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This is an amazing article that's made a lot of things much clearer for me. To stop thinking of particles as "things" and start thinking of them as certain conf
by jbb555 11y ago
This is an amazing article that's made a lot of things much clearer for me. To stop thinking of particles as "things" and start thinking of them as certain configurations of a field. Perhaps it makes sense to think of them as configurations that the mathematics ensures are somehow stable.
And then virtual particles and other interactions make a lot more sense. They are just other configurations.
My new understanding might not be correct but this article has certainly opened my eyes and suddenly a lot of previous things make a lot more sense!
- hellofunk 11y agoNice summary. It's really interesting stuff isn't it?
- JonnieCache 11y agoStrassler has a lot of articles of this kind on his site, highly recommended. Check the articles menu on his homepage. There's a nice series on dark matter. There's also this page with various links: http://profmattstrassler.com/about/about-this-site-and-how-to-use-it/ http://profmattstrassler.com/about/about-this-site-and-how-t...