Group: sci.physics.electromag
From: "Vince Morgan"
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Reality of fields, was Re: Magnet Question

"Benj" wrote in message
news:b26967a6-fba5-43f9-94e6-68f004f92047@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> No wait! NOW I know what my problem was! I was asking "why" when
> physics simply can't provide those kinds of answers!
> Oh my! I'm just NEVER going to understand what physics is all about! I
> keep trying to be logical and reasonable and keep asking "why" when
> physics is about none of those things!
>
> Thanks for explaining how I went wrong though!
>
> (I'm going back to the automobile repair shop now, where things seem
> so much more "real" to me! Thanks again!)
>
You think you've got a problem Ben. I don't even think the real question is
"why", but "how". Why seems to imply motive, and math can't ascribe that.