floating on atoms

[l337sponge]

Ok so atoms repel each other. To gain a bond between different atoms there must be enough force for the two to bond and make a molecule. So does this mean that technically my fingers are not actually touching my keyboard, that it is just magnetic force between the atoms of the keyboard and my fingers that i feel or are the atoms literally bouncing off of each other?

[swansont]

The pressure you feel in your fingertips is indeed the electromagnetic repulsion of the atoms. Interacting like that is the quantum equivalent of touching.