On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If by "light" you mean the wave portion, than I'd probably agree with you, > that it's not "matter". However "light" is also a photon, which as a > particle, I would have to say is "matter", massless or no. > > I seem to recall however this little thing called the particle-wave duality > of nature. That is every particle is also a packet of energy with a > wave-form and you could think of it as if they are constantly switching from a > particle to a wave and back again. At any rate, when the total amount of > matter in the universe is calculated, don't they include as well loose > electrons and photons in that equation? As well as neutrinos for that > matter. > > I'd still be interested in an authority you could cite that specifically > states that other than energy and matter there is this third entity that is > neither one, which you seem to be claiming.
Eh. I understand what you are getting at, but keep in mind that "wave-particle duality" is just a kludge - one that comes from low dimensional thinking. -Stevertigo _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
