Comment by pharrington
9 years ago
Fortunately we completely understand light; if you actually wonder about radio and want to bring it out of the realm of mystery potentially hiding dark magic, learn some basic quantum mechanics. As to what you ingest, learn how its made and understand the basic chemistry of the end product. No label gives insight into that, its just alot of research.
Sure, systematic disinformation campaigns are real, but in 2016 those don't eliminate the also very real and verifiable scientific knowledge.
I am sorry to inform you that we don't completely understand anything at all. We barely understand the world and universe around us. To say that we completely understand anything is a fallacy. Also with the scientific method, nothing is set in stone as fact. Anything can change our understand at anytime.
What behavior of light have we observed that the standard model doesn't accurately model? Where is the standard model inaccurate regarding light?
Here is one that I know of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoluminescence
I'm not saying we are inaccurate. But look at the history of physics, there will always come a time when a new theory trumps the old.
The most believable claim I've seen so far is that DNA might be very slightly conductive. Just barely enough to slightly increase replication errors.
I discount it without further evidence, but sounds plausible.
> Fortunately we completely understand light
So is it a wave, or a particle?
Neither: it's a packet of information that has properties of both.
I'm sure you've already heard that the subatomic world completely defies the expectations developed from having evolved to comprehend the macroscopic world. A large part of this, which is assumed but I believe needs to be explicitly mentioned in this context, is that mammal brains are shit garbage at intuiting probabilities.
Pilot waves get some backing again, so I wouldn't be surprised if another common theory changes again:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160517-pilot-wave-theory-ga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_wave