oldcoot <oldcoot7074@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Apr 20, 7:51 am, "Robert J. Kolker" <bobkol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> Photons travel through empty space. No medium is necessary.
>>
>"Phonons" travel through a bar of steel at 'X' velocity. Now remove
>the bar of steel. Do phonons still travel through "nothing",
>unattenuated, and at 'X' velocity? Apparently so, to the "no medium"
>crowd.
Incorrect; phonons are quantized vibrations of the atoms in a crystal
lattice. Photons are quantized electromagnetic wave packets.
>
>This entrenched "no medium" dogma defies all rational thought in
>otherwise-normal and intelligent people, reflecting a deep
>intellectual disconnect.
Where is the law that says the universe must behave as humans think it
should?
--
"Substantiation that you regard yourself as a God to be worhsipped [sic]
should be your concern, Deco."
-- David Tholen
