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by dvdkhlng 3983 days ago
Quasi-particles are not just math. They have measurable properties that are like properties of real particles (just like "holes" in P-type semiconductors can be measured to behave like quasi-positrons). Or, replying to your proposition:

"With the holodeck safeties off, even holographic bullets can kill." - Picard, First Contact.

:)

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> just like "holes" in P-type semiconductors can be measured to behave like quasi-positrons

I'm sorry to ask because I should actually know this, isn't the remaining positive charge accounted to the protons in the core? A moving "hole" is just a figure of speech.