One of the previous comments (I think in the previous post) pointed out that yes, indeed this does occur—but that these effects mainly cancel each other out.
In my mind this works somewhat like Brownian motion: lots of tiny pushes, but overall, it continues in roughly the same way. ie, mostly the photon carries on as though it hasn’t changed configuration space in any significant way.
One of the previous comments (I think in the previous post) pointed out that yes, indeed this does occur—but that these effects mainly cancel each other out.
In my mind this works somewhat like Brownian motion: lots of tiny pushes, but overall, it continues in roughly the same way. ie, mostly the photon carries on as though it hasn’t changed configuration space in any significant way.