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Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1489/ https://xkcd.com/1489/ The mouseover-text is the important bit: "Of these four forces, there's one we don't really unders
by mnw21cam 5y ago
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1489/ https://xkcd.com/1489/
The mouseover-text is the important bit: "Of these four forces, there's one we don't really understand." "Is it the weak force or the strong--" "It's gravity."
That's even though it's the one with the simplest equations.
- Ma8ee 5y agoIs that an attempt to appeal to authority?
- kergonath 5y agoWorse than that: an appeal to the reader’s sense of humour.
- tsimionescu 5y ago> That's even though [gravity]'s the one with the simplest equations. Aren't the equations for gravity non-linear, while the other 3 are linear?
- whatshisface 5y agoThey're linear to the first-order, but everything is linear to first order by the definition of first order.