cbj, kind of, but irony is you can also say it is so simple, but when you think it through you realise its not so, but it is a the same time. Same goes for quantum mechanics theoritcal perspective of what and how the intangilble is the lowest level of matter. matter can not be with out nothingness, the human brain is regulated by peptides a kind of protein that represents moods, the brain doesnt create consciousness, it only merely represents thoughts. Now the world we all see, hear, touch, smell all physical thing surrounding us is there , but its also made up of nothingness, every one of these atoms. Could we all be living in a kind of 'Matrix" world? who knows....
thoughts are movements of organic mass, and our brain is a kind of 'house' our perceptions of the world around us, are the biologically organised mass, everything we think, feel is governed by a kind of addictions of thoughts, maybe to stray and keep away from fear, isolattion, now then what does this might tell about the human nature the so called nature. "Nature" is now on its way out of the social dictionary, perhaps not quite until the late 21st century...explanations of what we are, and how we understand the world , does not occur unless we totally understand what we are. Science and religion are in war, right now, but it could make peace when we realise thoughts governs all things. We are living in a society where the mentality of 'get as much as you can in life" the game theory, and all are nothing but distortions, more like distractions to the real matters of 'life' or rather, existence.
i think id let others quabble, and bring in new angles, its fun I like the first post, so simple, probably oversimplified but that was the point i wanted to see what other people considers as thoughts and matter, or rather anti-matter? would the inter-dimensional beings (think crystal skulls of the Indy cinematic series), have thoughts held in denser mass? what is the prize of life? your (cbj) point of 'life purposes" is a great one. but distractions occurs because seemingly there is no 'room' or so we were told...ecological concerns of finite resources have already made way into our consciousness, but our concerns about how we use out minds as resources to enchance our ultimate perception is probably another 1,000 years from now or more