Post by jonbain on Jan 24, 2024 6:53:30 GMT
The scientists have really lost the plot on so many such questions,
preferring incomprehensible sophistry to real natural philosophy.
So we need to ask this question as a question in metaphysics.
This is because time and again I read about the established
dogma of electron and photon spin,
and yet never was this presented in a meaningful way to me,
so I can only conclude that it is most likely that
both electron and photon spin are without ontological foundation.
Now maybe there is a way that has been explained that does not
begin with "Its weird, but..." and then propose something like
"up" and "down" do not mean "up and down" without even
beginning to explain this adequately.
Even the question as to what photon-frequency is actually
referring to, is opaque?
By this I ask as regards some or other event that takes place
so many times per second as to earn the label 'frequency',
but I never hear the answer to 'frequency of what exactly'?
And I am typically answered with "frequency of the photon",
which deconstructs to the rate of photons, but it clearly
cannot mean that...
Anyone got 3 cents here?