(March 6, 2016 at 3:39 pm)little_monkey Wrote:(March 6, 2016 at 12:03 pm)Alex K Wrote: You again make an arbitrary distinction between "other particles" and "you or observers".
Why do you say that virtual particles don't interact with you or other observers? That's just not true. The electrons in your eye are affected by virtual particle effects just as any other electrons. The electrons in your eye for example have an anomalous magnetic moment , ergo they interact with virtual particles.
You're really having a hard problem. It's a matter of definition. If you can't get that, I'm wasting my time with you.
Maybe I misunderstand you. Can you briefly clarify what you mean is a matter of definition, and how does that relate to the question whether virtual particles really exist?
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