sci.physics.electromag

On Mar 5, 1:06 pm, "FrediFizzx" wrote:

> Sorry, but you will never ever convince me that electric and magnetic
> "force fields" do not exist. I know from personal experience that
> "force fields" do exist. I suspect you are getting caught up in some
> kind of semantics game here.

Glad to see you have an open mind about physics! Yes it IS semantics
but it's NOT a "game"!

Obviously force distributions in space exist about magnets and
balloons rubbed on the cat etc.
Forces are real as can easily be determined by observation.

BUT as soon as you start calling them "force fields" the word "field"
immediately implies a whole host of mathematical definitions. These
things include stuff like vector addition, curl, divergence and all
the rest. While the forces have been observed to follow field rules
to a degree, there is no connection between mathematics and reality.
Mathematics are self-consistent systems thought up by men. They are
only a possible model for reality. And being models they are NOT
reality. Therefore, to be sematically correct, one MUST say that
"force fields do NOT exist!" Yes, it's a word "game" but if you
intend to do science it is essential to be precise in defining exactly
what you mean by terms. [Actually one could argue that since "thoughts
are things" that fields do in fact have an existence, but I really
don't want to go there! ]