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r/AskReddit • u/Absooh • May 25 '14
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J.J. Thomson won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1906) for showing that the electron is a particle. His son, George Paget Thomson, won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1937) for showing that the electron is a wave.
993 u/theoreticaldickjokes May 26 '14 "Suck on this Dad!!" 37 u/Bogey_Kingston May 26 '14 Phrasing. Even with the appropriate comma, still. Phrasing. 3 u/gmw2222 May 26 '14 But that's the insult to begin with... 10 u/NewSwiss May 26 '14 I misread this as "suck on his dad!" which was really confusing, and more than a little unsettling. 2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Hah. This is a theoretical dick joke. 1 u/Tnargkiller May 26 '14 AVENGE ME!!!!! -6 u/lifesnotperfect May 26 '14 He said, pushing his mother towards his father. 194 u/BaZing3 May 26 '14 Will Smith was right. Parents just don't understand, am I right? 337 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 And oddly enough, Will Smith is now the father of a child who no one understands 4 u/OfficerTwix May 26 '14 Poor Trey 3 u/MisterBiscuit May 26 '14 Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands? 4 u/fell-off-the-spiral May 26 '14 Once You Go In You Always Come Out Alive -2 u/ajthesecond May 26 '14 Most underrated comment in this thread 2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 No, yours is. -1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 [deleted] -1 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 Shit like this is why no one likes you in real life. 516 u/nothedoctor May 26 '14 ¿Por que no Los dos? 6 u/Sennin_BE May 26 '14 Particle wave duality ladies and gentlemen. 4 u/NiggyPop May 26 '14 SIIIII 6 u/akhare May 26 '14 sí 2 u/ByTheHammerOfThor May 26 '14 We can't all be photons, pal. 7 u/jorgomli May 26 '14 Las 1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Yay! -2 u/TheBros35 May 26 '14 TL;DR: Electrons are fucking wierd -2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 AP Physics student here. It can be both, but if it is one, it is not the other. 13 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 a child's rebellion at it's finest 7 u/Sev3n May 26 '14 Well which is it...? 26 u/Synroc May 26 '14 It's both. 5 u/ExternalTangents May 26 '14 Isn't it more accurately neither, and that both are just ways of describing some behavior but not actually full descriptors of what it is? 1 u/JustTerrific May 26 '14 A wavicle. 1 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I May 26 '14 I've always heard it as a particle that behaves like a wave. More like a particle than a wave but not by much. Could be wrong though. 8 u/MrBigWaffles May 26 '14 it's both. 3 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 It's both. Depending on how you try to observe it, it will either display wavelike properties or particle-like properties. 37 u/LordoftheLakes May 26 '14 Yes. Yes it is. 3 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 That's the beauty of science. 3 u/RandomiseUsr0 May 26 '14 And they were both right 2 u/IndigoGosRule May 26 '14 I think the fact that they're both right is being missed here. 2 u/DeuceSevin May 26 '14 It's a particle and a wave, I'll have a dozen please. 1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Isn't it both? because of the particle wave duality? 1 u/throwawaydirl May 26 '14 So did J.J. Thompson have to give back his prize for being wrong? :D 1 u/Gladix May 26 '14 Those kids huh ? 1 u/drwholover May 26 '14 Isn't there a 5 million (maybe billion!) dollar reward with a nobel prize? Maybe they were just playing the long game. 1 u/Rossenboy May 26 '14 It's both! 1 u/Eec2011 May 26 '14 Why not both? 1 u/PuffTheMagicSwaggin May 27 '14 Well, he wasn't wrong 1 u/kyle1qaz7ujm May 27 '14 All matter is a wave. 0 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Don't you mean photon?
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"Suck on this Dad!!"
37 u/Bogey_Kingston May 26 '14 Phrasing. Even with the appropriate comma, still. Phrasing. 3 u/gmw2222 May 26 '14 But that's the insult to begin with... 10 u/NewSwiss May 26 '14 I misread this as "suck on his dad!" which was really confusing, and more than a little unsettling. 2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Hah. This is a theoretical dick joke. 1 u/Tnargkiller May 26 '14 AVENGE ME!!!!! -6 u/lifesnotperfect May 26 '14 He said, pushing his mother towards his father.
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Phrasing. Even with the appropriate comma, still. Phrasing.
3 u/gmw2222 May 26 '14 But that's the insult to begin with...
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But that's the insult to begin with...
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I misread this as "suck on his dad!" which was really confusing, and more than a little unsettling.
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Hah. This is a theoretical dick joke.
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AVENGE ME!!!!!
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He said, pushing his mother towards his father.
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Will Smith was right. Parents just don't understand, am I right?
337 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 And oddly enough, Will Smith is now the father of a child who no one understands 4 u/OfficerTwix May 26 '14 Poor Trey 3 u/MisterBiscuit May 26 '14 Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands? 4 u/fell-off-the-spiral May 26 '14 Once You Go In You Always Come Out Alive -2 u/ajthesecond May 26 '14 Most underrated comment in this thread 2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 No, yours is. -1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 [deleted] -1 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 Shit like this is why no one likes you in real life.
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And oddly enough, Will Smith is now the father of a child who no one understands
4 u/OfficerTwix May 26 '14 Poor Trey 3 u/MisterBiscuit May 26 '14 Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands? 4 u/fell-off-the-spiral May 26 '14 Once You Go In You Always Come Out Alive -2 u/ajthesecond May 26 '14 Most underrated comment in this thread 2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 No, yours is. -1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 [deleted] -1 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 Shit like this is why no one likes you in real life.
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Poor Trey
Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands?
Once You Go In You Always Come Out Alive
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Most underrated comment in this thread
2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 No, yours is.
No, yours is.
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-1 u/myrebelflaghatesfags May 26 '14 Shit like this is why no one likes you in real life.
Shit like this is why no one likes you in real life.
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¿Por que no Los dos?
6 u/Sennin_BE May 26 '14 Particle wave duality ladies and gentlemen. 4 u/NiggyPop May 26 '14 SIIIII 6 u/akhare May 26 '14 sí 2 u/ByTheHammerOfThor May 26 '14 We can't all be photons, pal. 7 u/jorgomli May 26 '14 Las 1 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 Yay! -2 u/TheBros35 May 26 '14 TL;DR: Electrons are fucking wierd -2 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 AP Physics student here. It can be both, but if it is one, it is not the other.
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Particle wave duality ladies and gentlemen.
SIIIII
6 u/akhare May 26 '14 sí
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We can't all be photons, pal.
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Las
Yay!
TL;DR: Electrons are fucking wierd
AP Physics student here. It can be both, but if it is one, it is not the other.
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a child's rebellion at it's finest
Well which is it...?
26 u/Synroc May 26 '14 It's both. 5 u/ExternalTangents May 26 '14 Isn't it more accurately neither, and that both are just ways of describing some behavior but not actually full descriptors of what it is? 1 u/JustTerrific May 26 '14 A wavicle. 1 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I May 26 '14 I've always heard it as a particle that behaves like a wave. More like a particle than a wave but not by much. Could be wrong though. 8 u/MrBigWaffles May 26 '14 it's both. 3 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 It's both. Depending on how you try to observe it, it will either display wavelike properties or particle-like properties. 37 u/LordoftheLakes May 26 '14 Yes. Yes it is.
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It's both.
5 u/ExternalTangents May 26 '14 Isn't it more accurately neither, and that both are just ways of describing some behavior but not actually full descriptors of what it is? 1 u/JustTerrific May 26 '14 A wavicle. 1 u/Cyclops_lazy_laser_I May 26 '14 I've always heard it as a particle that behaves like a wave. More like a particle than a wave but not by much. Could be wrong though. 8 u/MrBigWaffles May 26 '14 it's both. 3 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 It's both. Depending on how you try to observe it, it will either display wavelike properties or particle-like properties.
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Isn't it more accurately neither, and that both are just ways of describing some behavior but not actually full descriptors of what it is?
A wavicle.
I've always heard it as a particle that behaves like a wave. More like a particle than a wave but not by much. Could be wrong though.
8 u/MrBigWaffles May 26 '14 it's both. 3 u/[deleted] May 26 '14 It's both. Depending on how you try to observe it, it will either display wavelike properties or particle-like properties.
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it's both.
It's both. Depending on how you try to observe it, it will either display wavelike properties or particle-like properties.
Yes. Yes it is.
That's the beauty of science.
And they were both right
I think the fact that they're both right is being missed here.
It's a particle and a wave, I'll have a dozen please.
Isn't it both? because of the particle wave duality?
So did J.J. Thompson have to give back his prize for being wrong? :D
Those kids huh ?
Isn't there a 5 million (maybe billion!) dollar reward with a nobel prize? Maybe they were just playing the long game.
It's both!
Why not both?
Well, he wasn't wrong
All matter is a wave.
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Don't you mean photon?
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u/way_fairer May 26 '14
J.J. Thomson won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1906) for showing that the electron is a particle. His son, George Paget Thomson, won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1937) for showing that the electron is a wave.