Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
>>   You cannot "see" an individual atom because the wavelength of visible
>> light is too large.
> 
> No. But you could, in principle, construct some kind of meaninful visual 
> representation of them.

No, actually, you can't. That's the whole point of "quantum uncertainty." It 
really is impossible to look close enough.

> As far as I understand it, phycasists still don't really understand 
> exactly what these particles "are" yet. But they know many of their 
> properties and how they interact, which is probably the most useful 
> thing to know if you're trying to design coherant theories about them...

It depends on the definition of "is", as our president once said. If you can 
predict the behavior of something in all ways that matter to 15 decimal 
places, can you really say you don't know what it is?

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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