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Yes, you can make sense of it: mass The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be ...
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Antares
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2024-09-12T19:50:46Z (2 months ago)
- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be considered as a flux of [electrons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron) which itself have a mass (albeit really small).- Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity: [photons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon) - which are considered to be massless.
- The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in [Newtonian rules of physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics) "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.
- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
- The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be considered as being a flux of [electrons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron) which itself have a mass (albeit really small).
- Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity: [photons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon) - which are considered to be massless.
- The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in [Newtonian rules of physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics) "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.
- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
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Antares
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2024-09-12T19:48:57Z (2 months ago)
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- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be considered as a flux of electrons which itself have a mass (albeit really small).Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity photons - which are considered to be massless.The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in Newtonian rules of physics "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
- The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be considered as a flux of [electrons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron) which itself have a mass (albeit really small).
- Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity: [photons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon) - which are considered to be massless.
- The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in [Newtonian rules of physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics) "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.
- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
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Antares
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2024-09-12T19:40:38Z (2 months ago)
- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass. Also electricity can be considered as a flux of electrons which itself have a mass (albeit really small).- Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity photons - which are considered to be massless.
- The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in Newtonian rules of physics "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.
- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
- **Yes, you can make sense of it: mass**
- The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass ("particles"). Also electricity can be considered as a flux of electrons which itself have a mass (albeit really small).
- Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity photons - which are considered to be massless.
- The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in Newtonian rules of physics "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well.
- **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.
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Antares
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2024-09-12T19:37:18Z (2 months ago)
**Yes, you can make sense of it: mass** The property you are searching for is "mass". All the matter you describe as tangible and intangible is matter with mass. Also electricity can be considered as a flux of electrons which itself have a mass (albeit really small). Light on the other hand, is considered to be carried by electro-magnetic waves - or for simplicity photons - which are considered to be massless. The psionic forces thus can be based on a fundamental principle of manipulating _mass-carrying particles of matter_. This is _something like_ a "gravitational force" but not quite the same: Only as a construct of explanation like in Newtonian rules of physics "only" - "gravitational force" is a simplification here, because gravitation actually describes the observable effect of matter moving in _bent spacetime_ in our current understanding of physics - therefore gravity itself is/would be able to influence light as well. **Sidenote:** If you consider the term "energy" to comprise electricity and light, this can be considered an (over-)simplification. They might be a _form of energy_ but so is mass as well ([mass-energy-equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence)). I won't go into details here in the scope of the question.