On 19/10/2017 17:57, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:46:13 +0300, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

Because particles are described by wave functions. Particles behave
in
a probabilistic way.

Which means they are not just particles, they are waves too.
Particle-wave duality, you know...

They are neither. Both words are just English approximations of the
physical description.

More accurately they are both. Which properties you see from a photon or
an atom depends on the experiment that you choose to do. Eventually we
may get a GUT that describes all the forces of nature in a single
coherent way with quantum mechanics and gravitation neatly combined.

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Regards,
Martin Brown