IE to ProtoSteppe

JoatSimeon at aol.com JoatSimeon at aol.com
Tue Mar 16 00:19:55 UTC 1999


>In a message dated 3/14/99 9:06:56 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>glengordon01 at hotmail.com writes:

>_Physical_ proof of the nature of particles?? I don't think so. It is based on
>observation.

-- that is physical proof -- experimental validation.  All humans can do is
observe.

>It can't tell us the actual form of a particle.

-- yes it can, insofar as "form" is meaningful when speaking of say, an
electron, which is best described in terms of probability shells.

>Don't be daft.

-- right back at you.

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