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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 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.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months 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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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