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Old October 23rd 17, 02:46 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:29:14 +0300, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

OK, let's return to light. You said it was neither particles nor
waves, yet you want to call it particles. Why?


If you're going to use a plain English word, "particles" is best for
light, since it's make up of photons, which the word fairly reasonably
describes. But if you want to really understand things, you need to
work with the mathematics of QM.