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Newton thought that light was made up of particles, but then it was discovered that it behaves like a wave. Later, however (in the beginning of the twentieth century), it was found that light did indeed sometimes behave like a particle. Historically, the electron, for example, was thought to behave like a particle, and then it was found that in many respects it behaved like a wave. So it really behaves like neither. Now we have given up. We say: “It is like neither.”<ref>Richard Feynman ''Feynman Lectures III no 1'' Cal Tech https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_01.html</ref>
 
Newton thought that light was made up of particles, but then it was discovered that it behaves like a wave. Later, however (in the beginning of the twentieth century), it was found that light did indeed sometimes behave like a particle. Historically, the electron, for example, was thought to behave like a particle, and then it was found that in many respects it behaved like a wave. So it really behaves like neither. Now we have given up. We say: “It is like neither.”<ref>Richard Feynman ''Feynman Lectures III no 1'' Cal Tech https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_01.html</ref>
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* If something seems to good to be true, it typically is to good to be true.
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[[Category: Physics]]
 
[[Category: Physics]]

Revision as of 09:49, 1 June 2023

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The Particle Model was created for quantum mechanics to extended the physics of Newton's Planets to sub-atomic phenomenon.

That model is treated here as though it were a myth. Extraordinarily helpful perhaps, but, all the same, just a myth.

Context

Newton thought that light was made up of particles, but then it was discovered that it behaves like a wave. Later, however (in the beginning of the twentieth century), it was found that light did indeed sometimes behave like a particle. Historically, the electron, for example, was thought to behave like a particle, and then it was found that in many respects it behaved like a wave. So it really behaves like neither. Now we have given up. We say: “It is like neither.”[1]

Solution

  • If something seems to good to be true, it typically is to good to be true.

References

  1. Richard Feynman Feynman Lectures III no 1 Cal Tech https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_01.html