sci.physics.electromag

On Mar 6, 4:33 am, Benj wrote:
> On Mar 5, 1:06 pm, "FrediFizzx" wrote:

It's been a few years since I last posted. Hello to those who remember
me.

> Obviously force distributions in space exist about magnets and
> balloons rubbed on the cat etc.
> Forces are real as can easily be determined by observation.
>
> BUT as soon as you start calling them "force fields" the word "field"
> immediately implies a whole host of mathematical definitions.

If I may nitpick: I think you've missed a step there. A distribution
of forces in space requires a medium of distribution (or else a way,
as is the case with GR, to get around this). That medium is known as a
field, and now the mathematical definitions come into play to model
its properties. What fields really are may never be known, but their
existence as real entities can only be denied by appealing to
voodoo! :-)
--
Mike.