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I had a dream I wish I could describe
I was an electron experiencing reality as an electron.
e(-)
Woah. How can an electron be a wave if it has mass. Only particles have mass?
Sorry, kiddo, classical physics only describes how mass behaves, not what it is.
Mass is an object's* tendency to resist changes in motion.
When these wacky particle physicists speak of "particles" they really mean quantum-mechanical wavefunctions or wavepackets.
In my dream I could see mathematics. I could identify with instantaneous curvature and the like in ways I can't possibly describe in this space.
*A what? That's an entirely different philosophical discussion.
I was an electron experiencing reality as an electron.
e(-)
Woah. How can an electron be a wave if it has mass. Only particles have mass?
Sorry, kiddo, classical physics only describes how mass behaves, not what it is.
Mass is an object's* tendency to resist changes in motion.
When these wacky particle physicists speak of "particles" they really mean quantum-mechanical wavefunctions or wavepackets.
In my dream I could see mathematics. I could identify with instantaneous curvature and the like in ways I can't possibly describe in this space.
*A what? That's an entirely different philosophical discussion.