What is stuff?

[Black Rose]

Since "existence" is too ambiguous for some people: what if stuff is made of in this reality and why is stuff only in selective places in reality?

 

[birdsnestfern]

one is make believe and one is real

you can’t have a vessel filled with nothing because nothing is really foam

Or, you might mean intrinsic value of something Or emotion or thought or imagination or dreams or spirit or light

is stuff made out of desire?

 

[EndogenousRebel]

I think it matters very much how we categorize the qualities of "stuff".

For instance consciousness is both nueral impulses and the physical body that is the brain. So like, electricity is different from lipids and protiens, and there is a lot more that persistent matter than there is electrical activity. So are we "stuff" or are we electrical stuff.

Computers are made from hardware, but only work because of the electrical current going through them. Still the electrical current is what we is most valuable. (aside from advancements in hardware architecture) How can that be?

Interesting discussion for sure.

 

[EndogenousRebel]

Also, if something we a "true" vacuum with nothing within the confines it, not even light would be in it, which is clearly not the case in what most people would call a vaccum, because we can see light going through it.

 

[Black Rose]

let's say the green stuff is copper.

lots of heavy ionized copper

is there a difference between the vacuum chamber with no copper in it and the chamber with copper inside it?

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or let's simplify this:

say 1 pound of gold is in one chamber and the other chamber has zero pounds of anything in it.

is there a difference?

 

[ZenRaiden]

We need to ask the question of stuff on, what level are we talking about?
There is molecular, atomic, quantum level of stuff.
Then there is our perception of stuff.
Then there is energy. Energy is just vibrations.

Basically mass = energy.
Mass is condensate energy.

 

[birdsnestfern]

1s and 0s. Patterns. Pathways. Empty spaces Have value and room for possibilities. The gold is the product of the earth. It has a quality to it. A Diamond is brilliant and shines. Space or nothing is pure potential for something new. It’s not materialized yet, so it’s good to have empty space for ideas.

 

[Black Rose]

1s and 0s. Patterns. Pathways. Empty spaces Have value and room for possibilities.

four forces exist I hear:

strong
weak
electromagnetic
gravity

by this logic (quantum fields) these forces could all be vortexes in empty space

like water is clear before it starts to turn into ripples and stuff

atoms could be little spirals of space stuff?

 

[birdsnestfern]

ok, I thought you were wrong but you are right. Four forces! https://openstax.org/books/physics/pages/23-1-the-four-fundamental-forces

 

[sushi]

mass matter