UraniumBlazer

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

While my understanding of quantum physics is better than the average high schooler, it is still very limited (I possess no mathematical understanding of the standard model whatsoever among many things). Hence, you can gauge the probability of the correctness of my answer. Considering this, here's my answer:

We don't know. We lack a lot of experimental data in quantum physics to answer this question.

  • First, we have never observed a massless electron. Hence, we have no idea about what would happen if we could do as you said.
  • Then, we have no experimentally proven theory of quantum gravity. We simply have no idea how gravity functions at the quantum level. Let's say we make the rest mass of a massful particle zero by manipulating the Higgs field. What would happen to its gravitational mass? All of general relativity is based on the assumption that inertial mass = gravitational mass. This is called the principle of equivalence. However, we don't know if this stays true at the quantum level. We don't even know if the goddamn graviton exists or not.

So the answer is this: ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago (14 children)

No. There are two types of particles. Particles that go at light speed and particles that don't.

The particles that don't go at light speed don't do this because they have rest mass. The particles that do go at light speed do so because they have no rest mass. They are massless.

Now what makes massless and massful particles different? This is where the Higgs Boson comes in. There is a field called the Higgs field, which is made by the Higgs Boson.

Particles that interact with the Higgs field are massful. Particles that don't are massless. They thus can go at the speed of light.

For example, photons (that make light) do not interact with the Higgs Field. Hence, they go at light speed. Electrons however do interact with the Higgs field. They thus have rest mass. They thus do not go at light speed.

The Large Hadron Collider verified the existence of the Higgs boson. This is what the "god particle" stories were about in the past decade.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Who does the bear represent?

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds more like Yoda impersonating Trump

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is hate speech tho. Calling for the death of an entire group of people, not all who support genocide.

This is just like saying "death to Muslims" because some terrorists who happened to be Muslims did 9/11.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Not a unique one, but the dark forest hypothesis.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit yeah! Come on ppl... Why waste time engaging with a clear dumass

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It won't necessarily come back. Till the orbits of Voyager and the Solar system intersect, we would've merged with Andromeda, which would completely change all orbits in unpredictable ways. So no, you cannot say with confidence that Voyager will return back to the Solar system before the Sun dies purely using orbital mechanics.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't know the dairy companies hired bird employees. That's very progressive of them. /s

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I wholeheartedly support this, because there is no other choice. Like... What else are you going to do?

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