Warp wrote:
>   It looks like a wave, it behaves like a wave, it produces all the effects
> that a wave would produce, but it's not a wave.

No, it doesn't. It has the same math as a wave, *if* there's only one. If 
there's more than one, the behavior isn't like waves.

What function of waves produces lasing? Polarization?

>>> "OK, so why do I still get the exact same patterns if there's only one 
>>> photon there?"
> 
>> Because there are no waves.
> 
>   You get a wave interference pattern *because* (not "even though") there's
> no wave. That makes sense.

No, you get the exact same patterns when there's only one photon there, 
because it's not caused by interference between photons.

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