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jimgram
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There is a TOE that suggests that all "things" in the universe have a position. They (or it) simply exist, and there it is. There can't be a thing called 'motion' because that simply is a human invention to describe the relative position of two or more things. There obviously is no 'frame of reference' (another human invention), no 'absolute rest', and so forth. But for a thing to exist and be real, it resists any change in its position. Thus, we have the term 'inertia' that gives a quantity to that resistance. Then, we invented 'mass', because, on earth, things are more or less heavy. Mass = Inertia. When we begin describing two or more things in terms of their relationship to each other (I.E. 'motion'), then we invent the terms velocity, distance, and acceleration), and we re-define the term 'inertia' to make it a composite of 'mass' and velocity'.
If a 'thing' did not resist a change in its position then it would not be detectable nor could it influence any other thing. That would be the definition of 'non-existent'.
If a 'thing' did not resist a change in its position then it would not be detectable nor could it influence any other thing. That would be the definition of 'non-existent'.