Comment on To cosmic shreds, I say!
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 3 hours agoBest 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 3 hours ago
That’s neat, but he said photon, as in the light particle
ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 3 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.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 hours ago
The photons from the h must have been delayed due to their mass doubling.