In Reply to: RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. posted by jea48 on March 15, 2014 at 22:23:21:
When it comes to the speed of signal propagation the movement of individual electrons is irrelevant, as every electron is identical to every other electron. Even the existence of electrons is irrelevant to this discussion. (The presence of individual electrons does matter when considering thermal noise, but that's a different discussion.)
There is no need to go too far down the rabbit hole. It is necessary to stop at some point if one wants to accomplish anything. There are different levels at which subjects can be discussed, according, for example, to the knowledge and intelligence of the participants. This accounts for various explanatory scenarios that sometimes appear to conflict. In trying to get into a new technical subject, I have found it helpful to explore a range of books until I can find one that is at the right level to give me an effective learning experience, neither too difficult (incomprehensible) or too simplified (inaccurate and/or boring). Sometimes I have found it necessary to read through several levels of books before I could understand current research papers and sometimes I have given up the effort as too difficult for my talents and available time.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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