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To go further, I have a colleague who says there are actually no particles, only waves interacting with other waves. I am trying to get him to make a proper the
by toxicFork 7y ago
To go further, I have a colleague who says there are actually no particles, only waves interacting with other waves. I am trying to get him to make a proper thesis out of this but he is busy trying to earn money to support his family. If there are any theories about this, please link them in the thread! It sort of resonates with what Richard Feynman has been demonstrating in some of his lectures but I have not been able to find the right keywords to search the internet, or the best way to ask scientists.
Problems of hobby scientists...
- xcodevn 7y agoIt is called Quantum Field Theory.
- toxicFork 7y agoThanks!
- Sharlin 7y agoAnd it has been the mainstream quantum theory for decades. Nothing new. But physics doesn't concern itself with what "actually exists", only which models work the best. Whether fields or particles are ontologically more basic is a question as of now relegated to the realm of metaphysics. Some physicists have opinions in one way or another, others just subscribe to the "shut up and calculate" school of thought.
- deepnotderp 7y agoQFT, the new ether basically
- williamdclt 7y agoThat's indeed a layman explanation of the mainstream theory. From what I understand of this theory (not a physicist), particle are not small atomic objects but they're not waves either. Nobody can describe what they are otherwise than by mathematic equations describing their interaction. Some of these equations describe some aspects of reality accurately if you think of particles as objects, some others describe some other aspects of reality well if you think of particles as wave. Doesn't mean that particles are either, they just behave like one or the other depending what you're studying