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[–] OldSageRick@lemmy.zip 84 points 1 week ago (5 children)

First wish was to repeal Bernoulli's principle

The second was doubling the mass of a photon

[–] DevDave@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What would that do to a star's interior?

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

2 * 0 = 0

Doubling the mass of photons is no change.

Repealing Bournoulli's principle requires changing how kinetic collisions of molecules translates into bulk measurables like pressure and density. There's no way to predict what that does without first specifying more about what changes are made.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just pour salt on the universe and make it turn inside out.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This creates a white hole, and also destroys the universe.

/s

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

[note: I thought the OP said "proton"]

Best case? atoms shrink slightly and some changes to how chemistry works

Realistic case? The change in nuclear binding energies renders protons unstable, making many elements unstable or radioactive. All matter suddenly becomes much heavier, changing gravity and internal pressure, which in turn disrupts stellar and planetary structures. Fusion reactions depend on precise mass differences between particles, which may alter how stars generate energy, or completely prevent them from forming altogether. Additionally, since proton mass is tied to the strong nuclear force, it will fundamentally alter physics, and it's likely that protons will decay into neutrons, preventing atoms from existing at all.

The first wish would affect how fluids act under pressure, including how our blood would move throughout our bodies. Depending on the exact effects, the wisher may not even get the chance to make the second wish because their blood would either stop moving, or they would drop to ground as every capillary in their body ruptures causing an immediate loss of blood pressure, quickly followed by loss of consciousness and then death.

IF they live long enough to make the second wish, then they probably wouldn't live long enough to make the third.

[–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's neat, but he said photon, as in the light particle

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow, I totally missed that. I need to start wearing my glasses🤦‍♂️
I must have just assumed proton, since photons have zero rest mass and doubling that wouldn't change anything.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 9 points 1 week ago

The photons from the h must have been delayed due to their mass doubling.

[–] SilentKnight1369@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Its turns the universe into a nuke...

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Bah. Give photons the same charge as electrons. That outta show those SOBs.

[–] Jakylla@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
  • Switch all protons and neutrons of the universe
  • Set PI = 3
[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Who says pi has to be a constant at all?

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 9 points 1 week ago

Go ahead and sign up for a non-euclidean geometry course. Constant pi assumes flat geometry, and I'm ok with that.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Woah, that would be trippy

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pi can be equal to whatever you want, as long as you’re using a number base that accounts for it. Pi is only an irrational number because base-10 is a rational base. You could create a number base that sets pi equal to 1, if you wanted.

[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what if i make a base pi system?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That’s exactly my point. A base pi system would have pi equal to 1. In a base pi number system, a circle with a radius of 1 would have a circumference of 10. A radius of 10 would be a circumference of 100. Etc… Pi (and the relationship between a circle’s radius and circumference) only normally requires complex math because base 10 is a rational number base.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Make Binomi a real renaissance Italian mathematician, so that we can finally know who came up with the binomial formulas.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 1 points 1 week ago

Photons don't have mass tho