Correct me if I’m wrong, but since we are technically never really touching anything due to the electrons within our body repelling the electrons that make up an object (eg. A chair) I’m technically hovering above it by an unfathomably small distance. Why is it I can still feel the texture of the chair (or anything actually) if I’m not really touching it?
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The atoms in the chair are exerting a (non-contact, based on your definition of touch) force on you as you ‘touch’ it (hence you don’t phase through the chair). Your body interprets the pressure applied to your atoms as touch.
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