Edit: What can be explained by wave-particle duality that cannot be explained by waves?
My understanding of the Standard Model is that what we observe as a particle is really a quantized wave packet, and that all particle phenomenon can be described in that way. This answer states that quantum fields are both wave-like and particle-like.
For example, at low intensities, light is detected as single particles. Can that not be explained by the wave interacting with the detector in such a way that the wave collapses to a point, which is necessarily quantized? In what way is the Standard Model not describable purely as waves in quantum fields?
Someone cited particle tracks through a bubble chamber as a reason why wave-only is insufficient. Can this not be described as quantized wave packets?
