That the universe is ultimately mathematical My proposal is that the universe can ultimately only be described pragmatically-- that is, in mathematical terms, by its experimental behavior. That matter itself is only a logical implication derived experimentally by cause and effect. Which means that force and mass have no absolute values. That is, a force of a relative value F is produced if we accelerate a body with mass m of relative value m with accelerastion a. And that distance and time are given relatuive values to accord with such a measurement.
This of course is how we originally determined what mass is -- by a measurement and then reified the experimental results as mass and force., but these entities have no substantial definition other than such reifications. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/4/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
