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I know this takes the fun out of it, and it is a fun project, but FWIW the speed of light is not an independent variable. It's woven into the fine-structure co
by timoth3y 23d ago
I know this takes the fun out of it, and it is a fun project, but FWIW the speed of light is not an independent variable. It's woven into the fine-structure constant, the relationship between mass and energy, and how any kind of information is transmitted between objects in the universe.
This is more of a simulation of what if light was perceived as 5mph for you and kept the same for everyone else.
It is cool though.
- somenameforme 23d agoI think the unspoken point of these simulations (Carl Sagan also famously did one for the good Cosmos) is not what if the speed of light was lower, but what would traveling at near the speed of light look like in a more recognizable/'intuitable' scenario than the endless vastness of space with little specks of stars flying by us.
- evanb 23d agoYou can adjust the speed of light and hold the fine structure constant (and all other dimensionless parameters) fixed by adjusting some of the other dimensionful parameters.
- IAmBroom 22d agoFound Q's alt account.
- lightedman 22d agoSimple. Change the gravitational constant of the universe.