Recent content by JeremyL

Isn't a boson a subatomic particle? Aren't subatomic particles forms of matter?

I was under the impression that everything in the physical universe could be deduced down to either matter or energy. If light is not matter and also not energy then I was under the wrong impression.

So is light instead matter? I thought it was electromagnetic radiation which is energy.

If our eyes can perceive light and light is energy then why is energy defined as an indirectly observed quantity?

Does this look accurate at all? Sense of Sight - The perception of energy (light waves) bouncing off of matter (solid/liquid/gas) Sense of Sound - The perception of energy (sound waves) traveling through matter (solid/liquid/gas) Sense of Taste - The perception of matter (solid/liquid) Sense of...

Either way I like how you said that our senses interpret reality rather than represent it. That's a good way to look at it and I'm glad I no longer look at my perception as an extremely accurate representation of the physical universe.

I'm not sure. Is it because we have two eyes that enable depth perception?

I agree. Color is really what made me question the accuracy of my subjective perception. It seems like monochromatic vision would be more accurate as it only reveals the shape and structure of our physical surroundings that we can then confirm as true with our sense of touch.

I agree that we all see, taste, and hear the same things. But is this because we are all perceiving a thruthful representation of our physical surroundings or because we all have a brain that similarly manifest our physical surroundings for us? Grass is not intrisically green, it simply reflects...

I read another thread that convinced me that our perception of color is the product of our brain alone and implies nothing intrsinsic about our actual physical surroundings. Wouldn't this be the same with our sense of smell and taste? How about touch and sound? Do we really perceive anything...

Right, but we created the analytic statements via language which we think best describe how the universe seems to behave through our observation.

I'm not smart and know nothing of cosmology or physics but I seek an understanding of reality. I'm looking for the simplest explanation for the universe I can find so that I actually understand it. Is the following factual at all? The universe is constantly changing physical matter and...

I have read in various places that the universe essentially consists of three principles: space-time, physical matter/energy, and the physical laws that govern the first two. Do we know the order in which these three things came into existence? I'm confused by the role of the physical...

I have no idea what I'm talking about and I should really probably research more before I post here. Anyways, I have been thinking about the universe/life a lot lately and I was wondering if it is possible that everything we know to exist is simply expanding/evolving energy? Could our...

Is this true with all other colors too? not just white?