Originally Posted By: paul
of course it didnt
...really proved nothing
but it does bring your character out into view a little clearer.
Paul, I think this “does bring [Orac’s] character out into view a little clearer,” as you say;
because, for someone who (I suspect) does not usually suffer fools so lightly,
it is obvious that Orac cares enough to spend more time on this than would most,
and that he is being especially patient with your (real, or feigned) conceptual dyslexia.
~ tired


Originally Posted By: Orac
...it can and does happen rarely and is called an anti-Stokes conversion. The red and blue graphs would be reversed in an anti-stokes.
...
You also missed a different option which is two photons get absorbed at exactly the same time to a molecule which is called photon up conversion.
Orac, Thank You Very Much!
Very interesting and instructive....
~ cool

Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.