From what I have read, the only way one can understand energy and mass and physicality....is thru the study of statistics....with the concepts of math and information. At least this is the only strategy that is being used at the present time. And the way all theories are addressed as.
Personally I believe it to be a huge failure. It restricts and limits intellect. But that's easy for me to say because I have no skin in this game.
I think our very fundamental concepts about energy, mass and light, and don't forget gravity.....all are mis-understood. I don't think physicality needs math or information. Life might, but not physicality. Life is the only singularity detected.
I am satisfied with the latest classical theories but others are just as satisfied with these modern math concepts of time and space. Although I fail to concept them myself.
I think we're just as fundamentally ignorant as thousands of years ago. We just have much more comparative knowledge, not fundamental knowledge. More statistics.This knowledge gives us technology, but only more questions and mysteries about the fundamentals.
Your post reminded me of a song, tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why. I was thinking, how baby, how baby, how baby how.
I believe it to be done with and via structure. That's how. I think all physicality has structure....even force.
But some believe the idea of structure at these minute scales is non-existent. Too small for physical structure.
So the new denies the old, and the old denies the new.