[-empyre-] fundamental matter

[Glenn Bach <gbach@csulb.edu>]

Alan Sondheim wrote:
> One minor question here, the problematic of matter 'at its most
> fundamental' - I have a strong feeling that there is no such thing, and
> dark matter for example, whether or not it exists, already problematizes
> the foundations -
>
> perhaps there's information all the way down

Yeah, I personally don't see any end to the continuous dissection and 
micro-amplification--you can always zoom in a little further.  But the 
idea of a vibrating string of energy, an oscillation, is a beautiful 
image, and a more pliant metaphor with which to work.

G.