Nothing & Something

In a review of a book about the three British scientists who first solved the riddle of the atom in the 1930s, it said that an atom is mostly space, nothing. It is made up of a nucleus and electrons whirring around the nucleus. The nucleus is one trillionth of the volume of the atom, meaning most of the atom is space, what we sometimes describe as nothing. Now most of everything is nothing. We get hooked on the something because that supports our illusion of substance we can know and count on.

The miracle we hardly ever stop to consider is that we are instead of aren't. Yes, we once weren't, and soon enough we won't be again. But in the meantime we are a huge odds against part of this unlikely wonder. Even your body is mostly nothing, but the tiny somethings that we experience are pretty thrilling, huh?