> [L]iterally every life form and every speck of dust down to the smallest subatomic particle is influenced by the world through the various forces that act upo

> [L]iterally every life form and every speck of dust down to the smallest subatomic particle is influenced by the world through the various forces that act upon it. An electron is influenced by charged particles close enough to have an impact, and from objects that exert a gravitational pull—and the electron behaves accordingly. To exist, to be in the universe, means that every particle in the universe feels some pull and push from the various forces around it—otherwise it simply doesn’t exist. Thus, the electron perceives, as I have defined this term, and the electron is a subject. I once came to the conclusion that the only true statement I could make is that "there is something", or that "something is going on"... other than that, it's very hard to say where one "thing" starts and another ends, if there even are separate things. At the very least, that even just gravity affects everything (that is affected by it at all, that is), at any distance (so far as we know?), no matter how weakly, always struck me as quite the underrated fact. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18689562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18689562 For some reason, Nneka comes to my mind. And because everything is everything, I'll just post it. Maybe it'll save someone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BvvLGoZHs8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BvvLGoZHs8