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The universal constant

I am working on an inhouse simulator (for my love of physics), and it sparked a though in me, why are our constants complex.

Well Newton knew that two bodies atrracted each other with a force that was proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

So F(G) ~ M1xM2/(R^2)

or F(G) = GxM1xM2/(R^2) where G is 6.67259 x 10-11 N * m2 / kg2.

The idea is simple, put G=1, and change the way we measure weight and distance.

Or in E=mc2, put the value of c =1, and start changing the way we measure distance and time. 

With the basic idea in place, I started out searching out if there is a already thought out solution for this, and there is, thanks to google and wiki.

Planck_units

Universal Units

Well this might be old wine for any phsyics grad, well physics is not my area of expertise, but I did feel happy.

When we meet an alien race, we need to say we have the same constants. (and not we have the same god) :)

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