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Krail t1_j8v6zuf wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:22 AM

Reply to comment by Weed_O_Whirler in Light traveling through a medium that slows it. Does the same photon emerge? by TheGandPTurtle

I've never managed to get a straight answer I can wrap my head around for why light slows down in refractive media. Turns out "we don't know for sure and there's lots of heated disagreement on it" was the actual answer I needed. Thank you.