Photon Duality (Feynman doesn't know why, do you?)

From: Prescott (whatishiggs_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/19/05 

Date: 19 Mar 2005 05:04:22 -0800

In his book "QED: Strange Theory of Light and Matter".
Feynman mentions about light passing thru glass in
chapter one. He described that in ordinary glass,
there is a reflection of 4% and the rest of the 96%
passing thru. He asked how does individual photon
"makes up its mind" whether to go through glass or
bounce back and still produce consistent results of
4% reflections of the total photons. Anyway. The
following is his own words:

"The situation today is, we haven't got a good model
to explain partial reflection by two surfaces; we
just calculate the probability that a particular
photomultiplier will be hit by a photon reflected
from a *** of glass. I have chosen this calculation
as our first example of the method provided by the
theory of quantum electrodynamics. I am going to
show you "how to count the beans" - what the physicists
do to get the right answer. I am not going to explain
how the photons actually "decide" whether to bounce
back or go through; that is not known. I will only
show you how to calculate the correct probability
that light will be reflected from glass of a given
thickness, because that's the only thing physicists
know how to do! What we do to get the answer to this
problem is analogous to the things we have to do to
get the answer to every other problem explained by
quantum electrodynamics" (Feynman)

Ok. Guys So how does each photon know or make up its
mind and all of them conspiring to produce 4%
reflection and passing the rest of the 96%?

Don't tell me that its waves behavior. Don't tell
me that light can behave *like* particles and *like
waves*. Don't tell me that the wave function
determines the order. Don't tell me that the
probability amplitude holds the key to the order.
Don't tell me that one must not treat them as
classical objects. Don't tell me that because
Schroedinger and Born who originated the wave and
probability thing said so. Don't tell me this because
I already know them.

Instead what I want to know is the exact mechanism
by which the photon can have wave-like mechanism.
Draw or illustrate its dynamics while the photon
is in mid-air or space before reaching the target.
My guess now is that somehow the photon has communication
with the rest of the photons thru some non-local
connection with the collective waveform, but don't
know how to visualize further.

Know what. The photon particle wave mystery is also
applied to the electron (via deBroglie theory). So
solving this photon thing can solve the probabilistic
nature of quantum physics.

So does anyone know the answer.

I only want open minded folks to answer. Because the
dogma laden physicists will just tell you to believe
light has behavior of particle and wave and that's it.
No questions asked. Nothing unusual. It's like Christian
nuts who tell you not to question whether God exists,
just believe he exists, no questions asked, nothing
unusual about God. It's beause these dudes are both
mind controlled and I'm so tired of them.

If you are one who doesn't belong to the brain washed
club and can see beyond illusions. Pls. response. Thanks.

Prescott

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