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   Is electron's “spin” real?   
   Fact.   
   In 1925, Samuel Goudsmit and George Uhlenbeck claimed that   
   some of the mischievous features of the hydrogen spectrum could be   
    successfully explained by assuming that electrons act as if they actually   
   have a spin.   
   Opinion.   
   Because electron is spinning with a rotational velocity equivalent to the speed   
   of light (which is practically impossible) the only conclusion is that an   
   electron   
    can’t spin about its own axis, and thus, spin is just a representative term.   
   Result.   
   There was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is.   
   The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions can be woven   
   around the electron; it belongs to the waiting list.   
   — Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington   
      
   “We know electron by what it does, not by what it is.”   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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