[MD] Quality and the Higgs Field: An Analogy

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Hi All,

Some of us like to tie ideas from physics into MoQ.  I know that
Pirsig does.  This post brings in the analogy of the Higgs Field.

The Higgs Field was conceived of in the 1960's by none other than
Higgs.  The basic premise of such a field is that it creates and
differentiates between particles.  It can be seen as kind of a drag on
enery, slowing it down.  So it, theoretically (or is it
metaphysically?), provides the differentiation between all the quarks
and all the leptons.  From these differences comes all the other
things which we experience as matter.  Thus, it could be said that
lead and gold are ultimately differentiated by the Higgs Field.
Without such a field, all matter would be the same as energy.  It is
theorized that at very high temperatures, the Higgs Field disappears,
that is, that there is no difference, and no mass either.  In fact,
this is often used to describe the beginning of the universe, if such
a thing is imagined.  Now, how does the Higgs Field differentiate
matter?  Well that is supposed to be through the Higgs Particle, or
the Higgs Boson as it is called.  Because of its importance to
everything we see, such a particle is also called the God Particle.
Tthat is the metaphysics of physics, supported by math of course, and
colliders have been built to look for it, if the theory is still
favorable.

So imagine, if you will, something called Quality.  It is through
Quality that things exist separately.  This Quality is what provides
all the qualitative differences between things.  By way of analogy,
Quality would be a field which creates the value between things.  If
all things were the same, there would be no Quality.  Quality is what
separates and differentiates.  The manner in which Quality interacts
with Sameness is what provides us with values and morals.  It is what
provides us with choices.  Therefore, one should not look at things as
having Quality.  Rather it is what separates those things that has the
Quality.  As a field, it is utterly dynamic, and leaves a static world
in its wake.  Such Quality has more existence than what it creates,
since it is the foundation of all.  The static world is a byproduct of
the movement of Quality.  So, my friends, look between (not subjects,
not objects) and there is your answer.

Cheers,
Mark