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$\begingroup$ the wavelength and frequency of light in any particular medium are completely equivalent descriptions of the photon energy. $\endgroup$

Terry
– Terry

2026-04-30 05:59:07 +00:00
Commented yesterday
$\begingroup$ @Terry Yes. But the proposed explanation that is being refuted involves multiple mediums, and the equivalence changes when you pass from one medium to another. $\endgroup$

Daniel Wagner
– Daniel Wagner

2026-04-30 07:50:13 +00:00
Commented yesterday
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$\begingroup$ A simple way to see that the phenomenon of "things looking blue underwater" has nothing to do with light being slowed down is to observe that all light that we see is slowed down to roughly the speed of light in water, when it passes through the vitreous humor in our eyes on the way to the retina. If it was being blueshifted, it would be shifted just as much by this short distance within the eye as it would be by a long path underwater. $\endgroup$

David
– David

2026-05-01 02:42:16 +00:00
Commented 10 hours ago
$\begingroup$ I've asked this many times, with AI and others, no real answer yet, if the visible spectrum is divisible into infinite possibilities, how many frequencies of light does the photon contain? How do you even fit light frequencies into a photon? White light is high amplitude color usually blue or yellow. The prism effect is still to this day why we say white light contains all colors. Sky is either red or blue. So... $\endgroup$

trevorjohnson
– trevorjohnson

2026-05-01 05:48:09 +00:00
Commented 7 hours ago

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