“… it is my judging them that makes the difference between them being just atoms or just people.” As far as we can tell, at the present level of our understanding, everything is made up of atoms which are particles …
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” ― Carl Sagan, astrobiologist …