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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
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The best carrier of information humans have is the electromagnetic wave properties (speed, frequency, and amplitude), which therefore means, or implies, that any information about any event is limited to the restrictions inherent in the wave carrier.
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Scientists face this challenge when trying to deal with a particle whose mass is less than the mass of light. You see, light communicates with our eyes by reflecting / bouncing off other particles. If the article that is "hit" by a ray is lighter than the ray, it will be like a Prado hitting a Starlet; the small article will be dispersed, light will not reflect.
That is the world of
nanotechnology, where "At the nanoscale, objects are so small that we can't see them -- even with a light microscope." Read the article to see of attempts to surmount perception barriers.