... that was the point that I was making. Newton's equations work, in the sense that they describe very precisely what we observe in the solar system. If you can re-interpret them in terms of density/buoyancy... then great. In and of themselves, they are simply equations.
You can even project the equations onto a flat earth, if you want to... One big problem will be that the 'Coriolis force' (responsible for the spirals of hurricanes) would then become a real force. In a globe earth model, Coriolis is an artifact of the spinning of the earth. In a flat earth model it would have to be a physical force. (which, of course, might be interpretable as density/buoyancy variations, although it's not immediately clear to me how that would be done -- this is a me-problem)
As for photons, look up Quantum Shot Noise -- very low intensity light will impinge on detectors in discrete packets. Are those discrete packets not-waves. Shrug -- I'd have to look at the experiments more closely, but I suspect they are waves, just highly confined ones.
Personally, I think of light as a wave, because its non-wavelike behaviour is restricted to very precise, and almost meaningless, observations.
As an aside, you seem quite sincere, which, on the internet, is refreshing.
... that was the point that I was making. Newton's equations work, in the sense that they describe very precisely what we observe in the solar system. If you can re-interpret them in terms of density/buoyancy... then great. In and of themselves, they are simply equations.
You can even project the equations onto a flat earth, if you want to... One big problem will be that the 'Coriolis force' (responsible for the spirals of hurricanes) would then become a real force. In a globe earth model, Coriolis is an artifact of the spinning of the earth. In a flat earth model it would have to be a physical force. (which, of course, might be interpretable as density/buoyancy variations, although it's not immediately clear to me how that would be done -- this is a me-problem)
As for photons, look up Quantum Shot Noise -- very low intensity light will impinge on detectors in discrete packets. Are those discrete packets not-waves. Shrug -- I'd have to look at the experiments more closely, but I suspect they are waves, just highly confined ones.
Personally, I think of light as a wave, because its non-wavelike behaviour is restricted to very precise, and almost meaningless, observations.
As an aside, you seem quite sincere, which, on the internet, is refreshing.