# If You Took Out All The Empty Space Between The Atoms That Make Up A Person **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385 "2023-03-20T00:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/21 "2023-03-20T05:02:11Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > The weight of the total human population is, apparently, 316 million tons Perfect place for a ‘Yo Momma So Fat’ joke. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/22 "2023-03-20T06:51:17Z")
This is a perfect example of how scientists tend to dumb things down a little too much in order to reach a bigger audience. I have mixed feelings about this. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/23 "2023-03-20T16:04:22Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > This is a perfect example of how scientists tend to dumb things down a little too much in order to reach a bigger audience. Username checks out. 😁 . Quoth Gatopescado: _“Perfect place for a ‘Yo Momma So Fat’ joke.”_ Yo Momma So Fat if she sat on the world’s population, she could create a neutron star. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/24 "2023-03-20T16:22:15Z")
That’s because it would be one solid nucleus, like a neutron star. > Fast Facts. The enormous density of a neutron star means **a teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh 10 million tons**. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/25 "2023-03-20T16:24:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s not true, anyway. All that “empty space” isn’t empty. It’s full of fields Relevant discussion: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P0TNJrTlbBQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Do Atoms Ever Touch?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TNJrTlbBQ) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/26 "2023-03-20T16:43:20Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > BTW, I just want to go on the record to say that I do not approve of doing this experiment in real life. I dunno. I’d think there’s be considerable interest if we could compress something human-sized to the density of a neutron star. We’re not remotely capable of achieving pressures like that even for small objects, even using nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/27 "2023-03-20T16:49:26Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > That’s because it would be one solid nucleus, like a neutron star. > > > Fast Facts. The enormous density of a neutron star means **a teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh 10 million tons**. Is that why they used sugar cubes in the OP instead of a teaspoon? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385/28 "2023-03-20T17:24:50Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > > Fast Facts. The enormous density of a neutron star means **a teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh 10 million tons**. Most recipes only call for a pinch of neutron star, otherwise it’s too overwhelming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-took-out-all-the-empty-space-between-the-atoms-that-make-up-a-person/981385.md?page=1)