@Krumple,
Krumple;128920 wrote:I guess you assume that I never have?
[/COLOR]Yep.
Define the wave for me then. Is it a wave of the space? What makes up the wave? When I say bubble, you are too fixed on the word bubble to see any relation because you want to use what you know about bubbles but I am only using it as an observation. I've done the math too, and when you get the part where it confirms wave, you stopped right? You just conclude it's obviously a wave. But what actually makes it a wave?
When you see ripples on water or examine the spectrum frequency of light it is only a pattern within the medium. But what is the medium for an electron to be a wave?
First of all, when you examine any light at all it is through absorbing it, and since you are observing the wave-packet itself, you need no medium.
It is a wave-packet, not a physical wave. Physical waves need a medium because they are the result of a disturbance of that medium. Unless you also want to make up another type of useless aether, the idea of a medium is not necessary.
But also the idea of a bubble is not necessary, the goal is not to state the "real" way things are but to find an accurate concept, accurate in its ability to explain phenomenons observed, but its use is not to tell you what is observed. So if the concept of a wave serves best, then there is no need to replace it with a "bubble", and so far I have yet to see how your bubble analogy could come to terms with
wave functions better than the idea of a
wave.
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Pepijn Sweep;128922 wrote:I was learned that an electron had a mass of O and a charge the opposite of a positron. Positrons en neutrons form the core of an atom.
Another use of the word electron refers to to (forgotten) mixture of gold/silver used in ancient times. Rember Eureka!:Glasses:
Actually, protons and neutrons form the center, positron is a type of anti-particle.