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Ah, thank you so much. That link really helped me. But theoretically, in a bizarre world where there is no subtle pressure disparity between the top and bottom of a balloon, it would not rise?

So I was pondering this question: On a conceptual level, how does a perfectly spherical helium balloon rise? I understand that the density of helium gas is lower than that of our atmospheric composition of gases, but that is not giving the full perspective for me. On a molecular level, I feel...