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    It is not the case that If atoms could share a common locus, any composite mass would be no larger than a single atom.

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    • 1.If the locus of the central atom were identical to the locus of all six conjoining atoms, all seven atoms would occupy the same location.
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    • 2.Things occupying the same location are mutually excluding occupants of that locus and thus indistinguishable in extension.
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    • 3.A mass of seven atoms indistinguishable in extension from one atom would be the size of a single atom.
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