I think what gives a kind of credence to the atomic void is that we see it at other scales as well.
For example, our solar system is mostly “empty” with the mass mainly concentrated in the Sun (and Jupiter). The galaxies are mostly empty as well, so that two galaxies can “collide” without a single star hitting each other.
So there is a certain intellectual pull to try to extend the analogy (wrongly?) down to the smallest level as well.
For example, our solar system is mostly “empty” with the mass mainly concentrated in the Sun (and Jupiter). The galaxies are mostly empty as well, so that two galaxies can “collide” without a single star hitting each other.
So there is a certain intellectual pull to try to extend the analogy (wrongly?) down to the smallest level as well.