Is it a spiritual being? If so, then its existence contradicts the assumptions of materialism, which many scientists hold, according to which only matter exists. In any case, we can say nothing about it except to describe its actions. It is found, then, that we have replaced the mystery of how inanimate objects can move, with the mystery of the existence of a mysterious non-material being, which somehow moves all matter in the universe in a constant and precise manner.
We, therefore, seem to be caught between the hammer and the anvil: between the possibility that there is no explanation at all for the movement of objects other than “like this,” and the explanation that adds to our picture of reality strange and unfamiliar beings. In both cases, the world remains a mysterious and incomprehensible place.
In fact, there is another option. When we want to explain a phenomenon, the preferred way for science would be an explanation of the “position on the seller” type – to explain the phenomenon using familiar facts we know. If, for example, a stone is suddenly seen floating in the air, science will try to explain it with familiar possibilities, such as transparent wires holding or supporting it, a magnetic field pushing it up, and so on. Only if all known explanations fail will science have to recognize that there is a new and unknown kind of power here, and accept it as part of the picture of reality in order to explain the phenomenon through it.
This is in fact exactly what Newton did: if he did explain something, he explained it through the position on the unfamiliar, namely gravity and its friends.
