eli5: On an atomic level, how does an atom ‘know’ it belongs to (for example) a sheet of paper but not the sheet of paper below it. Also how do scissors interact with the paper on an atomic level to cut it into two pieces.
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This might be dumb but to follow up: on an atomic level how does *any* atom “know” it’s part of anything else? From that perspective is everything not just a giant atomic field? From our vantage point objects appear discrete and separate but on an atomic level?? I hope this makes sense.
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