Make Binomi a real renaissance Italian mathematician, so that we can finally know who came up with the binomial formulas.
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OldSageRick@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
First wish was to repeal Bernoulli’s principle
The second was doubling the mass of a photon
wieson@feddit.org 3 hours ago
protist@retrofed.com 1 hour ago
Photons don’t have mass tho
Jakylla@jlai.lu 6 hours ago
- Switch all protons and neutrons of the universe
- Set PI = 3
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
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.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Who says pi has to be a constant at all?
Fermion@feddit.nl 6 hours 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 6 hours ago
Woah, that would be trippy
Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 hours ago
Any chance this is one of those situations where granting the first wish would kill you before you could make the second wish?
OldSageRick@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Nah, except if you are in a plane
Although I am not sure if anything in the human body relies on the big berni, but if not you are golden
DevDave@piefed.social 7 hours ago
What would that do to a star’s interior?
Fermion@feddit.nl 6 hours ago
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 6 hours ago
Just pour salt on the universe and make it turn inside out.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
This creates a white hole, and also destroys the universe.
/s
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
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 the gravity and internal pressures and disrupting 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. 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 6 hours ago
That’s neat, but he said photon, as in the light particle
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
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.
SilentKnight1369@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Its turns the universe into a nuke…