Saturday, April 20, 2019

Fundamentals of physics


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This post is an outline of my philosophy of physics. There are 18 principles divided into 5 sections.

    A. What is physics?
  • Physics is the study of matter, motion, force, space and time

    B. Matter
  • Matter consists of matter and extremely small empty space
  • Empty space consists of empty space and extremely small matter
  • Matter consists of infinitely smaller structures and particles
  • Every particle is a unified structure of even smaller matter
  • The properties of matter are determined by its underlying structure
  • Interlocking structures hold a piece of matter together
  • A single particle cannot be in multiple places at once

    C. Motion and force
  • All matter moves according to the forces that are affecting or have affected it
  • Every physical force is matter pushing or pulling other matter by collision
  • Every physical field of force is actually microscopic or hidden matter pushing and pulling
  • Colliding particles can temporarily overlap with their smaller particles on the edge
  • Sometimes subatomic particles can travel straight through other matter
  • A shaking or pulsating particle moving through space moves like a wave

    D. Space
  • There are three spatial dimensions
  • Spatial dimensions above three do not exist

    E. Time
  • Time is the process by which reality moves from past, present to future
  • Without time, matter cannot move

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