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In a work of fiction, when someone enlarges or shrinks something a\'la ray gun (as an example), wouldn\'t it be most plausible for the device to actually enlarge the building blocks, or molecules of the target, rather than what this trope suggests? If that were the case, each molecule would change size and weight proportianately to the whole, therefore allowing the target to work like normal in relation to itself?
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In a work of fiction, when someone enlarges or shrinks something via ray gun (as an example), wouldn\\\'t it be most plausible for the device to actually enlarge the building blocks, or molecules of the target, rather than what this trope suggests? If that were the case, each molecule would change size and weight proportionately to the whole, therefore allowing the target to work like normal in relation to itself?
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That being said, the world around it would still be the same, but would react in direct opposition to the target\'s new proportions. In this case, \
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That being said, the world around it would still be the same, but would react in direct opposition to the target\\\'s new proportions. In this case, \\\"the bigger they are, the harder they fall,\\\" is only in relation to onlookers and the surrounding environment, but to the target, the concrete that it just fell on might seem more like styrofoam.
Now, this also brings up new issues, like the relative thinning of oxygen as a person gets enlarged, or possibly not being able to breathe at all when shrinking. Also, would you reach such a size at some point that molecules are actually visible? If the person lost a drop of blood, would it be closer to the viscosity of pudding? Could any germs or bacteria on the person/object also grow into monsters the size of a puppy? How long would someone be able to live under those conditions, barring the size/weight/density issues?
Now, this also brings up new issues, like the relative thinning of oxygen as a person gets enlarged, or possibly not being able to breathe at all when shrinking. Also, would you reach such a size at some point that molecules are actually visible? If the person lost a drop of blood, would it be closer to the viscosity of pudding? Could any germs or bacteria on the person/object also grow into monsters the size of a puppy? How long would someone be able to live under those conditions, barring the size/weight/density issues?
