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Re:There are no particles, there are only fields (2012) by atemerev on Monday August 29, 2016 @03:41AM (#12380590)
Calling an electron "a particle" presumes that it is always localized somewhere, and has a defined travel path. But it doesn't; when measurement happens, it is localized at some specific point, but that's all.

Something that can be localized only at interaction points, and not elsewhere, is not a "particle", it's something else. Perhaps "field excitation", like a hot spot in a microwave.

Re:There are no particles, there are only fields (2012) by goldenkey on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:18AM (#12380847)
But thats the catch 22. Macroscopic objects are only classical because they have their hand in the river of interaction non stop. Only the smallest butterfly can manage to remain coherent and uncollapsed.