I know there have been similar questions but I'm still unclear what the overall consensus is. (1) I assumed and have read that photons travel in straight lines unless deflected by gravity but there are conflicting theories. (2) I have heard that single photons takes every possible path but that makes no sense. Why would a single photon traveling from here to the moon go to every other place in the universe along the way. (3) I can understand a single photon traveling as a particle or packet of energy but I have a hard time understanding a single photon traveling as a wave. I have never understood any attempts to answer this. (4) Does a single photon have a frequency and what causes the frequency? If not then how does it have energy? I have many questions about single photons and their frequency.
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