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1184046 No.1184046 [Reply] [Original]

What would happen to the universe if the physical constant of the charge of an electron was changed?

>> No.1184063

The electrons would speed up to compensate and the world would be comprised of even more space.

>> No.1184075

According to quantum mechanics you cannot say for certain what will happen.

>> No.1184082

Probability density vs. radial probability

>> No.1184086

Other constants might compensate in accordance with the fine-structure constant. Maybe not. We can't really test this.

>> No.1184087

>>1184046
everything would dissociate and life would cease to exist.

>> No.1184090

What would happen if e = 1 C?

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>>1184090
>e = 1 C
Everything might scale out and we wouldn't measure a difference, maybe?