[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia:Paradoxes

[stevertigo]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:58 AM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> If by "light" you mean the wave portion, than I'd probably agree with you,
> that it's not "matter".  However "light" is also a photon, which as a
> particle, I would have to say is "matter", massless or no.
>
> I seem to recall however this little thing called the particle-wave duality
>  of nature.  That is every particle is also a packet of energy with a
> wave-form and you could think of it as if they are constantly switching from a
> particle to a wave and back again.  At any rate, when the total amount of
> matter in the universe is calculated, don't they include as well loose
> electrons  and photons in that equation?  As well as neutrinos for that matter.
>
> I'd still be interested in an authority you could cite that specifically
> states that other than energy and matter there is this third entity that is
> neither one, which you seem to be claiming.

Eh. I understand what you are getting at, but keep in mind that
"wave-particle duality" is just a kludge - one that comes from low
dimensional thinking.

-Stevertigo