Yea, that is it, and I agree with them. When we say that a particle is at some x,y,z, we just mean that the space at that location behaves in a certain manner, for some reason.
And since we don't like mysteries, we say that there is a "particle" there with so and so properties..
> I thought a Plasma Window is a form of force-field.
Kind of. It weakly repels Gnome users.
Plasma is matter, not a force
Yet what is matter but a (strong) force
Matter is not a force. Matter and forces are two different things in physics.
And the "strong force" is another thing altogether.
I think their point might be that matter is what defines the location of the force field. I.e. it's the EM field doing the actual work.
Yea, that is it, and I agree with them. When we say that a particle is at some x,y,z, we just mean that the space at that location behaves in a certain manner, for some reason.
And since we don't like mysteries, we say that there is a "particle" there with so and so properties..
That is, until we find a way to unify the fields
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