  Maxwell's verbal statement of Coulomb's experimental verification of his
hypothesis, concerning force between two electrified bodies, is suggestive of a
modification of the respective computable expression on logical grounds. This
modification is in tandem with the completeness condition for a physical
theory, that was stated by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen in their seminal work.
Working with such a modification, I show that the first Maxwell's equation,
symbolically identifiable as ``$\vec{\nabla}\cdot\vec{E}=\rho/\epsilon_0$''
from the standard literature, is {\it unprovable}. This renders Poynting's
theorem to be {\it unprovable} as well. Therefore, the explanation of `light'
as `propagation of electromagnetic energy' comes into question on theoretical
grounds.
