Technological mastery of fundamental forces

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The discussion centers on the feasibility of mastering gravity, the strong force, and the weak force to the same extent as electromagnetism, particularly the idea of controlling these forces with a switch. Participants express skepticism about this possibility, noting that gravity is inherently linked to mass and cannot be easily manipulated like electromagnetism. The conversation is deemed overly speculative and not aligned with the forum's guidelines, leading to the thread's closure.
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This may be an overly-broad question, but is there any reason to think we will ever have the technical mastery over gravity, the strong force, and the weak force, that we have over electromagnetism? Example: turn on a switch, gravity; turn off a switch, no gravity.
 
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It seems extremely unlikely, given the current understanding those forces.
 
phinds said:
It seems extremely unlikely, given the current understanding those forces.
Yeah, for example gravity is contingent on mass. It doesn't loan itself to an on/off switch.
 

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