Q&A: Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature
Question
If there is no explanation for a certain law, then it is only a description of reality. For example, gravity: if there is no reason for it, then there is no “force of gravity,” only a description of reality—that objects are always drawn to the ground. A law, not a force.
If science has no explanations for the forces of nature, one should assume that God constantly moves all objects downward, and the “law of gravity” is nothing but a factual description of how the Creator behaves in our world.
[It is possible that there are gravitons that contain this force, but they too would have to receive this force constantly. And to say that God created a permanent force in gravitons sounds to me like a round triangle, because if a force has no source it cannot be permanent.]
P.S. The question was asked from a different angle; I hope this time it will be accepted. In any case, thank you.
Answer
I still can’t understand. Sorry.
Force is an auxiliary concept. It is not something that exists.
Fundamental laws and fundamental regularities have no explanation by definition, precisely because they are fundamental. They are given.
There may be other theories that explain things in a more fundamental way, but there too there will be basic given concepts.
If you still want an explanation, then I have one: everything that is possible exists. All possible worlds are real and exist. What is, is. And we exist in a world whose laws allow for our formation, and that is what we see.