Seems that way hosepipe. Seems to have something to do with Aristotle's law of the excluded middle. This recalls what Einstein said: "If two descriptions are mutually exclusive, at least one of them must be wrong."
And yet his friend Bohr tried to point out to Einstein that "even though the wave and particle behavior of an object are mutually exclusive, we need both to completely understand its properties." This is Bohr's famous "complementarity principle." As a "classical physicist," Einstein could never accept this.
At bottom, the question of "either/or" basically goes to the issue of what the observer wants to see. Yet to choose one (is it a particle or a wave?) does not extinguish the other. To insist that it does is to not have the complete description of the system.
Thank you hosepipe for your inspirational essay/post!
So true.. I love Einsteins 2 x 2 = 4.. and if you come up with a different answer you're simply WRONG(this universe).. yet I love Bohr's if you're wrong that says something too.. Reciprocals are so often true in other than Math.. Reducing all to mathematics must be a second reality.. I think Bohr was righter than Einstein.. Albert was counting rocks in the well Bohr was gazing the sky.. Good froggies both..
Thought of the day- "If the bullfrog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass".. i.e. You Must be born again- Jesus...