Why Energy Seems Quantized Especially To Crackpots

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 04:10 in Physics & Chemistry

I receive much crackpot email. A recent one is about a very common misunderstanding, but I have not seen a good answer anywhere, because very few who write about physics understand it sufficiently to counter crackpot theories well. Allow me to explain this point with a new personal story before explaining why energy seems quantized, why photons seem to be little packets of energy rather than a concept that describes quantum interactions more or less well.   read more

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