Recent content by Herbie

I hadn't realized I was arguing with specialists on Physics Forums: the typical forum is full of non-specialists like myself, quoting the supposed specialists who write books or articles on their given subjects and discussing from there. So, that's what I thought was happening here. By...

Since I haven't any access to peer-reviewed material or any actual first-hand observational evidence (as I am not a physicist; and I think this is or was a thread for novices), here's another book from the library that I was reading this week: particle-physicist/cosmologist Lisa Randall's...

Thank you for your reply. I have given you my evidence, so it's clear enough for people to see and judge for themselves; I refer you back to it, and do not resile from it. I don't appreciate your tone, but it seems that some people are more 'moderated' on here than others. Bye!

The 'pop in and out of existence' is not a "'real thing that I have in my mind" that you state. I have already stated that I don't believe electrons to behave in this way (because I don't think that they exist, per se), but the phrase used by the original poster is supported by Mr Rovelli, in...

To Zz: It was 'Seven Brief Lessons On Physics', by Carlo Rovelli; however, as you say, I may well have misinterpreted what I read. Do the probabilities not tell us that a particle will not, in all likelihood, be that far from its previous interaction even though it could, possibly, be...

I think I read something by Carlo Rovelli recently that seemed to suggest that electrons do behave in this way, if they can even be considered 'particles'. Does it not follow logically from them being elementary particles with no structure, so that quantum mechanics says they can be in one...