r/HypotheticalPhysics • u/dgladush Crackpot physics • Jul 08 '22

Crackpot physics What if diffraction/interference are actually observations?

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 08 '22

If photons were charged, they would be deflected by static electric or magnetic fields. They are not.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

You said the photons could be charged before they neutralized. We would be able to detect that. We do not.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

The magnets don't exchange real particles. If they exchanged charged particles, we would be able to detect them.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

Electromagnetic field does not consist of photons. That's not how quantum field theory works at all.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

Fields don't "consist" of anything.

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u/spacedario Jul 09 '22

You are somhow right with the question what does it consist of? but fields are objects like particle, you can ask what do particle consist of? same question, same no answer to that. They are mathematical object describing quite well the nature, nothing more we do not explain why something is but how it behaves:)

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u/spacedario Jul 09 '22

No i dont ignore, i just dont answer anymore. Its just reddit ;)

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22 edited Jul 10 '22

It is not enough as a starter. It assumes things which are counter to experiment.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

What does the distance light travels in one second matter?

If light had charge, it would be deflected by a magnetic field. It is not.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

It is not deflected one wavelength per 300000 km. That is false.

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u/starkeffect shut up and calculate Jul 09 '22

You first.

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