Yet, how do we know of the subatomic particle? The agnosticism
   of numbers are extraordinarily powerful metaphors. You may be
   thinking of metaphors as something from English class but
   consider:
   A metaphor simply means that it's equivalent to.
   It is a ~
   How powerful that is.
   Example:
   What is a particle?
   A particle is a conceptual metaphor based upon a perfect sphere.
   A sphere is a conceptual metaphor based upon globes, likely the
   Sun in the sky.

   What is an idealization (perfect)? The ideal sphere is a
   metaphor for spheres; simplified, not containing the
   complexities but in its perfected metaphorical form, allows us
   to find even deeper complexities, such as a circle being an
   infinite series of triangles, also metaphorical constructs. We
   can draw it on paper to conceptualize it.

   What's an atom? a conceptual sphere.

   What subatomic? What happens inside of the sphere.

   Is there really a sphere? Or is it a concept? A metaphor? A
   stand-in for something we cannot directly perceive?