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very-based-redditor t1_j9ob5vz wrote
Reply to comment by gsohyeah in What does it mean for light to be an excitation in the electromagnetic field? by Ethan-Wakefield
I have a very basic question. What is a field? I mean I know what the definition is, but what is it really? What makes a field, a field? Do they even exist? How does light, which is an excitation in a field, interact with physical things?
very-based-redditor t1_j9p8a19 wrote
Reply to comment by TinyTarget in What does it mean for light to be an excitation in the electromagnetic field? by Ethan-Wakefield
So I'm just a sentient culmination of quadrillions of field disturbances interacting with each other