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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by gpderetta on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:57AM (#23538594)
It is not so different. To double the electric charge of an electron you also have to double its mass.
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by MereInterest on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:01AM (#23538636)
True, but only if you stick to electrons. Switch to muons, and you have more mass, but the same electric charge. Depending on what particles you use, the mass and charge vary independently.
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by gpderetta on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:09AM (#23549726)
the point that I tried, and failed, to make is that you can't arbitrarily change the charge of a body without changing its mass.
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by koheripbal on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:05AM (#23538666)
This is kind of a semantic argument since the word "electron" means a particle with a specific mass and charge.

A positron would be different.

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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by rcxdude on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:01AM (#23538628)
Yes, but particles like muons exist with much larger mass but the same charge.
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by saalweachter on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:34AM (#23540367)
Random question: do any particles exist with less mass but the same charge as electrons?
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by some_furry on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:17PM (#23540907)
No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle#/media/Fil...
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Re:Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces by jamesmaniscalco on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:59PM (#23541370)
No, the electron has the lowest mass of all charged particles.
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