Hi Mauro, 10-25-09 I just prefer particles; I don't "believe" in them. Ray Tomes, owner of the Cycles Group, goes futher than than what you suggest: Ray proposes that matter, in any form, is a standing wave, I also like Dirac's epos, as explained on Vortex by Don Hotson -- a plausible mechanism for action-at-a-distace across the universe.
Theories should be judged by the design equations and inventios they facillitate; natural selection will pick the winners. The downside of any theory is the restriction of experimentation. Jack Smith ------------- Mauro wrote on 10-24-09: Thank you for your comments and opinion. I can assure you that the theory is the (by no means final) result of much thinking and serious reflection. I have read about Le Sage gravity, but as I said in the past, I think the carrier of gravity is similar (or even the same) as the carrier of electromagnetism: a form of wave, but longitudinal instead of transverse. My recent idea is that electromagnetism, which is "carried" by transverse waves, "converts" partially into gravity(longitudinal waves) under the right conditions of "pressure" or density, and interaction. The result is a kind of stationary longitudinal wave that produces the observed effects of gravity. Regarding particles: in my opinion, particles are the fiction, which arises as a result of our world view, i.e. from our usual tendency and familiarity to think in terms and ideas like those of "thing" and "object". Protons, electrons, neutrons, etc. are for me very specific forms of movement, in the form of waves and vortices. And that which is moving is at the same the fabric of the world(the ether, if you like), and its substance. Regarding the concept of carrier particles, like photons and gravitons, it is clear to me that, in the case of the photon, we're in the presence of something like a pulse or wave train(a discrete number of waves), and that we assume that wave train to be a particle, and to act like a particle in its interactions with other "particles". Photons are mainly travelling(propagating) waves, while electrons and protons are (mainly) rotating ones. So, photons are the propagation of discrete transversal wave trains, and gravitons (if they exist) will be the propagation of forms of pulsating(longitudinal) movement in the fabric of space, in the form of discrete longitudinal wave trains. Mauro ------------- Taylor J. Smith wrote: This is a neat theory. I like to think that forces are applied (mediated) by particles (a "field" is a fiction useful for calculations). So, gravity is a push (by gravitons) as proposed by Le Sage -- does this work with your theory?
