Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > 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.

> 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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