(April 13, 2015 at 10:19 pm)Nestor Wrote:(April 13, 2015 at 9:58 pm)bobkolker Wrote: How many people were killed by radiation a Fukishima or Chernobyl?: More than 1. All done to death by those "unreal" particles.That's a good point. I feel like an idiot for not having thought of that, tbh.
Bob Kolker
That kind of settles the question about fields, no?
Why?
If the interaction of abstract ideas can kill a person, it can kill a person. If it can melt off your face, it can melt off your face. None of these very real effects means that particles are things rather than abstract ideas.
