When thinking about the photon, it is important to keep in mind that it does not behave like things we are used to from everyday experience with regular matter.
Much of what we experience in our macro-environment is due to the photon. The electric force and the magnetic force define the make up of matter around us. We take these forces for granted, yet they do not exist as forces for the photon. These forces exist only as a result of interactions between photons. Photons themselves do not experience magnetism or electricity. They experience spin and deformation.
Inertia is another elementary part of everyday life that does not exist in the photon. Inertia exists only in regular matter. The photon is only affected by inertia when it interacts with regular matter, and since photons cannot slow down, a photon experiences inertia very differently from us.
The fact that the photon knows no rest is perhaps its strangest feature. It is always moving at the speed of light, never faster and never slower.
Furthermore, photons do not absorb energy by growing warmer or brighter. They absorb energy by growing larger.
The spin of their orbs do not convey angular momentum, but magnetic force. Deformation communicates the electric force.
The photon consists of two counter-rotating orbs, one full of hooks and the other full of hoops. The orbs are charged, yet there is no electric force holding them together. The only kind of "force" that the photon knows is direct contact.
All of this, are things we have to keep in mind when we consider the photon. The photon follows logical rules. It interacts mechanically with its environment through direct contact. It moves at the speed of light. It can grow and shrink. It spins, and it can be deformed. This is the full list of the photon's physical properties.
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