Re: What is a photon?


"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1171550439.604744.282860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 14, 10:56 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tom Potter wrote:

Hey Wormley--Where does the photons go
after you "destroy" them?

Face the facts, photons don't exist.

Hey Potty! Face the facts, photons are real or you would not
be able to see, waves are mathematical constructs.

This is a photon in action:
http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AC/spin.gif

Only when the bearings in the compass needle warm up from friction
and air is moved by the needle is any energy taken from the magnet.




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