The wave and particle duality of light…

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O.K. like I was so not ready for the above question the other night, where the concept of light and its dual nature came up. Looking back, I’m still having a hard time thinking about the best way to talk about it. Partly because I’m still not convinced that it’s one of those things that can be explained in a logical fashion. i.e. it just is – because of variety of different observations suggest that it can exist as either or, or both (depending on how you want to phrase the diction). Mind you, I say this as a geneticist, a science person as far removed as a physicist could possibly be.

Maybe this video can shed light on the strangeness of it all?

…or maybe not?

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David (@ng_dave) is Faculty at the Michael Smith Labs. His writing has appeared in places such as McSweeney's, The Walrus, and boingboing.net. He plans on using Terry as another place to highlight the mostly science-y links he appreciates. In fact, if you liked this one, you might also like his main site generally - this can be found at popperfont.net.