Originally Posted By: Finiter
I propose that energy is the quality of matter and so no body can remain at rest…….When a mass like Earth is at rest the measured value of G would be zero.


Would I be right in thinking you are saying that energy is an intrinsic property of matter which causes everything to be in constant motion?

If that is the case, when you talk of the Earth being at rest you must propose that some external forces are being applied to it to stop its inherent motion?

Apart from saying that a body appears, in or from your F of R, to be at rest relative to other bodies, how do you define “being at rest”?

There never was nothing.