Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >   What about the four fundamental interactions? Are they energy, or are
> > they some property of the Universe distinct from energy? 

> They're energy in the sense that they're mass in the sense that they're 
> mediated by particles (assuming one finds gravitons, at least). The electric 
> force is photons interacting with electrons, for example, both of which are 
> energy.

  Isn't that like saying "sound is matter"? Sound is transported by matter,
sound isn't matter in itself. Sound is a phenomenon.

  Likewise just because the fundamental forces are mediated by energy
doesn't necessarily mean that the forces are energy.

  I'm not saying the fundamental forces are not a form of energy, I'm simply
wondering if they are (because I'm not a phycisist and I don't know).

> > (Another point which would indicate that information is not
> > energy is that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but information can.)

> Actually, there's good reason to think information cannot be destroyed. 
> That's what lead to postulating the holographic principle and hawking 
> radiation. The basic problem is that the QM theories preserve certain kinds 
> of information that GR does not, so matter falling into a black hole 
> violates quantum mechanics in a very fundamental way.

  I think in physics "information" is defined in terms of entropy, and as
we know, entropy varies.

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                                                          - Warp

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