eli5 why does the energy present within a photon vary depending on the frequency

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ive been trying to figure out why some photons possess more energy than others, and my research keeps coming back to “the frequency is directly proportional to the energy present within the photon” however i am struggling to find any explanations as to why this is. i suppose that this links to my secondary question of what type of energy do photons even posess, because clearly there is energy that is able to have tangible impacts on the world, but i dont really understand what form it takes.

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You are looking for “why” when all we can answer is “what”. That is: the universe appears to be like this, we don’t have the blueprints to be able to answer why, and nobody has yet come up with some deeper theory that might explain it.

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