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I heard about this from my teacher. What is it? Is it real? Is it the meadiem Light waves effect? Any help accepted.
Whitedragon said:I heard about this from my teacher. What is it? Is it real?
Whitedragon said:Makes sense i quess, but i still don't like the fact that we don't have an answer to how light travels. It desterbs me greatly.
Whitedragon said:It desterbs me greatly.
Aye. Does 'creationism' ring a bell?pervect said:They set up preconcieved notions of how reality "ought to be", in their personal opinion. They then rail against the scientific establishment when it rudely points out that that's not how reality has actually been observed to behave.
I ask questoins to which I want answers. If I ask a question I don't care it it's worth asking, and I don't care if i don't like the answer as long as it's reasonable. I just want to know why things happen.DrChinese said:Ha, I said you be happier if you accepted my answer...
The question of "what does light travel through" is an artificial problem anyway. Why would it need to travel though anything? You can ask any number of similar questions (such as "why is water wet?"). Rather than get distracted by the questions we can ask, it is fruitful to focus on questions that get us to the next stage of our understanding.
As to the existence of the ether: if you change your definition enough, you can simply say that spacetime itself is the ether. Or phase space, or the quantum vacuum. Those are perfectly acceptable answers. Does that help?
I know it is disappointing, but sometimes the answer to such questions really is that the question itself is irrelevant, useless, or meaningless.Whitedragon said:I ask questoins to which I want answers. If I ask a question I don't care it it's worth asking, and I don't care if i don't like the answer as long as it's reasonable. I just want to know why things happen.
Whitedragon said:but before i don't accept it, I want to know what it was considered to be. What people thought it was. Before i can judge something i must fully understand it.
The medium light waves effect refers to the behavior of light waves as they travel through different materials or substances, such as air, water, or glass. This effect can cause the light waves to change direction, speed, or wavelength, resulting in various phenomena such as refraction, reflection, and diffraction.
The medium through which light travels can affect its speed due to the varying density and composition of the material. For example, light travels slower in denser materials, such as water or glass, compared to less dense materials like air. This change in speed can result in the bending of light as it passes through different mediums.
While both effects involve the behavior of waves, the medium light waves effect is specific to the behavior of light waves in different materials, while the Doppler effect refers to the change in frequency of waves due to the movement of the source or observer. The medium light waves effect can cause changes in the direction and speed of light, while the Doppler effect causes changes in the wavelength and frequency of waves.
The medium light waves effect has numerous real-world applications, such as in the design of lenses for glasses and cameras, the functioning of optical fibers in communication systems, and the creation of colorful patterns in soap bubbles. It also plays a crucial role in the natural world, affecting the appearance of objects underwater and the formation of rainbows in the sky.
Scientists use various tools and techniques, such as lasers, prisms, and diffraction gratings, to study the behavior of light waves in different mediums. They also rely on mathematical models and theories, such as Snell's law and the wave theory of light, to explain and predict the effects of mediums on light waves. Through experimentation and observation, scientists continue to deepen our understanding of this fascinating phenomenon.