Technological mastery of fundamental forces

[Khatti]

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.

 

[phinds]

It seems extremely unlikely, given the current understanding those forces.

 

[Khatti]

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.

 

[DrClaude]

The premise is flawed. We never "turn off" electromagnetism. Electrons and protons still attract in the same way, whatever the state of the switch.

Anyway, the question is overly speculative, and doesn't really fall under the rules of this forum:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/science-fiction-and-fantasy-reviews-forum-rules.680313/
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/rules-expectations-in-using-the-writers-forum.631327/

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