Electron Appears Spherical, Squashing Hopes for New Physics Theories

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1. Somewhat related story ...

Wayyyyy back in the olden days (when phones had cords), I was in physics class.

The instructor was describing the speed of an electron using this analogy.

Imagine a rubber ball inside a room. It bounces around, gaining speed quickly. Soon, it will be going so fast that it will seem one entire mass.

So fast that, should you open the door to the room, it would be like walking into a wall.

And then I thought ...

"No, it wouldn't be like walking into a wall, because as soon as that door opened a crack, the ball would be going so fast that it instantly would fill the space you're in, too ..."

In other words, you would be like a fly in amber ... unable to move ... and pulverized ...