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Re:Black holes might be defects in spacetime by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @10:09AM (#36044555)
What's the difference between electromagnetic field and ether?
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Re:Black holes might be defects in spacetime by simiones on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @07:19AM (#36056434)
As far as I understand it, the ether was supposed to be matter, ultimately made out of some kind of particles that obey laws of motion.

Conversely, the electric field is just a potential. It's not made up of anything, it just describes how charged particles interact if they are in a particular place in space-time.

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Re:Black holes might be defects in spacetime by GoblinSlayer on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:12AM (#36068878)
Pretty sure electric field is material. Interaction is described by theory, not by field, field is material nature of interaction.
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