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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
When I turn on a flahslight, am I creating brand new light particles (photons?) that didn't previously exist?

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gpt
Short answer: Yes.  

Electrical energy goes into the light-emitting device (whether that's an incandescent bulb or a light-emitting diode) and gets converted into photons emitted from the flashlight.