Neither a writer nor a physicist, the author of this essay follows its own imagination.
Matter, even though Physical, is not Made of MassFor millenniums the concept of mass inhabited human mindsAs human beings we associate the concept of mass to the hardness and weight of matter and material objects.For us human beings, mass is the very constituent of matter, mass represents the integrity Footnote of matter. Yet as shown in this internet page the integrity of matter cannot be enforced by mass! But first the fact of the matter about mass and matter! Mass to matter ratio in volumeUnder a microscope, objects appear as mosaics of molecules; at smaller scales, molecules appear as packs of atoms; and at smaller scales yet, atoms are merry-go-rounds of subatomic particles.Mentally enlarging the size of an atom to that of a football field, in the center is a nucleus, the size of an orange, actually made of protons and neutrons; the nucleus diameter is 40,000 times smaller than the atom in which it resides Close to the periphery are the electrons, performing their never-ending circular dance. Keeping in mind the football-field, at that scale electrons are the size of pinheads! Matter is hollow in massAs the football-field analogy shows, an atom, and matter for that matter, appears to be essentially empty of matter!Now as far as mass is concerned the mass in the atom is found in the protons and neutrons making the nucleus and in the electrons. Because both protons and neutrons are 1,800 times heavier than the electrons, for all purposes, the mass of the electrons can be ignored, and the mass of the atom is now essentially confined to the nucleus of the atom that is a miniscule volume (at scale the size of an orange in the middle of a football field). Matter’s integrity, while physical, is not made of massConsidering the volume of space that the atoms’ entire mass (the nuclei) occupy within matter, there is ample space for these nuclei to penetrate each other atoms’ territories.According to the reality of things at the atomic scale, objects at our scale should penetrate other objects as easily as we move a comb through our hair; material objects should actually mingle and combine with each other. A pile of dishes should be reduced to one! Yet because solid objects do not combine, matter can simply not be made of empty space! As such an object material’s solidity is obviously not coincidental to its mass. In a nutshell, matter's hardness, cohesion and integrity all have nothing to do with matter’s mass!
The role of electromagnetic fields
In a nutshell mass is not needed in matter! Electric fields only implement matter.
The atoms inner electromagnetic fields are visible to the eyes, not massWhen there is neither sunlight nor moonlight, we do not see matter around us.The appearance of objects surrounding us consists of light, coming from somewhere (the sun for instance) being reflected on matter and reaching our eyes. The solid matter making the objects that surround us is invisible, unless lighted. We are then compelled to conclude that the strong electromagnetic fields that are implementing matter are also reflecting light rays, and that matter’s mass, which is all concentrated in the atoms’ tiny nuclei, does not. The appearance of matter, just as its integrity, has nothing to do with matter’s mass. In a nutshell mass is not needed for matter to be seen.
While mass exists in our minds and in physics it is not needed in realityBy now our human concept of mass has been entrenched in our minds for millenniums, and our human mathematical representation of the universe cannot do without that concept of mass.Confronting that very subject from the other end, science's mathematics involves several entities that are nonphysical entities! Inertia and entropy are 2 of them. And inertia, which is fictitious, is identified to mass in physics! Even though rigorous, the mathematics used in physics leads straight to non-sense in at least one case: The mathematics associated to the Michelson Morley experiment of the 1890’s, is proving "beyond any doubt" that space is empty, or that the reality of space is nonexistent! Yet newer mathematics associated to newer experiments are proving also "beyond any doubt" that space now called quantum vacuum is anything but empty and is instead full of frantic energy. Amazingly and to this day physicists nevertheless hold firm onto these 2, physically incompatible, mathematical models of space. For lack of existence of the former, the quantum vacuum necessarily wins in the real world; As such mathematics associated to the Michelson Morley experiment, and also mathematics associated to the photon translation and the photon itself may match the experiments but are certainly not a true model of reality! In that spirit, while that new experiment about the Higgs boson announced the 4th of July 2012, which proves the existence of mass, is no doubt as valid as Michelson Morley experiment, I feel no guilt doubting about its mathematical interpretation as being the proof that mass exists! In a nutshell mass is a mathematical tool. Mass doesn't exist in reality.
While matching the physical measurements physics equations have to be correct.
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