(February 9, 2016 at 3:27 am)Alex K Wrote: @Meandering Atheist,
I agree but to pick nits,
the exchange of photons as the origin of the em force is pretty well-understood from a theory perspective. I wouldn't call it action at a distance since it is communicated with finite speed ©
Perfect! I was hoping we would get into this. When I say 'action at a distance' I mean that it does not make sense for objects to interact without touching each other. The exchange of photons does little to quell this dilemma, as the photon exchange still occurs without direct contact. The photon may travel from one particle to another, but that doesn't explain how the photon knows that the other particle is there.
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