Add a fifth fundemental force

[coyotesfrontier]

Let's throw physics out the window for a second and say that a fifth force is magically added to physics, with properties that are consistent and useful to humanity. What would you make its properties be and how would it affect day-to-day life?

[Superfluous J]

Love. It moves a the speed of thought and can overcome every other force.

 

 

 

yes I'm joking.

Edited September 24, 2019 by 5thHorseman

[Spacescifi]

24 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

Love. It moves a the speed of thought and can overcome every other force.

 

 

 

yes I'm joking.

 

True for humans. Although human love can be directed at virtually anything. Inevitably being focused primarily on either someone, something, or the self.

[YNM]

3 hours ago, 5thHorseman said:

Love. It moves a the speed of thought and can overcome every other force.

yes I'm joking.

Honestly given the number of films where such stuff transcends time and space are quite abundant, I think it's one good fantasy.

 

 

But wait - fantasy. Not science.

 

This thread doesn't belong in Science and Spaceflight ?

[magnemoe]

6 hours ago, 5thHorseman said:

Love. It moves a the speed of thought and can overcome every other force.

yes I'm joking.

Love is obvious real. People marry because of it so it has to be real.
Its not an physical force however. 
 
 

[cubinator]

The Force. You know the one.

Now people deeply connected with the universe can gain new powers, there is potential for lightsabers, and there are blue ghosts. What's to lose?

[Spacescifi]

9 minutes ago, magnemoe said:

Love is obvious real. People marry because of it so it has to be real.
Its not an physical force however. 
 
 

 

Love is an emotion that often motivates action, ergo force.

To what degree love motivates action indicates what it's focus is.

[kerbiloid]

The Force of Love.

(just compiled the suggestions)

Edited September 25, 2019 by kerbiloid

[magnemoe]

1 hour ago, cubinator said:

The Force. You know the one.

Now people deeply connected with the universe can gain new powers, there is potential for lightsabers, and there are blue ghosts. What's to lose?

http://www.dorkly.com/post/81041/the-problem-with-force-ghosts
An gost who get easy tired  

[Nuke]

baconitism. the force that is exerted by bacon that makes everyone want to eat as much as possible of it and make fond memes about it and generally have a positive outlook on all things bacon.

[sevenperforce]

Something that couples baryonic matter to gravitational field lines.

[Spacescifi]

21 minutes ago, Nuke said:

baconitism. the force that is exerted by bacon that makes everyone want to eat as much as possible of it and make fond memes about it and generally have a positive outlook on all things bacon.

 

I must be immune because I am adverse to it.

Yet I am strongly effected by the force of gyrotity.

Like a salad and a steak all at once inside your mouth. Awesome.

[SuperFastJellyfish]

22 hours ago, Spacescifi said:

 

True for humans. Although human love can be directed at virtually anything. Inevitably being focused primarily on either someone, something, or the self.

Spoiler

True for Carebears, as well.   

 

 

 

 

[Vanamonde]

Keep it on-topic, please. If you don't like the topic, just skip to the next thread. 

[kerbiloid]

Not a force, but a matter, the Aether.
(Why not if the Dark Matter is enough good).

To make a drag in vacuum and prevent endless motion.
To use space jets (of course, not just aerojets, but a propulsion system accelerating the aether).
For space acoustics, to hear n vacuum.
To prevent blackholes by the aethereal pressure. They are a waste of matter.
To use Carnot cycle (it's popular in this forum) with nothing.
To make matter from aether (say, to have unlimited fuel for nowadays engines).
To make a superdense aethereal core for a tiny planetoid with 1 g on surface (Hi, Kerb!).
To add aethereal bounds between atoms and create superdense and superstrong materials for radprotection. To make a tabletop NUPSA (Nuke UPSA).
To make aethereal radiators.
To make artificial gravity by aethereal blowing with ceiling fans. To have it in tiny ships.
Summary: to make a self-sufficient space RV and get away from the planet.

Edited September 26, 2019 by kerbiloid

[Guest]

Why, The Force, of course.  Great for lifting stuff, swordfighting and choking people of little faith.  

[YNM]

Oh ! Cake - based gravity !

[Guest]

Earth, fire, wind, water and heart - the 5 fundamental forces

[magnemoe]

One obvious one would be something who counter gravity and is linked to electromagnetism somehow. In short you could create lift by electrical power alone. i assume you could get trust too. 
No you will still need power so its not an perpetuum mobile but you don't need reaction mass. 
One better might be an way to make easy fusion as in the original cold fusion idea but no idea how to make this an force. 

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Something somehow enabling FTL travel without any need for that maybe-impossible negative mass stuff. Or maybe something that creates negative mass somehow. I don't know.

Or, alternatively, since this really sounds like it's drifting towards the Forum Games section:

Only one? In that case, a force that can create more forces.

Edited October 2, 2019 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername

[kerbiloid]

Why add forces when you can just make a formula for the four existing ones, then just start varying the coefficients.

Of course, someone should mention this here, too.

[magnemoe]

55 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Why add forces when you can just make a formula for the four existing ones, then just start varying the coefficients.

Of course, someone should mention this here, too.

An perfectly unsafe device, how does that box react then the one ton test object become energy. It might get a bit hot? If not trick someone to open the door. 
This is an fun practical joke. 

[kerbiloid]

18 minutes ago, magnemoe said:

An perfectly unsafe device, how does that box react then the one ton test object become energy.

Maybe it's a portal.