Desrtopa comments on Configurations and Amplitude - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 14 April 2012 02:27:02PM 2 points [-]

Actually, I already explained wave earlier. "A disturbance thru a medium" is the best definition which can be used consistently. Of course we could refer to the popular definition, from WIKI or whatever. But you asked me my definition. A particle is a discrete "piece" of matter, or in the case of a photon, a discrete 'amount' of energy, or quanta.

"A disturbance through a medium" is not what scientists mean when they say that matter has wavelike properties though. It doesn't matter what "your definition" is, if it's not what scientists mean when they use the phrase "matter has both wavelike and particlelike properties" to communicate an idea to each other.

In any case, I've been suspicious for a while, but at this point I think it's very likely that you're deliberately trolling this site. You're combining a significant level of familiarity with scientific anecdotes with a profound, seemingly willful level of ignorance, and I think you're faking it.

Comment author: orthonormal 14 April 2012 02:45:11PM 2 points [-]

Reminds me a bit of this.