View original postI think he understands physics better than that. I think a photon with the properties Shrike describes will produce 'green' light independent of the medium through which that photon travels.
well, no. to be fair, I was a bit rushed in my comment, but as I am currently trying to teach kids about things like this - the frequency of the light will be the same, but the wavelength, as Olof said, will change, and therefore, a 400nm violet light will in for example water have a wavelength of 300nm, as the speed of light is lower in said medium.
However, there are a few interpretations which could screw this up, the main objection being something about statistics, a photon travelling through water without interacting with the water for whatever reason would not have a shorter wavelength... but hey, let's leave quantum mechanics out of this.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
Get your ass the hell off of my goddam lawn. 
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What is it with the obsession about that word?
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I was involved in a particularly annoying Facebook discussion *NM*
- 09/05/2019 08:49:57 PM
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Ah. Sorry I missed it. 
Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM*
- 09/05/2019 09:03:31 PM
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Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM*
- 09/05/2019 09:03:31 PM
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It was a triggering word that was made a triggering word in the US context.
- 09/05/2019 11:42:27 PM
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yah
- 10/05/2019 02:45:46 PM
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I hope not on this site / wotmania?
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The Soviets were totally communists even if they didn't achieve communism.
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Socialism is the takeover of the means of production by the "people" (in practice, the state).
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Stop being a Fachidiot Mookie
- 09/05/2019 11:36:51 PM
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He is far from ignorant about the theory and history of the word.
- 10/05/2019 02:19:17 PM
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thank you
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Define the color Green.
- 10/05/2019 05:21:10 PM
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Wavelength: 495–570 nm; Frequency: ~575–525 THz
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Now define Green for a person that does not have a Spectrometer.
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In what medium?
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huh?
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Light propagates differently in different mediums, though...
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Do you think that's what Jonte meant? I don't.
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Optical refraction is caused by different speeds of light in different media
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Well,
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Sick your dogs onto me?
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Sic. Not sick. I will not have my dogs vomit on you. That's just nasty. *NM*
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We have a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism.
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