[Physics] New beginning in physics necessary?

[Thomas Goodey]

Nainan wrote:

> In material world, existence of matter is nearest to
> absolute truth. Hence, existence of matter can be chosen
> as the fundamental assumption on which all physical
> theories should be based. 

But actually the words "matter" and "material" are not 
fundamental concepts in (modern) physics.

To quote from 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter

"... matter is not a fundamental concept because a 
universal definition of it is elusive: elementary 
constituents of atoms may not take up space individually, 
and massless particles may be composed to form objects that 
have mass (even when at rest)."

"Matter should not be confused with mass, as the two are 
not quite the same in modern physics."

Thomas Goodey

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What do you do when your dream dies?
Dreams die in every life. But not Pham's 
dream. He had pursued it across five hundred 
light years and three thousand years of 
objective time. It was a dream of a single 
Humankind, where justice would not be 
occasional flickering light, but a steady glow 
across all of Human Space. He dreamed of 
a civilization where continents never 
burned, and where minor kings didn't give 
children away as hostages.

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