This notion of interrelation extends beyond the microscopic world in physics. And we don't have to grapple with curved space-time resulting from massive objects either. We are influenced daily by something as simple as inertia, an object's ability to remain constant in velocity unless acted upon. No, I'm not talking about dragging your spouse out of bed. More like lifting a bag of groceries, pushing a car, or moving furniture.
Ernst Mach described the principle where "mass there influences inertia here". This broad statement has found its way into many theories. In essence, the difficulty in moving a object is not an innate property of the object itself, but a result of its interaction with the rest of the universe. Without other mass, there would be no inertia.
So, we see again that attributes associated with discrete entities are inseverably linked to their place within the environment as a whole.
"Approach it and there is no beginning; follow it and there is no end."
- Tao Te Ching
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I like your post but here I find the combination of science-meditation and quote from Tao te Ching a little forced. Or perhaps I cannot see the connection.
I kinda thought the same myself, but went with it anyway.
The preceding two posts and subsequent two posts contain a Tao Te Ching thread from a single passage. The notion for this post was that if you approach an observation as applying to only one scale (micro), you may not follow it further to the next (macro).
A little too contrived.
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