Matter can exist without body, mass, in purest energy form. Even energy has some dependence. Matter can exist even without a charge, neutral  to all .


All that is to-day proved science was once hypothesis only, imagination only and philosophy  straight way. That was resisted on the day of inception by the status quoist. Generations seldom stand together. They do not see eye to eye. Generations live challengingly.

Ultimately the fittest prevails but that prevails only with a time frame and ultimately everything has to be replaced but once again the time span, be a nano second or a million of year ,is there. Only time prevails.