Light and Matter; dhw read (Origins)

by David Turell , Saturday, May 31, 2014, 06:24 (3612 days ago) @ GateKeeper

GK: When they know what a photon "is" I think they will unify Einstein and quantum mechanics.-I don't think so. I think they are two different levels of reality and cannot be fully combined. 
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> GK: dwh. we were talking about different times at the beginning of the universe. before you go any further, do you understand what we said about "energy" and a "photon", a "force carrier". What I posted before still stands.
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> 'energy" has a few forms. It is based on some type of "particle exchange" and conservation laws. If you like. I will bow out so I don't confuse you.-I don't think you are confusing him. He doesn't understand the concepts of energy at the atomic level and energy at the wood and coal level, as totally different.