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Are you sure you are following the context of this thread, where pressure finds the path of least resistance? you can blow up a tube with light. Show me an ex
by CyberDildonics 4y ago
Are you sure you are following the context of this thread, where pressure finds the path of least resistance?
you can blow up a tube with light.
Show me an experiment where light exerts itself physically on other light through being constrained to the extent that it finds the path of least resistance.
Really, this is the epitome of a hacker news discussion where there is something reasonable being twisted into absolute nonsense with excessively convoluted arguments.
- Dylan16807 4y agoI really don't understand what you're trying to argue. You can't just pour electrons into something and blow it up either. So what does it prove that you can't pour photons into a tube to blow it up? If you want the analogy to electrical flow then it's not trying to blow things up, it's having different sized holes for light to go through, and some scattering in the nodes. Also my edit to the previous post was late so I'll move it here: > There are no individual packets of light just like there are no individual packets of sounds. Photons are a useful idea in simulations because you need to sample specific paths. Sound is carried by individual particles. Light is quantized (aka packets) unless you happen to have an alternate explanation for the ultraviolet catastrophe?
- CyberDildonics 4y agoIf you push electrical pressure into a capacitor, it blows up. If you push too much voltage (pressure) into a battery, it blows up. Sound is carried by individual particles. Electricity is carried by a conductor like copper, but electricity is not copper and sound is not a particle. Electromagnetic radiation is magnitude of frequencies over time. There are no individual packets of light just like there are no individual packets of sounds. Photons are a useful idea in simulations because you need to sample specific paths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation This whole thread is about finding the path of least resistance in a pragmatic sense, not some abstract theory that you can't demonstrate. Even the wikipedia article talks about 'light particles' as an 'alternate view with no mass'.
- Dylan16807 4y agoIf you have a sufficient strong source that pushes, yes you can blow things up. That's true of light too. Not just shining in a weak source indefinitely. You need a powerful source. Just like with electricity or fluids. They behave the same. Photons have no rest mass which is extra abstract. They do have mass, and them having mass is not abstract. And you didn't explain how to resolve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe without discrete packets.
- CyberDildonics 4y agoJust like with electricity or fluids. This stuff is pretty easy for someone to demonstrate with electricity or fluids, so show me it being done with light.
- Dylan16807 4y agoI don't have any super thin mirrors on hand, but do you really not believe that solar sails are a real thing? Or do you think a container would act differently from a too-thin solar sail for some reason?
- CyberDildonics 4y agoThis is about common science that can be done at home, I can show you video of water going through pipes or a capacitor blowing up. You're the one saying that light has volume for some insane reason, so show me. You keep going deeper and deeper into unrelated nonsense just to try to be contrarian.
- Dylan16807 4y agoWhat. I said pressure not volume. I'm not trying to be contrarian, I think you brought up a weird example to complain about and you got rightfully downvoted for it (not by me).