If a person had the technology to control the direction of all the molecules in their body?

Question

could they pass through an object by avoiding a collision on a sub atomic level. I know it's a far out idea, but if you could would it be possible?

Answer 1

No.

This is because the force between atoms in a solid does not fall off fast enough, so there are no "gaps" between the atoms of an object into which atoms of your body could fit without feeling a force, however much control hyou have over them.

Of course, you could get over this by increasing the distance between the atoms in the object but then it becomes what we commonly call a gas. And you already know that you can pass through a gas.

Answer 2

I think epidavros is correct. But a slightly different idea I had years ago is that if you could loosen the molecular bonds of a substance along an extremely thin plane, you could cut rock with very little energy, and also leave a very smooth surface and a perfectly matched pair of rocks to reassemble later. You could build a perfect granite wall by slicing it from a mountain. You could make a surgical incision with little damage. But that's another far-out idea.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I completely agree with you but i do not think if we separate once , we can not reform again. Once if we make the bodies molecules to move apart they do not perform the function they assigned to. so it can be a 50 - 50 chance.But if the control you said exists even after the separation , i would definitely say that it would be possible.

Answer 5

i guess so, it probably depends on what material your passing through also