Eli5: How come we don’t feel the millions of pounds of air coming down above us? And why aren’t we so much stronger without it?

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Eli5: How come we don’t feel the millions of pounds of air coming down above us? And why aren’t we so much stronger without it?

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Short answer, we do feel it. Atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi at sea level. This is the weight of that column of air above you.

So each square foot of ground has 14.7 pounds of air resting on it.