This is the most pedantic thing I've ever seen posted on HN. If an object is illuminated by the sun or by a flashlight, you see the light. When you illuminate

This is the most pedantic thing I've ever seen posted on HN. If an object is illuminated by the sun or by a flashlight, you see the light. When you illuminate a single strontium atom with a laser while it's suspended in an ion trap, you see the light.