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If you could change physics, what/how would you change it?

Posted by preimert1 11 years, 2 months ago to Science

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I'm having a tough time just learning about the one we've got.

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Posted by ISank 11 years, 2 months ago

The climber in me would like to do something with gravity. We've lost too many.
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Posted by blarman 11 years, 2 months ago

If it were me, I'd want the ability to control friction. Talk about a physical law for nearly every superpower! If you could use a small amount of power to selectively alter the coefficient of friction on any object, you could make a lot of things happen.

I could stop bullets simply by increasing the coefficient of friction in the air around me. I could run incredibly fast simply by decreasing the coefficient of friction in air (but not on my shoes)! As long as I had a method of propulsion, I could simulate Bernoulli's principle and create flight. The possibilities go on indefinitely!

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Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 2 months ago

Not sure if this fits but I would like to see people's moods. I would like to look at someone and see instantly if they are good or evil, happy or sad etc...I am not very good at that.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 2 months ago
  
  I only look for good and evil and it usually reveals itself quickly. Note: evil people don't know what evil is so they don't recognize themselves as such. And happy on the surface rarely goes deeper.
  
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