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Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?
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RE: Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?
(April 13, 2015 at 1:14 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I'm confused. How can particles simply be ideas if they are fundamental pieces of what comprises physical objects?
Basically, one might (justifiably?) look at it like "physical objects" are more or less patterns created from a sea of energy fields in which there is no distinct "this" or "that," and which only "collapse" into definite position (dependent existence) when interacted with by their environment (i.e. other collapsed probabilities), including us.
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RE: Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'? - by Mudhammam - April 13, 2015 at 1:55 pm

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