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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Turns out, there's a rule against exterminating all life in the universe with a wish, but the genie doesn't know what an electron is or what adding one to every atom will do, so you've found yourself a loophole.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I'm a physicist, not a genie, and I have no fucking clue what adding an electron to every atom would do. I can't even begin to fathom the question.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

Whatever it is that happens, it would be pretty violent.
"What If" had a slightly different, more localized but more concentrated premise it covered once:
Electron Moon

Quote:
"This is, by far, the most destructive What-If scenario to date."

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