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[Fishteacher73]

I am not arguing against the results of these experiments, I do find the interpretaion of these results as a bit lacking. (Such as quantum leaps). This concept, and much of the theories that accept this concept into the math and explanation just seem to be poor science. Things do not suddenly teleport to new locations. Perhaps there have more recent experiments that perhaps support quantum leaps, but it seems the most likely explanation is just electrons moving from one orbital to another. It has been a while since I have done any hard-core studying on the issue, but my understanding is that the orbitals of the electrons are just statistical probablities of where an electron with a specific amount of energy should be found. Would it not stand to reason that excited electrons use just plain old motion to shift orbitals? The methodology to deduce how electrons shift orbitals does not seem accurate enough to discern from slight and random movements and a "quantum leap".
Quantum theory has some reasonable ideas, but the theory as a whole seems slightly stung together. Maybe this is one of those things that is just the way it is and i need to get over it and accept it, yet there's a nagging suspicion that we are wandering down the wrong path.
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