how can a photon interfere with itself when there is nothing

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The same way any wave interferes with itself.

>>8121387
Like how your uncle interfered with you

>>8121404
are you talking about aether waves?

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>>8121387
How can your beta dad can make you, if your mother is not a whore ?

>>8121429
Photons are waves in the electromagnetic field.

>>8121435
>field
but field is the math object which describe forces in virtual points. We talk about what cause of that forces in real points of space. What medium

>>8121441
The medium is space-time. Physicists were having the trouble you're having last century :) there's no shame in not being able to think robustly :)

>>8121441
>real points of space.
undergrads and scientific realism, fucking lel

>>8121435
In QED, photons stems from the eigenvectors of the number operator of your hamiltonian

>>8121491
Ok, in stat mech photons can be considered excitations of the modes of vibration inside a cavity. What's your point?

>>8121448
>>8121486
>The medium is space-time
"Medium of sound waves is space-time". That buzzwords aren't explain anything. Stop being ignorant retards.

>>8121890
Medium of sound waves isn't space-time... you can't transfer sound in space, donkey :)

>>8121914
You can't transfer sound in vacuum, you silly arse.

>>8121583
the point is that the definition of a photon depends on what model you chose to work with

>>8121387
Ther it's all waves. Particle was an assumption that people got from measuring distinct points and then calling that their measurement.

There's never just one "photon" they just call it a photon when the amount of light increases for a while, then decreases

>>8123117
Good. I'm glad you got there :)

>>8121387
Something else might be faster on some curve which is similar to time in a larger reference frame.

By definition, if an observable interferes with itself, we are now working with an obverse extraneous variable.

>>8123287
says the guy in damage control