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Gravitational force is never truly zero. If it has mass, it is pulling at you, though it may be so close to zero that you don't realize it.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 8 months ago

And they call it the weak force. Bah!

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A weak force, then? I know I've heard gravity described as the weakest force before... But I also got a D in physics so... πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

It is the weakest force, but there’s also a force named the weak force. It is many orders of magnitude stronger than gravity. But it’s not as strong as the strong force.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Technically, they're weak nuclear and strong nuclear forces, but yeah, we love confusing names in physics. Like quark flavours, which include top and bottom

[-] swab148@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

What if we kissed under the Higgs-Boson 😳 Haha j/k... unless πŸ₯ΊπŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

We should rename gravity to weakest force

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