Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Particles popping in and out of existence or switching states? Date: 3 Jul 2016 09:47:11 GMT Organization: enemygadgets.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <59f986f1-9aa0-45d1-869e-6a81c9e993b2@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net 8O4IxhZM79mFabNVRASODA8h5JW7DUfthZEpwSco+wBulzg8+x Cancel-Lock: sha1:s9PrXJkAGUUlrdLrwxBWQnCHC6g= User-Agent: KNode/4.13.3 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:587790 nuny@bid.nes wrote: > On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10:09:55 AM UTC-7, 7 wrote: >> Particles popping in and out of existence or switching states? >> >> I'm beginning to doubt this idea of particles popping in and out >> of existence. >> >> The theory is sound and measurable, but the mechanism is not believable. > > Believable is only a problem for humans. > > Virtual particles are accompanied by their antiparticles. How does your > state-switch idea account for that? With great difficulty. Electromagnets state switch to N and S poles at the same time. Not saying its the same thing, but therein lies a real world clue.