Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:36:28 UTC No. 16621594

>>16621591
I mean, changing universal physical constants is easy on the paper, and probably impossible in real life.

But in a sense, yeah, you can change G and play with the mathematical consequences. Some people will do stuff like this with very complicated computer simulations just to see how the universe would have played out

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:21:13 UTC No. 16621750

>>16621591
Hilarity. Unexpected hilarity.
Do it!

Anonymous at Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:47:20 UTC No. 16621899

>>16621591
think about what G represents
Newton's gravitational law states that the force between two bodies is proportional to both masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
that's all fine and good, and the proportionality constant is called G
you have to measure it experimentally and assign proper units
it's not derived from anything more fundamental, it's just a fact of the universe

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:00:30 UTC No. 16622369

>>16621899
g changes depending on your units.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:55:28 UTC No. 16622439

>>16622369
So still a constant.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:47:11 UTC No. 16623709

>>16621591
It's just a proportionality constant to make the units match up. It's not a fundamental property of the universe.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:46:53 UTC No. 16623732

Americans are retarded

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:22:37 UTC No. 16623745

>>16621594
>I mean, changing universal physical constants is easy on the paper, and probably impossible in real life.
It becomes real easy if the universe were a simulation and you had access to the coding somehow. Like manipulating the ram of a video game to program new shit in it or change hard variables. Except this causes games to hard freeze and I don't think you would want the universe to blue screen on you.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:36:54 UTC No. 16623809

>>16621594
If gaseous mercury is tornading very much it happens.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:59:10 UTC No. 16623892

>>16623709
No, of course it really is a fundamental property of the universe. The fact that it is a dimensionful constant just means you can use it to define the Planck mass. If you change the Planck mass while keeping all other scales (like the electron mass) fixed, that will change the physics.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:21:12 UTC No. 16623899

>>16621594
but doesnt universe use that constant?

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:26:32 UTC No. 16623902

>>16623899
Yes, but the Universe does not use kilograms.
No one does.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:50:26 UTC No. 16623913

>>16621591
The universal Gravitational force isn't Universal.

Anonymous at Sat, 22 Mar 2025 06:06:46 UTC No. 16625631

>>16621591
I don’t really understand how the gravitational constant works.