Michael Faraday is the earliest advocate I have found for the proposal that
the final irreducible constituent of all physical reality is the electromagnetic field. He was soundly ridiculed for that as evidenced by the cartoon published in a newspaper of the period. It is only in the present times that we are beginning to see that old Michael was probably right after all. If Michael was right, we should find a gravitational mechanism within electromagnetic fields. We can do that as follows:
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| We know that all photons attract each other gravitationally. Gravitational attraction is a phenomena exhibited by all things that possess energy. This phenomena is a well known fact that is proved by the math, but most young physicists come to realize this late. That may be why we have such a problem realizing that all gravitational attraction originates in photons. |
| We can describe photon-photon attraction as an offset of each photon's point of saturation toward other photons. It is as if one photon's point reaches saturation with the help of the fields from adjacent photons. With the help of these fields it reaches saturation sooner in their direction. We can make all kinds of speculations about what is the mechanism that offsets the point of saturation in photons, but the speculations do not matter. The fact is that the offsets do occur. |
| We know that Planks Constant is a measure of the electromagnetic saturation amplitude of free space. This saturation amplitude seems to vary from place to place in space depending upon the amount of photon fields present there. Photons migrate toward places where photon fields are greatest and the possible saturation amplitude is less. The value of Planks Constant might measure less in these areas that are partially saturated. |
| Another advocate of the notion that photons comprise all mass, after Michael, was Albert Einstein. In one of his works published here, he opined that unification based upon electromagnetic activity should be possible. The fact that this was not pursued, according to Albert, was merely a matter of prejudice. |