Hypothetical question on Inertia

[pallidin]

Without mass, the inertial phenomenon does not express it's potential. Without the movement of mass, the inertial quality similarly does not express the event.
As mass bends space-time, it is not inconceivable that inertia is a consequence of this assymetric "drag"

 

[loom91]

There is almost no physics in this entire discussion. It's some semantic debates and some veiled name calling.

The OP's question is what would happen if a particle had mass but not inertia. Mass can mean either inertial mass or gravitational mass. Inertial mass and inertia are equivalent, so it's not meaningful to say one is present while the other is not.

Mass may also mean gravitational mass. Since zero inertial but nonzero gravitational mass violates the equivalence principle, and no known physical phenomena violates the equivalence principle, such a hypothetical particle may spontaneously metamorphose into a bowl of petunias for all we know.

Molu

 

[Doc Al]

I think that's an excellent note on which to close this thread, which has outlived any usefullness it may have had.