If Atoms are actually nothing at all and nothing is actually solid...then what really are we as humans?

Answer 1

As human organisms, we are mostly empty space, and most of the non-empty space is water. A fully dehydrated and compressed human would be a block of matter less than 2 feet tall. If you could somehow remove all the "empty space" around our component atoms, we'd be even smaller than that. Amazing what a small amount of non-empty space and a whole bunch of water will do, isn't it?

Mind you, this answer does not at all address the metaphysical component of your question, but that's outside the purview of science anyhow.

Answer 2

Think about an atom. Neutrons an protons in the middle electrons on the out side. Electrons are negetively charged. When two different types of atoms meet ther repel each other like magnets.

To answer your question we are held together by bonds that are stronger than the the magnetic force. which is why we don't fall apart. So we are really humans whether or not the atoms that make up the world are actually touching.

Answer 3

The reason an atom seems solid even though most of it is empty is the electrons that orbit the nucleus. They have a negative charge and repel other atoms when the are close together. This keeps them from passing through one and another. This is way even though its very empty is seems very solid.

Answer 4

Atoms are not "nothing at all", they DO contain matter, you know protons, electrons, neutrons, ring a bell?
It is true that most of the volume of the atom is made up of vacum. The illusion of "solidness" is produced by the motion of the partciles, most particalarly that of the electrons around the nucleus.