I think that electricity is the predominant force in the universe.?

Question

I think that electricity is the predominant force in the universe.

This explains magnetic fields!

Answer 1

not 'predominate'.... it can't hold a candle to gravity....Electricity/magnetism  doesn't hold Neptune in orbit around the Sun.....or our galaxy's stars all in a bunch....

Answer 2

you may be right, when we learned about gravity and inertia in science class my teacher said that gravity was not the dominant force of the universe.....but she didn't know what was.......lol, well, if that isn't right then blame my science teacher.

Answer 3

There are four forces. Strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravity. They work on different scales.  Gravity is the weakest.  But at large distances it is the strongest, and plays the biggest role in the fate of the Universe.

However, Dark Energy may turn out to be a new force.  It has already been shown to act at large distances. As time goes on, it appears to get stronger.  So the fate of the Universe may lie here.

Electromagnetism is handy for lots of things.  It keeps you from falling to the center of the Earth, and powers your toaster.

Answer 4

let us also keep in mind that there are extremely powerful forces in deep space caused by interstellar implosions / explosion, quasars, pulsars, galaxies interacting. These emit and draw in enormously powerful forces and are more plentiful than we can imagine.  Have we even defined all the possible forces a black hole pulls in or uses or those when two galaxies collide?  I think  not..

Answer 5

that explains why i get a shock every time I step out of my Honda.

Answer 6

Electricity has no power except via movement.

You cannot have electricity unless you move the electrons.

Therefore motion is predominate to electricity.

Answer 7

four fundamental forces in the Universe:

gravitational

electromagnetic

strong nuclear

weak nuclear

Answer 8

If this is a question, this is an answer.

Answer 9

Electricity is similar to vibrations through an incompressible fluid...thus more an effect of vibrations...in 3 dimensional space these vibrations are perpendicular (magnetic, electric)

while a fluid wave moves forward...say in a lake...a perpendicular force moves up and down...watch a cork bobbing up and down

Therefore electricity is not the predominate force...yet a result of the underlying force(s) which cause these 'vibrations' and/or spins in the first place (matter vibrates when excited)

Answer 10

Likely gravity is the predominant force in the universe.

  Without it the universe would have remained a vast field of hydrogen.

Answer 11

Well, you're wrong. Gravity dominates. And it has been known for quite some time that electricity and magnetism are related, which is why one of the four known forces in the universe is called the electromagnetic. The others are the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and gravity.

Answer 12

Stating your opinion that electricity is the dominant force in the universe does not explain magnetic fields.  All you have done is state an opinion.

Answer 13

Electricity and magnetism are really part of the same force, the Electro-Magnetic Force. EM is not the predominate force in the universe. The strong and weak nuclear forces are wayyyy stronger (the strong nuclear force has to bond protons and neutrons together).

Also, just to clear things up for all the people that think gravity is the strongest, it is actually the WEAKEST of the 4 fundamental forces.  While it seems like it's the strongest that's only because since it works on large scales (such as planets) it does indeed turn out to be the weakest.  If gravity were the strongest none of us would be here...it would pull all of out atoms down into the Earth, but the repulsive force of the electrons in atoms (also known as electro-magnetism) kept that that from happening.

Answer 14

zounds -

Well it all depends on what you mean by "predominant." Gravity is much weaker, but it sure has a lot to do with the appearance of the universe. So do electromagnetic fields, as you propose, since they sort of define what we see with the light that we perceive. Light also defines the speed limit of the universe, and is wrapped up pretty closely with time. Strong and weak nuclear forces allow matter to exist, so without those, the universe would not exist.

I personally think that selecting electromagnetic fields as the predominant force is kind of like saying football is more important than fish. Apples and oranges. Kumquats and pomegranates. They're just different.