From: thejohnlreed on
A Fireside Chat With johnreed, June 17, 2010 update

If you select a physical sub-stratum on which to base a least action
[1] consistent (efficient) explanation of the least action consistent
(efficient) stable universe motion, you must determine whether or not
your sub-stratum works because it is consistent with least action
(efficient) motion, or because it is the cause, or consequence, of
that (efficient) motion.

I say that since all our known models, past and present, have shown
a(n) least action consistency (efficiency) for any mathematical
veracity, then the mass derived, so called universal gravitational
model will work, for the same reason. That is, it will work to the
extent that it is consistent with least action (efficient) motion.

Mass has many useful definitions. Where each definition reduces to a
"resistance". This then, is the nature of mass. This is what we work
against. Resistance as our subjective response and/or applied effort.

Our subjective applied effort we feel and designate as force. Our
subjective applied effort [F] is set equivalent to an objective
resistance. We quantify the objective resistance in units of mass
[F=ma, F=mg]. We measure this comparative objective resistance with a
balance scale [mg] and with impact experiments [ma] and learn that it
is conserved on planet and moon surfaces and is proportional with
respect to distance and time in planet and moon surface physical
interactions between planet and moon surface objects, which we qualify
as. We learn that planet surface object mass is conserved.

And because mass is conserved we think it is a fundamental property of
the universe. We loosely regard it generally as an "amount of matter"
based on a standardized, quantitative, comparison of planet surface
object resistance, that we set equivalent to the force we feel and
assign the force we feel to all inanimate objects in the universe.

If the planet attractor acted on mass, the larger the mass the more it
would be acted on by the planet attractor. Presently we selectively
use mass resistance to argue "Yes but with the increase in planet
force comes an equal and opposite object resistance?. And so all
objects fall at the same rate."

Now that is occult [1]. Pseudo-science. We are defining the universe
in terms of what we feel and ascribing to inanimate objects, actions
that duplicate what WE feel when we lift objects with varying mass
magnitudes. Whereas in freefall we feel only air resistance, anyway.

We call this gravity. And because the force WE APPLY [F], is equal and
opposite to the resistance we encounter [ma], [mg], we devise the
third law and proportionally generalize our local, subjective, planet
surface object, magnitudes of force to the entire universe, based on
what we measure and feel, and least action distance and time
parameters in terms of imaginary so called gravitational field
properties, to explain the subjective and assigned physical so called
gravitational attraction at a distance.

We conclude that Gravity (what we call what we measure as resistance,
and what we call what we feel as force) is an attractive force that
acts over infinite distances between all objects in the universe
[F=ma], [F=mg]. {[mg] = [GMm/r^2]}.

The magnitude of this supposed universal inanimate object "force"
falls off according to the inverse square of the distance between the
objects. That is according to the arithmetic quotient [1/r^2]. The
greater the distance between the objects [r], the weaker is the
attractive force between the objects.

However, according to the least action consistent arithmetic quotient,
this imaginary magnitude never drops to zero. We have a blind faith,
overly generalized belief in the idea that all things that are true
for numbers are also true for the universe.

So far we have the fact that the objective quantitative resistance we
work against is conserved when we quantify that resistance in mass
units. Mass figures in our planet surface object interactions. Mass is
independent of the celestial attraction mathematics. ie. All objects
fall at the same rate.

The notion of mass as a universally general amount of matter deludes
us. Mass is a word and is subject to the cross hair precision of the
English language. If we don't get this precisely defined we wind up in
the wash of mathematically endorsed, but functional ignorance.

For an instant, let us take mass out of the incomplete, subjective,
and limited precise description provided by the least action
consistent mathematics. I say that planet surface object mass,
quantitatively defines a conserved resistance that we feel, as planet
surface objects. Let us now return mass to the least action consistent
mathematics. This resistance corresponds to what we call weight [mg]
and what we call force [ma].

Since mass units are conserved, the resistance they represent must be
cumulative and additive and apply across grouped fundamental material
entities. What can we accumulate and add too, such that mass is
conserved where the grouped, individual entity, mass magnitudes, may
vary?

I say that the resistance we work against is the conserved cumulative
resistance of planet and moon surface atoms (see Section 6). Therefore
we do not feel a universal gravitational force. Provided this is
correct reasoning, can anyone tell me what we do feel?

If inert mass is the quantitative measure of the conserved cumulative
resistance of a planet surface, inert object's atoms (that we measure
and feel), and if we are living, planet surface inertial objects; Then
what we measure and feel, and call gravitational force, is the
accelerated, conserved, cumulative resistance of a planet surface
inertial object's atoms. This includes the atoms that make up our
bodies and the atoms in the bowling ball etc. that we lift.

Provided this is correct reasoning, we must conclude that the Earth
attractor acts on atoms and not on mass. It is a super-electro-
magnetic attraction that acts on all atoms, not just those atoms with
optimal structural characteristics. In other words, the Earth
attractor acts on matter. We feel the cumulative resistance of that
matter as force. The cumulative resistance is the sum of the atoms WE
act on. The force is what WE feel.

This view is wholly consistent with the present mathematical
approaches. However it also explains several present theoretical
quandaries. The quandaries were my initial focus. They led me to the
core of the present problems.
Have a good time,
johnreed

End note: If you wish to review some of the foundational and
developmental logic for the ideas expressed herein, do a Google.group
search on: "The Least Action Consistent Stable Universe and the
Mathematics", Sections 1 through 9". Or search on "randaminor",
"randamajor", "thejohnreed", "Earth Attractor" or "Planet Attractor".
To exhaust the search on the internet take your search back to 1998.
To exhaust the copyright information take it to 1988 and "Pi and
Angular Momentum in Perspective", "The Anti-Billiard Ball Hypothesis",
and "The Physics Preview for the 21st Century".

After note:
Section 5 and 6 as listed above provide a more comprehensive
explanation of least action. For my purpose here the reader may
substitute the word "efficient" for the phrase "least action
consistent".

Endnote:
[1] Once we recognize that gravity is not a force that acts on us, but
is a force we feel when we act on resistance, all that is left is
super-electromagnetism. The problem is so complex and gravity is so
convenient, that we have to be forced into addressing it. Gravity has
to be shown as a force we feel as we respond to resistance. Equal and
opposite apply because the force we feel is directly proportional to
the resistance we act on.

When we define mass in terms of a number of atoms, the occult aspect
of equal and opposite forces between planet surface objects and
planets vanish. The resistance of a planet surface object when defined
in terms of (weight) and quantified in terms of a number of atoms can
hardly be set equivalent to the resistance of the atoms composing the
planet.

I have made it easier to reference my supporting work by creating a
Google Science and Technology Group titled: "The Least Action
Consistent Universe and the Mathematics". Currently it contains
Sections 1 through 9 for reference. The many sub-sections and work
prior to 2007 has not been included. I will develop it further as I
have the time and gain familiarity with the venue. Meanwhile my more
recent work is available for public review to all, and open to
criticism and discussion by any person who joins the group. This is a
condition established by Google and newsgroups in general. I seek no
recruits. I provide information. However, there are no restrictions
or requirements to join.

Current web address: http://groups.google.com/group/thejohnreed

If you respond to this post from a newsgroup other than the above,
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