%

atoms - 3 removed. can only be seen and poorly, with an electron microscope. no idea how extensive that is...can you watch them move? but they can be proved to exist

quarks - theorized by mathematical model.

so, i can't accept quarks as more than a theory. yes, i know if i investigated the math i might agree. but, i have trouble picking through math models. it's not that i don't understand it, it's that i'm like a turtle with physics as math - steady, but slow. so, in order for me to accept this, i'd like some pretty picture and words. english words, to. and so would, probably, the general public.

[ July 17, 2003, 08:33: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]