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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The edge of a knife has to be thinner than the thing it's cutting, and we haven't found anything thinner than a photon

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clearly you haven't seen my penis.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By that implication it's fundamentally impossible for anyone to see it.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I've found plenty of things thinner than photons, it's just that the photons they're thinner than are extremely low energy.