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Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?

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RE: Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?

April 13, 2015 at 10:29 am (This post was last modified: April 13, 2015 at 10:33 am by AFTT47.)

This whole question seems odd to me. There is no question at all that particles exist. It is only a question of the nature of that existence, if it is an existence we can conceptualize in everyday terms. So what if it isn't? That hardly makes them any less real. They are just so different from what we experience in the macro world that mathematics is the only tool we have to precisely describe them. So what?

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

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Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'? - by Mudhammam - April 12, 2015 at 4:29 pm

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