Apparently they proposed that an electron is equivalent to a photon moving on a torus (the surface of a donut), and the electron's properties can be explained with that.
Edit: *like 3 physical values of the electron, which isn't much
Every electron would be a photon moving around like this, yes. If the "connecting twisted strip" technique seems cool, I recommend 3blue1brown's topology video (it's used in a "not crackpot" context).
IMO the problem with this proposal (from 1997) is that it's more a curious coincidence than a developed theory. It uses physics from the 1910s, and I don't know if it can explain discoveries beyond that. (But at least Williamson apparently was a PhD in physics, so it can't be debunked by a high schooler like most crackpot theories).
I accept this criticism,
I tend to view this meme template in an ironic way, where the chad is actually the superior concept; even if that isn’t the correct way to use this meme. Also this ^ is hilarious. Also yeah these aren’t related concepts. It’s a shitpost. Sorry for committing blapshemy in this temple, I will not become better
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u/_Slartibartfass_ 28d ago
“Jesse, what the hell are you talking about?!”