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Naty1 said:Post 5,6,7 and some others which claim virtual particles are merely mathematics artifices run the risk so many times proved in history...when math proves to be accurate and our preconceived notions prove simplistic, even naive but definitely false...Just because we can't imagine them being real doesn't mean they aren't.
When I studied semiconductor theory many years ago it was necessary to theorize electrons and holes to account for electrial behavior...I don't know whether holes are still necessary, I hope not, but it sure always seem an accounting/mathematical rather than a physical reality...
On the other hand, Einstein refused to believe in his own GR mathematics..so he stuffed in the cosmological constant to keep the universe in a steady state; Einstein also refused to believe in black holes which were also predicted by his own theory...and as a father of quantum theory he believed "God does not place dice" ...and missed reality a third time.
Sometimes experiment teases out new information; sometimes math does...what's "real" and what's not is often not obvious...
I couldn't agree with you more. And yes, holes are no longer necessary to account for electrical behavior.