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Re: 'Particles' are dismissed: for lack of evidence. - 10-05-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick View Post
Is it really a particle that stands before us? Is there really a difference between a wave
and a particle,and if there is,will it enhance your life any by knowing?



regards michael.
A'particle' has traditionally presumed to have a discontinuous surface and to be the constituent building block of the entire physical universe. A particle is anticipated as being contained by a distinct 'surface', separating it from surrounding space. It doesn't look like there are any particles - but rather, surfaceless wave and field systems - 'standing before us'...

Your question of 'enhancement of life' might be appended to any of the questions and answers on this website, Michael. You know, the 'So what?' modality of dialogue busters.

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(George Berkeley, 1710) ... lay the beginning in a distinct explication of what is meant by thing, reality, existence: for in vain shall we dispute concerning the real existence of things, or pretend to any knowledge thereof, so long as we have not fixed the meaning of those words.

"All things come out of the one and the one out of all things." - Heraclitus
"Reality is an illusion - albeit a persistent one." - Einstein
"Particles give me a headache." - Ibid
  
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