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To: AndrewC
ith which of your senses do you detect that light comes in individual quanta?

They are called eyeballs.

In what manner do your eyes discriminate discrete individual quanta from a continuous stream of light?

6,383 posted on 02/03/2003 9:04:40 AM PST by donh
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To: donh
In what manner do your eyes discriminate discrete individual quanta from a continuous stream of light?

Is this an your attempt at stump the dummy? If you wish to learn how the eye detects light, invest in a college course. Hint: eyes don't "measure" infrared or ultraviolet quanta.(except maybe as a peripheral consequence)

6,384 posted on 02/03/2003 9:27:52 AM PST by AndrewC
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