This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/whoamisri on 2025-06-30 11:54:12+00:00.

Original Title: Particle physics isn’t really about particles at all. Nor, it turns out, is it about fields—at least not in any traditional sense, argues NYU philosopher Jon Bain. There is no such thing as a countable, local particle. There may not be such thing as ‘things’ at all!