The Hidden Truth About the Constants of the Universe

You’ve probably heard of some of the most famous numbers in physics—Planck’s constant (ℎ), the speed of light (𝑐), or Boltzmann’s constant (𝑘). Scientists call them "fundamental constants of nature," as if the universe couldn’t run without them. But what if these numbers aren’t laws of physics at all? What if they’re just conversion factors—like the "2.54" that turns inches into centimeters—and not some deep cosmic code?

Think about it this way: When you travel to another country, you exchange your money. The numbers change, but the actual value doesn’t. A dollar isn’t "fundamentally" worth 0.93 euros—it’s just a conversion rate between two human-made systems. In the same way, Planck’s constant (ℎ) doesn’t describe a mystical quantum rule—it’s just the "exchange rate" between two ways of measuring the same thing: energy (in joules) and frequency (in hertz).

For over a century, physics has treated these conversion factors like sacred numbers, building entire theories around them. But a new perspective, called the Physics Unit Coordinate System (PUCS), reveals that these "constants" are just side effects of how we measure things, not the universe itself.

• Mass isn’t really separate from frequency—it’s just frequency measured in kilograms instead of hertz.

• Temperature isn’t its own thing—it’s just atomic vibration speed, scaled to our familiar Celsius or Kelvin.

• Even energy is just another label for what is, at its core, pure oscillation.

The implications are huge. It means that much of what we call "quantum weirdness" or "thermodynamic laws" might just be confusion from mixing up units—like trying to bake a cake where the recipe swaps between cups and grams without telling you.

In this article, we’ll explore how physics got tangled in its own measurements, why the real laws of nature might be simpler than we thought, and how seeing past these artificial constants could lead to a clearer understanding of reality.

The takeaway? The universe doesn’t need Planck’s constant any more than a French bakery needs you to convert euros into dollars. The physics was always there—we just dressed it up in the wrong language.