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a universe without gravity?

Started by beeber, September 23, 2011, 01:24:46 AM

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#15
September 25, 2011, 04:18:25 AM
This is clearly a weighty issue.
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September 25, 2011, 08:41:28 AM
Looking at the "fluidic space" referenced, such a space sounds possible if matter in space itself is super-abundant, so that it fills the area entirely.
I'd imagine that would only be possible if there were no gravity, since otherwise the space might collapse into a black hole.
 
To keep matter at a high density, you'd want a universe that hasn't expanded anything like as much as our universe - in a universe where level of "dark energy" is much lower?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space
 
If your postulating gravity is a different strength, you could perhaps also have other forces of nature such as repulsion between nuclei at a different strength too, such that fusion is easier to achieve to produce heavier nuclei.

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September 27, 2011, 01:21:36 AM
Is there any way any of this would actually be roleplayable with human characters?

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September 27, 2011, 03:04:27 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;481872Is there any way any of this would actually be roleplayable with human characters?

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