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Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> 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.
> Sound is made out of matter. The electric field force is an emergent
> property of the interactions between electric charge and photons. I think if
> you're going to disagree that sound is made out of matter, then it's a
> question of semantics you're asking, unrelated to the universe at large.
That's like saying that text is just ink and paper. Text is more than
that.
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- Warp
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