To: lemit.
Quoting lemit:
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What kind of comic book hero would a photon be?
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Any human body is made of atoms.
However, if each and every one of those atoms was converted to a photon,
then our "comic book superhero" would become a "light being"...,
kind of like an "angel".
Besides being immortal, he or she would also have
the following qualities and attributes:
(1) Since photons contain much "information",
our "superhero" would be "naturally well informed"
and would not need to "study" in order to know things.
(2) Our "superhero" would also be "well armed" in that
his or her light could be focused (as in a laser),
and could also be used to generate electricity
(in order to "shock" its enemies or some particular nemesis).
(3) Needless to say, our superhero would be fast.
In fact his or her biggest "problem" would be "slowing down"
(in order to meaningfully interact with us mortals)
without going "out of existence".
(4) Since photons have properties of both waves and particles
our superhero may (under certain conditions)
even exhibit symptoms of having a "dual" or "split" personality...
perhaps even a touch of schizophrenia...I don't know...
At this time, there is insufficient data to make that determination.
Don.
