I downloaded the pdf file so I can read it this evening. I may be back
on this topic later after doing some reading. Of course I may disagree
with the particle nature, but hey, I have an opinion too.
Cheers,
Bill Baka

On 05/27/2010 11:47 AM, Cecil Moore wrote:
On May 27, 12:20 pm, Bill wrote:
I probably should not have breached the subject since it will be a war
of opinions. If light was indeed a particle (photon) it could be
affected, but light is just really super high frequency radio in nature.
Radio is not particulate so why the hang-up over photons???

Quoting Roger Miller from the movie: "Water Hole Number Three"; "If
fishes had wishes, they'd fly".

Actually, it has nothing to do with opinions and everything to do with
actual experiments. EM wave energy, which includes visible light and
RF waves, has been proven beyond any doubt to be quantized which
implies a particle nature and not a continuously variable analog
field. In fact, quantum electrodynamics, which has an uncanny ability
to predict sub-atomic physics experimental outcomes, tells us that
nothing can exist outside of its existence as a particle. Have you
ever tried to prove that something can actually exist without a
particle nature being involved?

From the lowest level of light detectable by the human brain, the next
step up in brightness is 11.1111% greater than that first level - not
0.000001% as your opinion seems to desire. Following is the URL for an
interesting paper on the subject.

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...902.2896v1.pdf
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com