The Physical and the Non-Physical

To be physical, things must have a direct cause that can be identified as a thing or a combination of things acting together. The thesis of my physics is that everything in the universe can be traced back to this. Matter can be subdivided into particles that can move. From this premise, my entire physics is constructed.

Everything is derived from particles and motion. If something is of some other form, it’s either an assembly or an abstraction. In either case, it can be decomposed into its primary parts.

Examples

Time, space, energy and mass are all examples of non-physical abstractions.

While these things are real, they are non-physical in the sense that they are abstractions for something else. Time is relative motion. Space is aether. Energy is size at the subatomic, and mass is an abstraction that joins inertia with gravity.

Inertia and gravity are in turn two further abstractions where inertia is time delay in the distribution of energy, and gravity is a low pressure in the aether.

Basic understanding

We have hierarchies of abstractions that all boil down to particles and motion.

Close analysis of any of the above mentioned abstractions lead to this basic understanding. Any honest discussion on time leads us to motion. We end up with clocks and relative speeds. Any honest discussion on space leads to the aether.

Pure energy, separate from particles doesn’t exist. It must therefore be an attribute of particles, and I’ve concluded that it must be the size of particles. Mass too is a property of matter, and closely related to energy. It too has to do with the size of subatomic particles.

Wild goose chases

When we fail to recognize abstractions, we end up looking for something physical where nothing physical exists. We search for a mass-particle, but find nothing but charged particles. We look for pure energy, but find no energy without an accompanying particle. We imagine space-time as something real, but find nothing but relative motion, spontaneous comings and goings of particles, and forces operating between bodies at a distance.

Mistaking non-physical phenomena for something physical prevents us from looking deeper. It sends us on wild goose chases. It confuses and muddles everything to the point of being impossible to understand.

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