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Mister T
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Here is your explanation 2)dRic2 said:The explanation 2) is what I said is correct and it is exactly what you are saying.
I never said that the finger is not real. I never said that the finger interacts with the harmonics.dRic2 said:2) the finger is "not real" and thus it interacts with the harmonics in the mathematical/abstract world.
What I said is that the finger interacts with the string. This interaction can be explained using a mathematical model that involves harmonics.
You are confusing the phenomenon (finger interacts with string) with the explanation of the phenomenon. The phenomenon is real in the sense that it can be observed, the explanation of the phenomenon is real in the sense that it was created by humans.
What is real and what is not real is a philosophical issue that cannot be resolved using physics.