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Cutting a photon in two creates an infinite swarm of particles (phys.org)
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[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not a physicist, but after reading I'm pretty sure they said it creates an whole bunch of possible positions, which is distinctly different from creating a whole bunch of new particles.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also not a physicist, probability is far too complex for journelists to be able to explain in a short headline, and often full articles. So we get things like this.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Well, that's the problem right there, then: using "journelists" will net Temu results. ☝🏼