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2027250 No.2027250 [Reply] [Original]

Why are electrons negative and protons positive? Is it completely arbitrary and if it is shouldn't it be changed to something meaningful, useful, or practical?

>> No.2027253

I am going to shit on your face.

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>>2027250

you could easily switch the definition of pos and neg, but why is that better?

>> No.2027295

Not trolling

It never made sense to me how an atom can loose electrons and then become positively charged. It's more intuitive to think the opposite.

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>>2027276
i see what you did there.. also, did BF do it on arbitrary grounds, or because of the RH rule?

>> No.2027306

It is arbitrary.

In fact, it was Benjamin Franklin who made the arbitrary decision.

You can change it, but it wouldn't be any more meaningful or practical for anything.