Yes, this is good article showing the downsides of analogies. Thank You.
Interesting that while critiquing the common analogy, it did suggest another one.
I wonder if the problem isn't analogies, it is just finding 'good ones'.
"As an analogue, consider air pressure (which is itself an example of an ordinary field.) Air is a substance; it is made of molecules, and has density and weight. But air’s pressure is not a thing; it is a property of air, , and is not itself a substance. Pressure has no density or weight, and is not made from anything. It just tells you what the molecules of air are doing.
The Higgs field is much more like air pressure than it is like air itself. It simply is not a substance, despite what the phib suggests."
Interesting that while critiquing the common analogy, it did suggest another one. I wonder if the problem isn't analogies, it is just finding 'good ones'.
"As an analogue, consider air pressure (which is itself an example of an ordinary field.) Air is a substance; it is made of molecules, and has density and weight. But air’s pressure is not a thing; it is a property of air, , and is not itself a substance. Pressure has no density or weight, and is not made from anything. It just tells you what the molecules of air are doing.
The Higgs field is much more like air pressure than it is like air itself. It simply is not a substance, despite what the phib suggests."