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Passing straight through solid walls like a ghost

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Why use doors when your molecules can simply ignore solid matter? The concept of intangibility allows supernatural beings and comic book heroes to walk seamlessly through bricks, vaults, and barriers. It is an incredibly efficient shortcut that totally dismisses the fundamental rules of atomic structure.

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