| > To measure is to quantize You're confusing "quantify" with "quantize". To measure is to quantify, not to quantize. In quantum physics, "quantized" means that a field has a smallest possible excitation, called a quantum, rather than being able to vary continuously. For example, the quantum of the electromagnetic field is the photon. A quantum field is fundamentally quantized, so the waves that arise in quantum fields are similarly quantized. > Again, you are quantifying things that in and of themselves are not quantized outside of our conception. No, we have extremely strong evidence that the physical fields themselves are quantized. If you try to model physics using classical waves - which we do, e.g. in semiclassical electrodynamics, which models the electromagnetic field as continuous instead of quantized field - you find there are limits to what can accurately be modeled. To get an accurate model, you need to quantize the field. |