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> A particle is a useful metaphor I disagree, an actual point particle with a mass should have an event horizon. Using terms without baggage helps avoid such
by Retric 4mo ago
> A particle is a useful metaphor
I disagree, an actual point particle with a mass should have an event horizon. Using terms without baggage helps avoid such misleading assumptions.
- throwaway27448 4mo agoNo metaphor is perfect.
- Retric 4mo agoMany are terrible.
- throwaway27448 4mo agoI think it takes a very narrow understanding of physics discourse to call the particle a terrible metaphor. What's next, entirely discarding the teaching of newtonian physics in high school?
- Retric 4mo ago“Newton mechanics” has the benefit of a disclaimer suggesting that it is not a representation of reality. “Particle” isn’t great but it beats “point particle”