Dialectical Materialism vs. "The New Physics"

by Mike Gimbel

Space would then be a form of matter, just like atoms and molecules and suns, planets and moons. If matter in motion is forced to move in a curved direction, then it must be doing so precisely under the impetus of collision with other material bodies. That is a basic law of physics. A body travelling in a certain direction cannot decide on its own to go in another direction. In order to change direction, other matter must collide with it. Not some imaginary “curved space” thought up by some “brilliant” physicist who sold lots of books, got lots of awards, and is bowed to, as an icon, by the eminent professors at the most prestigious bourgeois universities! When one looks at the usual visual examples given for “curved space”, wherein a ball rolls down a curve on a net-like surface, one needs to understand that there is no “down” in space. “Down” is a property of gravity on Earth. There is no “up” or “down” in space. A ball, in motion in space, must continue in the direction of its original motion in space. It can only change that direction of motion via collision with other matter. It cannot roll “down” a curved surface as postulated by those who think that space is somehow curved. Is it possible that this higher level matter represents a reality wherein we exist inside some higher level atom where all motion is fundamentally circular? Where is the evidence for this highly speculative hypothesis? It can’t be produced, outside of highly suspect mathematical equations ...