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[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Decrease the speed of light by 1%
Now particles exist that can go faster than the speed of light and the universe collapses in on itself

[penguinofhonor]

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[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

We hu would they slow down? Nothing's stopping them

[penguinofhonor]

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[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Or is it
Since the speed of light has now changed

Or in that case does time also slow down since (IIRC a science show said that time is caused by light..... Not sure how much I believe it)

[Bohandas]

Or in that case does time also slow down since (IIRC a science show said that time is caused by light..... Not sure how much I believe it)

Time isn't a force, it's a dimension. Electromagnetism is what's caused by light.

[LordBucket]

I assume he's referring to relativity.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I assume he's referring to relativity.

I think that's it

I forget, I'm tired .-.

[Sergarr]

Changing the speed of light would also change a lot of other fundamental constants which are heavily linked to it, change the chemical properties of many heavy elements (since their chemical properties heavily rely on outer electrons being affected by relativity), and generally fuck things for everyone.

[miauw62]

Hey, at least decreasing the speed of light decreases the power of nukes (and makes nuclear power less efficient, but hey)

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

what would increasinng the speed of light when not used by the energy equation by 1% do to wreck to universe?

[andrea]

Disjoining them would probably mean changing the fundamental laws of the universe, so results would be highly unpredictable.

[Bohandas]

If we changed the speed of light just in one specific part of the universe we could create perpetual motion (E=MC^2 so if C varies by place;2 them we can get an unusually large amount of energy from a given unit of mass in some regions and an unusually large mass from a given quantity of energy in other regions. We could increase the quantity by moving it back and forth between the regions and converting it in each.

[IcyTea31]

How to solve the world's energy problems in under two weeks:

• Build two machines that return energy thrust into them at 90% efficiency.
• Use the power: "Increase the energy efficiencies of these machines by 1% each day."
• Wait 11 days.
• Link them to feed to each other.
• Stick a computer-controlled dynamo in the assembly and to power storage of some sort.
• Adjust the dynamo to increase torque every day, but accordingly to never let the total efficiency of the assembly to go over or under 100% while still charging the power storage when possible.
• Apply thrust to one of the machines.
• Watch the perpetual motion, rejoice.
• Sell energy at an appropriate price, use money to build more machines and maintain them.
• Lower the price until you can just give the energy away without loss.
• Post-scarcity society, hurrah!

[Bohandas]

Number of intact load-bearing structures in every NSA, CIA, DEA, DHS, and Defense Department* building : Decrease by 1%

*_{(as well as these organizations' equivalents in China, Russia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Japan, and Australia, as well as all dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies)}