Your previous comment and your comment above have you coming across somewhat as a materialist as defined by Merriam-webster.com (below). I'm not saying you are. You can make that determination yourself.
One entry found for materialism. Main Entry: ma·te·ri·al·ism Pronunciation: m&-'tir-E-&-"li-z&m Function: noun Date: 1748 1 a : a theory that physical matter is the only or
fundamental reality and that all being and processes and
phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results
of matter b : a doctrine that the only or the highest
values or objectives lie in material well-being and in the
furtherance of material progress c : a doctrine that
economic or social change is materially caused --
compare HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
2 : a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather
than intellectual or spiritual things
- ma·te·ri·al·ist /-list/ noun or adjective
- ma·te·ri·al·is·tic /-"tir-E-&-'lis-tik/ adjective
- ma·te·ri·al·is·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Thanks for the definition. I figured there was some philosophical baggage associated with the term; and definitions "b" and "c" didn't disappoint my expections. I'll go with definition "a", if we can consider "matter" to mean "matter/energy". I don't know that anything else exists (except perhaps those space-time fields which are always being mentioned in discussions about general relativity, and I'm not in the mood to consider them this evening).