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Listener Questions 32: Particles, particles, particles!

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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What if the Photon Had Mass?

I think the electromagnetic force really basically controls everything about me, right? Like it's not just magnets and light, it's also like chemical bonds. I think that a lot of our bodily consistency depends on all these bonds holding themselves together. And those bonds suddenly get weaker by a significant amount than they used to be. You know, it's like you're taking away some of the crucial Lego pieces for building things, and you're replacing them with something much, much weaker. It would definitely be unrecognizable from our world. But it might also be delicious, but it would definitely be interesting.

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