Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00003)

Alright, now to bring it all together and weed out any
ambiguities.

So we have light which when studied as a particle
behaves as a particle and when studied as a wave
behaves as a wave. (I should here mention that I have
no education in physics, just ecology/biology, so
excuse any ignorance that arises.) This is quantum
physics particle/wave duality. Now in ecology I have
seen many many papers which have shown graphs that
clearly represent waves. The classic predator/prey
cycles that you mave have come across is an excellent
example. Apart from a side mention by the author of
terms relating to waves as far as I know no ecologists
has ever said that what we are looking at is another
example of the particle/wave duality. Perhaps because,
until recently, such a duality was only thought to
exist on a subatomic level. Is all this making sense
so far? 

Here is where I have becomed muddled. When we talk
about the particle/wave duality does this duality
exist on any level and in regards to any phenomenon
that we want it to exist with? What I am trying to get
at is this: when we see data that gives a graph like
the classic predator/prey cycle can we say that at
once it is both a particle and a wave? Or, another
example: when we see fluctuations in the stock market
can we say that it is at once both a particle and a
wave?

Thank you for your help anyone that responds to this.

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