Let me rephrase the question – Do we call the Visible Spectrum that because that’s what we can see or is there something different about that part of electromagnetic spectrum (ES) that allow vision to occur. Alternately, If light is dual in nature, being both a wave and a particle, is that the same for other parts of the ES?
Which brings me to the question that I’m most curious about; would it be possible for a creature exist that can see, the same way we see, but using frequencies from other areas of the ES?
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>Do we call the Visible Spectrum that because that’s what we can see or is there something different about that part of electromagnetic spectrum (ES) that allow vision to occur
The former. There’s absolutely nothing special or different that separates visible light from the rest of the EM spectrum besides the fact that we can see it with our eyes. That’s why we call it visible light.
>Alternately, If light is dual in nature, being both a wave and a particle, is that the same for other parts of the ES?
This is true not just for all electromagnetic radiation but for *all* particles
>would it be possible for a creature exist that can see, the same way we see, but using frequencies from other areas of the ES?
There are already many animals that can se infrared and ultraviolet, which humans cannot.
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