What is a Particle?

This 10-minute animated exploration challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: that particles are the fundamental building blocks of reality.What if particles aren't primary at all? What if they are emergent "residues"—mere shadows left behind when wave phases collapse beyond our capacity to fully represent them?Through striking visuals and clear, step-by-step reasoning, multimedia artist and filmmaker Tomislav Rupic presents HAOS, a conceptual framework that reimagines particles as the minimal stable outcomes of irreversible phase interactions at the limits of representation.We explore:Recoverability: What allows a quantum configuration to remain "real" and regain coherence after disturbance Collapse Boundaries: The point at which waves must inevitably break The Logic of Linearity: Where the mathematical rules we rely on begin to fail Phase Loss: What remains when full phase information can no longer be tracked Particles as Ghosts in the Machine: The idea that discreteness, persistence, and definite properties are illusions cast by representational limits—not fundamental truths

If wave-particle duality or the measurement problem has ever left you unsettled, this video leans directly into that discomfort and offers a provocative wave-first perspective on the nature of reality.Timestamps / Chapters 0:00 Introduction: What is a Particle? 1:38 1. Recoverability 3:50 2. Collapse Boundary 4:56 3. The Logic of Linearity 6:35 4. After Phase Loss 7:24 5. What is a Particle? The Ghost in the Machine Created by Tomislav Rupic Twitter/X: https://x.com/tomislav_rupic

Original teaser post: https://x.com/tomislav_rupic/status/2016967820853071992 Exploring the harmonic edge of art, mind, and physics.#QuantumPhysics #WaveParticleDuality #QuantumMechanics #PhysicsAnimation #HAOS #EmergentParticles #PhilosophyOfPhysics #AlternativeInterpretation #MeasurementProblem #WaveFirst