Feynman started by investigating the wobbles of a spinning plate, and ended up with Quantum Electrodynamics. Looking at the metronome video, I found myself thi

Feynman started by investigating the wobbles of a spinning plate, and ended up with Quantum Electrodynamics. Looking at the metronome video, I found myself thinking, "There's got to be something deep there". It'd be really cool if the metronomes turned out to be a model of the quantum vacuum, and the patterns running though the array of oscillators turned out to be virtual particles winking into and out of existence. (Hey, I can dream, can't I?) --- edit: spelling