{Fundamental Forces [continued(8)]}[22nd October 1979]

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'The whole Universe appears as a dynamic web of inseparable energy patterns.' (Capra). If matter (e.g. “of” particles) is merely 'a form of energy' … and if 'the forces between the particles – that is[,] their mutual attraction or repulsion – are pictured as the exchange of other particles', so presumably the forces are themselves a form of energy …. Capra puts it another way round: 'both force and matter are now seen to have their common origin in the dynamic patterns which we call particles.'

As Capra says, we should not look for fundamental building blocks.... but two words (and words, as he says, are insufficient) recur continually and leave question-marks of (at least temporary) finality on the mind: 'Energy', of course, and 'properties'.

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