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The author's concern that the popular 'heuristic model' of the atom 'commits an egregious error of ontological stability' primarily implies an unstated worry that:
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- 1The high-school visualization does not account for the rapid decline of the electron's 'wave function' near the atomic boundary.
- 2A universe based on point-like particles separated by nothingness cannot account for the apparent solidity and structure of molecules.
- 3The simplification prevents students from accurately calculating the energy levels of electron orbits.
- 4The model, by propagating the fiction of empty space, hinders a correct philosophical understanding of reality's continuous, field-based nature.✓
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The model, by propagating the fiction of empty space, hinders a correct philosophical understanding of reality's continuous, field-based nature.
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