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Old October 23rd 17, 12:31 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:24:13 -0400, Davoud wrote:
Paul Schlyter:
Which means they are not just particles, they are waves too.
Particle-wave duality, you know...


Davoud:
Illusory. My primary care quantum mechanician says "Fields.

Every
particle. It's all fields. The Universe is made of fields."


Paul Schlyter:
And variations in these fields are...
particles^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwaves...


No, variations in those fields give the illusion of being particles.
And particles may sometimes give the illusion of being waves. But

that
doesn't matter. It's the particles that count.


If you ignore the wave aspect of light, how do you account for the
fact that glass refracted light?