The question was, what is it a measure of? The energy present in a bit of matter? So again, is heat a thing, or
Physics does't bother me....the misuse and misunderstanding of physics as you demonstrate bothers me.
Yeah, I saw were you said it..and yet, your sources said explicitly that heat is a form of energy while mine said explicitly that heat is not a form of energy. So what is it? Energy or the fingerprint of energy? Since various credible scientific sources are not in agreement on that question, then it stands to reason that science is not very sure at all what heat is...you seem to be as a matter of faith, but science is not since credible scientific sources give decidedly different answers. You really need to learn the difference between actual science and faith. You have plenty of faith, but not much grasp of the skeptical nature of science.
Clearly your joke wasn't...
Note: I said pretend since there is, and never has been an observation of energy moving from a cool object to a warm object.
Which remains theoretical since no actual observation has ever been made of energy moving from a cool object to a warm object.
I don't think modern science is fantasy...your belief of what modern science knows for sure and at present is simply offering its best explanation for things it still doesn't know for sure is fantasy. You don't seem to be able to differentiate between what is known, and what is theorized.
I said that if radiation were waves, that we know for sure that waves cancel each other out. Otherwise, the only rational explanation is that a cooler object simply doesn't attempt to radiate in the direction of a warmer object. We see that happening all the time...dropped rocks don't attempt to move up....air doesn't attempt to enter a hole in a tire which has greater pressure inside....water won't try to enter a hole in a submerged hose under pressure....what makes you think that a cool object must radiate energy in a direction which it can not go?
