What if what we incorrectly define as the wave/particle duality is really just the same fundemental scalar unit but expressed differently when observed in its 2-dimensional wave form versus its 3-dimensional particle form? Further, what if it were expressed differently in higher than 3 Dimensions?

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I feel that the "simplest" explanation is that it is a wave at all times. That's what the math and laws of physics tell us. The problem is that waves require a continuous number system (uncountable infinity), whereas our universe has been shown to be discrete (countable infinity)

So if the math says half a particle should be here, a full particle will be there half the time. There's a cool video by 3blue1brown showing this effect with polarized lenses. I think he worked with minutePhysics for it. On mobile so no links.

This would imply that the laws of physics exist outside our universe, or that higher dimensions have different number systems (domains) which is hard to prove and the interactions between our world and that one would be even harder to explain, so consider it more of a memory device.

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