Telorand

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Can sufficiently energetic EM waves of a specific frequency affect weaker EM waves of a different frequency?

My initial thought is “no,” since our eyes, being receivers for specific wavelengths of EM radiation, can’t see frequencies like infrared, no matter how bright. Likewise, my cell phone’s WiFi and cell modules don’t conflict with each other (as far as this layperson can tell, anyway)....

Telorand OP ,

Thanks for the analogy! It’s pretty easy to understand how that works. I think I was imagining that EM waves shared some qualities with mechanical waves like sound, but I suppose that’s not the case!

Telorand OP ,

from a distance it will appear grey but the actual colors of individual grains of sand (frequency of “individual” em waves) won’t change.

So to a sufficiently tuned and sensitive receiver, if I understand correctly, it would be trivial to distinguish between the two. That makes sense.

Telorand OP ,

I will! Thank you! Also, it’s super fun that there’s exceptions based on the medium; I had no idea. I was picturing air or vacuum when I conceived of the original question, so now I have other things to look into!

Telorand OP ,

I really appreciate the extra info! It’s fascinating.

I’m recently an ex-fundie, so learning about all the cool stuff happening in science is like finding out your childhood house has a million secret rooms you never knew about.

Telorand ,

Republicans pinky-promised they would find the funding somewhere. That’s apparently good enough for a lot of people.

Telorand ,

He won’t hurt shit, except the taxpayers who are footing the bill for this. This is “kraken” level political theatre.

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