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Also if the uncertainty theory is true how is reality so consistent? If atoms can be anywhere at anyone time, why do my senses tell me im always solid? Also what is consciousness, atoms looking at atoms? How?......
Since everything is entirely made up of atoms, why are things dependent on one another? For example, why does a human made up of atoms need to eat and drink substances made of atoms to survive? Also if the uncertainty theory is true how is reality so consistent? If atoms can be anywhere at anyone time, why do my senses tell me im always "solid"? Also what is consciousness, atoms looking at atoms? How?!

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My answers will be pretty basic, because you could go into a TON of detail on some of this stuff. They should hopefully be enough for you to get the idea, though.

Question 1: For example, why does a human made up of atoms need to eat and drink substances made of atoms to survive?

Answer to question 1: We need energy! You can think of the body (in simplistic terms) as a machine. Machines need energy to do work. For example, if you want to move your fingers to type something, your muscles need energy. The energy your cells use is from breaking down ATP (a molecule) into ADP (the same molecule, with the gamma phosphate cleaved off).

It's just not energy in the form of ATP that your body needs, though. Your body needs raw building blocks (atoms, molecules) in order to make proteins, replicate DNA when cells divide, and so on. Water is needed because the biological reactions that make this stuff takes place in an aqueous medium.

As for why you need building blocks, water, and energy to survive, it's because your brain needs these things things to keep on working. Your heart needs them to keep on pumping. Your lungs need them to keep on breathing, and so on.

Question 2: Also if the uncertainty theory is true how is reality so consistent?

Answer to question 2: Probability. At the quantum level, say a single electron, EVERYTHING is probabilistic. At the macro scale, everything is STILL probabilistic, but you're considering more particles than the human mind can even wrap its mind around interacting, and the probabilities that they'll all interact in a certain way pretty much approaches 1 (i.e. 100%).
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