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Are Particles Theoretically Tangible?
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RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible?
(March 28, 2022 at 5:31 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:
(March 28, 2022 at 5:05 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: I tend to think of a particle as something like a cloud density of starlings.

As starlings move through the sky, there is a place where the density is very high and it appears to be a black dot as they come together.

A particle can be viewed this way as a wave that has an area of highest density.

I could be wrong in my assessment of this and most likely I am because I'm not an expert in the field. I'm just giving my viewpoint. Should any part of it be remotely accurate, it's by sheer coincidence.

Smile

If you think of all those Starlings as "pieces" of the electron wave, then the analogy isn't bad.

Just don't think of the electron as being "inside" the electron cloud.  It is the electron cloud.  There is no tiny thing zipping around.

I agree. Thank you for giving my analogy a nod to the good side.
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Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by JairCrawford - March 24, 2022 at 8:45 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Paleophyte - March 25, 2022 at 2:17 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 24, 2022 at 10:52 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 25, 2022 at 2:42 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Ranjr - March 25, 2022 at 5:02 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 25, 2022 at 6:25 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 27, 2022 at 12:46 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 27, 2022 at 9:47 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 27, 2022 at 2:25 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Rahn127 - March 25, 2022 at 5:05 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Angrboda - March 25, 2022 at 6:25 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Rahn127 - March 28, 2022 at 5:05 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Rahn127 - March 28, 2022 at 5:36 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Jehanne - March 29, 2022 at 10:59 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Angrboda - March 29, 2022 at 5:53 pm
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Angrboda - March 30, 2022 at 10:53 am
RE: Are Particles Theoretically Tangible? - by Ranjr - March 30, 2022 at 11:27 am

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