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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

What’s the other 4? Gravity… and… Light? Kinetic? Magnetic?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  1. Strong nuclear force: holds the nucleus of an atom together
  2. Weak nuclear force: responsible for radioactive decay
  3. Electromagnetic force: of charged particles
  4. Gravitational force: attractive force between objects with mass
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Not all decays are weak-based, though, and not all weak phenomina are directly related to radioactivity. That's just the only thing a layman has heard of where it's relevant.

The strong force only holds atoms together through a sort of trickle-down force, too, but that one feels like splitting hairs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The person I replied to wasn't able to name the forces beyond gravity, so I think over-simplification and reduction to specific phenomena they would have heard of is appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh, absolutely. I was adding on for anyone else reading who might appreciate answer gravy. Sorry if it came across as critical of what you wrote, my bad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotcha, no problem, I did take it as criticism of my comment but that was a reflex.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reading it back I don't blame you. It does come across as an attempt to argue.

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