dav57 said:
Ok, thanks. At last. But that's not what others have said so far, which is partly why we've gone round in circles!
Wrong. Jeez, you'd do better here if after writing every post you assumed everything you said in it was wrong and rewrote it as the opposite!
So, could I/we speculate that waves are only interpreted as graphical/mathematical constructs followin an interaction at the observer's end where a photon appears?
It's a free internet - you can speculate whatever you want. But that speculation is wrong.
Would it be plausible to speculate that a wave could actually be something entirely different?
Much better worded. Answer: no.
I think the universe as we know it probably does have an edge. How can you prove that it doesn't? Surely it's only theoretical.
Oy, there is all sorts of different wrong in there. "Only theoretical" is as well as anything that isn't directly observed can be known. So your "think" vs "only theoretical" has a clear winner: "only theoretical" is far better established than what you "think".
Anyway, as for why the theory is what it is; you have a lot of reading to do about the standard model of cosmology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
If you have any specific questions about how it works (hint: your problem is a misunderstanding of geometry), feel free to ask.
Yes, that's one of my "ideas". I'm not "claiming that it's correct. This is part of my journey of exploration.
A journey to Wrong on Route Wrong. It is counterproductive to speculate about what is already known and yes, you most certainly
are claiming it is correct when you use it in an argument, like you have.
This one, though, is a simple issue of logic. You are claiming that while in transit, the energy of a photon doesn't exist. This is as obviously nonsensical as claiming that while I'm driving home from work, I don't exist.
But let's first agree that photons don't travel across the universe. Waves (whatever they are) do.
Certianly not! Why would we agree to wrong as a starting point for a discussion? You're trying to tear-down existing science in order to make room for your wrong ideas. We would certainly not just let you assume for no reason other than you just would prefer it, that existing science is wrong!
Can a wave release and disperse energy sideways as it is traveling?
...can it leak energy?
Note, we are specifically talking about light here. Light is photons. It isn't exactly correct to just describe it as a wave and though the distinction is not always important, it is here. The answer to the question, for light, is
no.
With this line of discussion you are certainly starting to sound a lot like the recently banned cav57. If you are, it confuses me as to why you would create a sockpuppet to have a (somewhat, at least) reasonable discussion, but have other identities that do nothing but troll. But whatever - we'll find out for sure eventually.
I understand it sounds strange but you can't deny that there aren't strange things going on in our undiscovered universe.
Wow. Wrong wrongness. Untangling the triple negative makes the stament say "there aren't strange things going on in the universe"...but I know what you meant.
But basically, what you are saying is that since we don't know everything, the things we know could literally be
anything. Sorry, no, they can't.
