Light and Matter: another view (Origins)

by BBella , Sunday, June 01, 2014, 18:06 (3828 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: &#13;&#10;> Max Planck:&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> &quot;As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter. ... Das Wesen der Materie [The Nature of Matter], speech at Florence, Italy (1944) (from Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abt. Va, Rep. 11 Planck, Nr. 1797)&quot;&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> I take the point about matter originating by virtue of a force. As for the rest:&#13;&#10;> -I go with you and Max on the fact of &quot;all matter&quot; originating and existing by a virtual (<--my word) force...though I do not assume &quot;behind&quot; this force is the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind, but that a conscious and intelligent mind can use and direct the force (or the fabric of all that IS).