Admittedly leptons and quarks are not made up of atoms. From a not-stupid perspective, however
That, right there, is your problem. When you use the phrase 'from a not-stupid perspective' you are revealing that you in fact expect everyone to have the same understanding of the word 'everything' that you have - that is a presumption, and people being the wonderfully varied things they are it will be a false one. Especially if, as you say, you are not sure what the commonly defined meaning of everything is. You cannot assume that everyone else has adopted the same assumption of what comprises everything - hence any statement about 'everything' is meaningless. You have got to define your terms.
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Date: 2008-02-23 05:41 pm (UTC)That, right there, is your problem. When you use the phrase 'from a not-stupid perspective' you are revealing that you in fact expect everyone to have the same understanding of the word 'everything' that you have - that is a presumption, and people being the wonderfully varied things they are it will be a false one. Especially if, as you say, you are not sure what the commonly defined meaning of everything is. You cannot assume that everyone else has adopted the same assumption of what comprises everything - hence any statement about 'everything' is meaningless. You have got to define your terms.