What is mass and are there different kinds? Ive said a lot about mass, calling it induced and acceleration set against acceleration. Ive mentioned various kinds of mass, such as mutual, subjective mass, temporal mass, spacial mass, etc. Essentially, the subject of mass involves motions over space and time, forces and fields. What functions does mass serve? Is there a kind of mass for each force? A photons path being bent by gravity is thought to indicate that Einsteins 4D space-time is curved. This conclusion is reached due to the assumption that a photon never has mass. But consider that the speed of light is modulated by the density of space-time, as we see in both standard optics and in gravitational lensing. So, it could be said that a photon has variable mass. A photons path being altered by a magnetic field is thought to indicate that a photon has a magnetic component. This too can be understood in terms of a variable kind of mass. The same sort of considerations go for particles that behave in Newtonian ways, exhibiting a more consistent set of massive behaviors. When a mass is accelerated by a force across a distance and over a period of time, we think of F=MA and the performance of work. From the notion of work, we get the notion of energy, which is the ability to do work, and with that comes an energy economy, in which that ability is accountable. All of these ideas can be simplified by thinking in terms of vectors of motion. From here, we can derive the concept of acceleration space, which is the view of reality as being composed of acceleration vectors. Take a second to think about how gravity might work. Does the apple fall because its vectors have been added to, redirected or simply interpreted, relative to the shape of space-time, under the influence of a field? Hmmm. Might space and time also be considered fields? Hmmm. There are many thought experiments one can imagine, when thinking about this subject. If there existed two particles, set apart over a distance, each with infinite mass, does it follow that they each have a corresponding field, exerting an infinite force upon each other? Would such particles be able to move each other? If each exerted an infinite force, while at the same time having infinite resistance to that same force, would they be moved? One might imagine that the force is attenuated over distance, while mass is not, in which case they would not be moved. However, if mass were attenuated more sharply over that distance than the corresponding force, then they would be moved. Now what if their mutual resistance is subjective, in the sense that they will not be moved by each other, but they will be moved by, and move, other particles. How would we explain this unique and exclusive relationship? (mutual, subjective mass - which I believe entangled particles to have.) These considerations all fall into the category of lateral behaviors and relationships, meaning that they operate within and over space and time. There are also the longitudinal behaviors and relationships, which operate without regard to distance and time. Or, could it just be that distance and time are layered in a way that makes it appear as such. (Thats a hint at what Im thinking about the channelization of entanglement.) As I compile a list of these behaviors and relationships, I can see that mass is not a property of matter, but it is, rather, a complex of behaviors that can be understood best in terms of vectors and relationships. More to come on this. I see it, but it will take time to explain it.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 23:19:47 +0000
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