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According to high school physics teachers, all matter is made up of tiny frictionless spheres in a vacuum
(multiverse.soulism.net)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
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You are just wrong and yet a bit right. The models we use to explain concepts like molecules, heat and other science subjects never is able to convey the whole story. In those models often we make some assumptions or it has yet to be further researched.
The models for atoms has been revised quite a few times, but mind you that the different scientist making these models all had new findings and created a model that adhered to these new findings. Just to add to this, John Dalton created the sphere model for atoms and just 4 years later Thomson added to this with charges. This was in 1800, by 1926 some dude called Schrodinger came in and wiped his behind with most of the strict rules of the models and that model is still used to this date. Still this model is also flawed, as a lot of students will believe that it "looks like the pictures".
Tl;Dr Models are made to explain complex mathematics in a visual way whilst making some assumptions
Sauce: was a physics teacher some years ago.
Disclaimer: WAS a physics teacher, sorry if I made a mistake and ruined someone's day