Re: dimensionality of mass part two

Posted by rtharbaugh on May 13, 2003 at 11:04:33:

In Reply to: Re: dimensionality of mass part two posted by JohnCauthen on May 13, 2003 at 00:54:10:

Hi John.

Have you ever sat by a river flowing south under a wind blowing to the north? The waves run with the direction of the wind, regardless of the direction of the water. Therefore the wave is not the water. What is it?

The water can exist even if there is no wave, but the wave cannot exist if there is no water. The wave is the interaction between the wind and the water. Both must be present, parents of the wave. Remove either parent and the wave is gone.

The wave is an interaction between things, not a thing in itself, even though waves can carry force and do great amounts of work. When a great wave hits shore, it can do a lot of damage, moving rocks and boulders, piers and houses. We say the wave did the damage, or the water did the damage, but no one ever blames the damage on the wind.

Points, lines, and planes are mathematical constructs, part of the wind of the imagination. Mass, force, and energy are the wave. Time and space is the water. We are created, and then damaged, and finally destroyed, but who blames the imagination?

Thanks for being here,

RTH

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