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Originally Posted by xelasnave
What does a photon look like anyways.
alex
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Hi,
I dont think this is a meaningfull question. Light exhibits both particle and wavelike properties.
In any case, by example what does water look like, nothing like a H2O molecule yet this is water. How can human beings possibly know what a water molecule let alone a photon actually looks like. The question is absolutely meaningless.
However just because we cant know what it looks like does not mean we cant know how it behaves and create predictive theories like quantum mechanics which while based in mathematics at least allow us to describe many properties and interactions with the real world.
Cheers
Paul