SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 6:31 AM - Today They effectively showed that the photon's physical visible form was completely absorbed, and then completely re-created upon release. Hmmm... I'm still thinking about this; will probably reply below, later. But, I've been thinking a photon ceases to be the original long before it's totally absorbed.   This is part of where we are talking past each-other. For when light enters a crystal, from outside the crystal, I know the speed of the light is changed *and* the crystal is affected by the light passing. This means something about entan ..read more

SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 6:13 AM - Today Why would you doubt that Planck Length was definitive? My professor, Dr. Young, doubted it, and in fact said it was impossible for the universe not to be 'infinitely' divisible, or the theories all would be wrong. I disagreed with him, but the evidence I needed didn't exist until LIGO detected gravity waves. I think you've missed quite a bit of the debate going on, or just aren't looking in the right places. The Planck length, as I understand it, is a length below which nothing can be made dimensionally;  this length indicates that space is ..read more

They effectively showed that the photon's physical visible form was completely absorbed, and then completely re-created upon release. Hmmm... I'm still thinking about this; will probably reply below, later. But, I've been thinking a photon ceases to be the original long before it's totally absorbed.   This is part of where we are talking past each-other. For when light enters a crystal, from outside the crystal, I know the speed of the light is changed *and* the crystal is affected by the light passing. This means something about entanglement;  if entanglement is a hidden va ..read more

Why would you doubt that Planck Length was definitive? My professor, Dr. Young, doubted it, and in fact said it was impossible for the universe not to be 'infinitely' divisible, or the theories all would be wrong. I disagreed with him, but the evidence I needed didn't exist until LIGO detected gravity waves. I think you've missed quite a bit of the debate going on, or just aren't looking in the right places. The Planck length, as I understand it, is a length below which nothing can be made dimensionally;  this length indicates that space is not infinitely divisible; but is quantized ..read more

SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 7:05 PM - 1 day ago david.cowan wrote: ↑ 1:45 PM - 1 day ago SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 12:18 AM - 1 day ago Good. I enjoyed the read.  I'm not sure we are in disagreement; but let me elucidate my point again. I had no idea it was not the same actor....I did like the Dyson sphere idea though, it would make a great world map for a video game...just saying. https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean ... rom-others The actor 'Scotty' freaked when reading the engineering settings for the antimatter containment unit after being re-materialized. That's not nor ..read more

david.cowan wrote: ↑ 1:45 PM - Today SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 12:18 AM - Today I do still have this link: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162 ... fxeflp9-kY Where they freeze light in crystal for a minute straight and then release it again. Good. I enjoyed the read.  I'm not sure we are in disagreement; but let me elucidate my point again. Which means effects of a photon passing through a material, have to cause recoil in the location of the material. I had no idea it was not the same actor....I did like the Dyson sphere idea though, it would make a great world map f ..read more

SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 12:18 AM - Today I do still have this link: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162 ... fxeflp9-kY Where they freeze light in crystal for a minute straight and then release it again. Good. I enjoyed the read.  I'm not sure we are in disagreement; but let me elucidate my point again. Which means effects of a photon passing through a material, have to cause recoil in the location of the material. In the link, I would contend that the authors have explicitly told us that the atoms in the crystal can maintain 'spin states' for about a minute; while the ..read more

I do still have this link: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162 ... fxeflp9-kY Where they freeze light in crystal for a minute straight and then release it again. Good. I enjoyed the read.  I'm not sure we are in disagreement; but let me elucidate my point again. Which means effects of a photon passing through a material, have to cause recoil in the location of the material. In the link, I would contend that the authors have explicitly told us that the atoms in the crystal can maintain 'spin states' for about a minute; while the photon does not exist.  Therefore, the cr ..read more

SkepticalHistorian wrote: ↑ 6:49 AM - Today david.cowan wrote: ↑ 2:29 PM - 1 day ago That would be true if a photon were a wave and only a wave.  If a photon were also a particle then that particle would clearly have a center of mass that could be pointed to....however the scale of that center of mass may be beyond physical limitations of space we can experience directly in order to actually physically point to it... I don't think my professor was making a wave only argument. Even if a photon is only partially a wave, then *part* of the photon is not located at a point. One of the majo ..read more

david.cowan wrote: ↑ 2:29 PM - 1 day ago That would be true if a photon were a wave and only a wave.  If a photon were also a particle then that particle would clearly have a center of mass that could be pointed to....however the scale of that center of mass may be beyond physical limitations of space we can experience directly in order to actually physically point to it... I don't think my professor was making a wave only argument. Even if a photon is only partially a wave, then *part* of the photon is not located at a point. One of the major issues here is that we can not experimental ..read more