RE: Time and the Speed of Light
April 28, 2014 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2014 at 12:10 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(April 28, 2014 at 11:46 am)KUSA Wrote:(April 28, 2014 at 11:31 am)Chuck Wrote: Why no?
Explaining what something does is not the same as explaining what something is.
As it pertains to magnetism and other forces I would like to visualize what is there. I understand that it is not possible at this time.
Just understanding the characteristics of something still leaves a big question mark to me.
Would I be correct in assuming your concept of "Understanding" something like electromagnetism involves creating a detailed mental model of electromagnetism, made up from consitituent parts of electromagnetism, which appear to provide a detailed explanation of why electromagnetism works the way it does?
This mode of understanding would work only when the thing in question has smaller consitituent parts which effects its overall behavior. It would seem this kind of understand simply can not exist when one gets down to the level of reality of elementary particles.
Photons and electrons are elementary particles. A complete understanding of them can consist of no more than how they interact with their surroundings. There is nothing more there to understand.
