Objects by themselves have no properties
Carlos Rovelli is a theoretical physicist that is supporter of a solution of the Quantum paradox that has much in common with Buddhist philosophy. Namely that there are no essence in things including humans. Light waves becomes photons when they interacts with something or someone. Before that they are probabilities. And when the photons interact with a human eye and brain, we see some shapes end colors. Though another animal or an insect may see other colors. So both in Rovelli's theory and i Buddhism all is relations, as Einstein showed it is in velocity, everything moves in a special speed relative to something else, Characteristics describes how something is interacting with something else, so things have properties relative to something else with witch it is interacting. This is the relational interpretation of quantum theory Nothing is fundamental, everything is in relations We are often longing for something fundamental. A God, special laws, the absolute truth and so on.