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Interesting, so in the context of this broader discussion, if you displaced 1% of electrons in your body by a centimeter, you would weigh 10x more than you did originally. (Both gravitational mass and inertial mass increase)



Assuming that you displaced all the electrons in the same direction, you'd produce a 1 cm electron cloud on one side of your body, and 1 cm of electron-deficient matter on the other side.

If you could somehow maintain that configuration, you'd have a capacitor storing an enormous amount of energy, so it makes sense that the mass would increase.


And then you would die, instantly, and so would the surrounding countryside.


And the countryside on the other side of the Earth as well




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