Lie #4 – Photons are Fundamental
The fourth entry in this greatest lies in physics series is “Photons are fundamental particles.” There is a contradiction in teaching that begins with the most basic description of a photon. Photons are consistently referred to as fundamental particles while at the same time it is said they are known to produce electric and magnetic […]
Continue Reading...Lie #3 – Wave-Particle Duality
Indoctrination into the concept of wave-particle duality is started in the earliest physics classes. Students are taught the dogma that a particle is not just a particle as it also behaves as a wave, and sometimes it is easier to treat it as a particle and sometimes it works out better to treat it as […]
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