Experiencing 'proof'

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Well, I understand their effect. I understand what they're supposed to do... not their inner workings.

But again, what is their effect...what do they do? "Vader -uses- the force to choke people" -Okay, you understand what Vader uses the force for..that's still not an understanding of the force (it's quite a bit more to do with Vader)..if you knew -how- the force choked people that would be an understanding of the force.

Well, ignoring the obvious fan-fiction which were Episodes I to III, the force appears as a sort of medium which only certain individuals can tap into, or all can, but only some are able to use it. It enables them to perform telekinesis and telepathy up to a certain degree.
That's my understanding of the force. Of course, exactly what is the physical mechanism which handles this interaction with the force medium is unknown... in our Universe there's no such thing as "force", so our physics would probably not apply to the Star Wars Universe.