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Want to stump a nuclear physicist? Ask them where nuclear force comes from

"what do you mean where? It's right there, binding thes...
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
  10/08/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9wz5CT9w8
Jet-lagged Deer Antler Fanboi
  10/08/22
"look we're pretty sure if we tried to pull these two s...
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  10/08/22
schizo internet poaster outsmarts nuclear physics establishm...
Mauve telephone
  10/08/22
"Scientists" absolutely done here LJL
awkward whorehouse
  10/08/22
XO Poaster: So there's a strong nuclear force and a weak nuc...
awkward whorehouse
  10/08/22
This also works as an XO Seinfeld parody imo
Fantasy-prone Main People
  10/08/22
How would your life be different if the strong nuclear force...
free-loading range psychic
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awkward whorehouse
  10/08/22
https://youtu.be/mpDDQ4uEH6M
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
  10/08/22
in nuke school, my physics teacher said there was a weak for...
Passionate forum regret
  10/08/22
It's definitely powerful
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
  10/08/22
*snort*
Startling background story
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"How much force do you think is in there?" &quo...
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
  10/08/22
Also ask them 1) how magnets work, and 2) how "glow in ...
bat-shit-crazy crawly church mad-dog skullcap
  10/08/22
Magnets work because there's an electromagnetic current betw...
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
  08/29/24
brb, going to find a nuclear physicist to ask.
cerebral alpha orchestra pit
  10/08/22
There are several supposedly fundamental forces with no good...
submissive boyish useless brakes sneaky criminal
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ty
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interesting
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Nuclear physicist snarling at the guy in the mirror.
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Tbf this approach vector (“but WHY does it exist?&rdqu...
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Who are you to say what's a legitimate question? Also is ...
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
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I don’t need personal credentials to say it. I can tak...
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The question isn't why it's "where." And I THOUGHT...
Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe
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i think, honestly, youre using imprecise words. you don't...
adventurous hot travel guidebook coldplay fan
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You can use any definition of "where" you like, or...
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The answer is God obviously
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Date: October 8th, 2022 1:24 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

"what do you mean where? It's right there, binding these particles."

"Ok but why is the force binding these particles powerful enough to blast through population centers?"

"man what the fuck do I look like? Who cares?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45298856)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:19 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Deer Antler Fanboi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9wz5CT9w8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45299934)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 1:34 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

"look we're pretty sure if we tried to pull these two subatomic particles apart with our bare hands it would require the application of more force than physics allows."

"Ok but then how can there be that much force binding them?"

"Man I don't fuckin know. Are we gonna test this fuckin thing or we gonna get Stephen Hawking on the phone?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45298879)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 9:36 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45299515)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:27 PM
Author: Mauve telephone

schizo internet poaster outsmarts nuclear physics establishment, news at 11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45299964)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:27 PM
Author: awkward whorehouse

"Scientists" absolutely done here LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45299965)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:28 PM
Author: awkward whorehouse

XO Poaster: So there's a strong nuclear force and a weak nuclear force?

"Scientist": That's right, you can measure them both.

XO Poaster: So no matter what you measure you've decided in advance there's a nuclear force, are scientists supposed to come to a conclusion and then take a measurement to confirm it.

"Scientist": *looks for an escape route*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45299968)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 2:47 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Main People

This also works as an XO Seinfeld parody imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300402)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:57 PM
Author: free-loading range psychic

How would your life be different if the strong nuclear force didn't exist?

"But the strong nuclear force does exist."

Physicists and the mentally retarded are alike in their complete inability to compute counterfactuals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300042)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 12:59 PM
Author: awkward whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300047)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 1:39 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

https://youtu.be/mpDDQ4uEH6M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300164)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 1:42 PM
Author: Passionate forum regret

in nuke school, my physics teacher said there was a weak force and a strong force, and that the strong force was 'stronger than dirt'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300170)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 2:04 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

It's definitely powerful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300236)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 1:52 PM
Author: Startling background story

*snort*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300190)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 2:17 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

"How much force do you think is in there?"

"Man who the fuck knows? The guy who brought the helium seemed sketch. It just has to look big to Stalin [makes bunny ears]."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300277)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 2:53 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy crawly church mad-dog skullcap

Also ask them 1) how magnets work, and 2) how "glow in the dark" stuff works

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300419)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:54 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

Magnets work because there's an electromagnetic current between them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022404)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 3:00 PM
Author: cerebral alpha orchestra pit

brb, going to find a nuclear physicist to ask.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300454)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 3:07 PM
Author: submissive boyish useless brakes sneaky criminal

There are several supposedly fundamental forces with no good theory relating them to each other. C.w. Lucas published a grand unified theory with the electromagnetic force as the fundamental force, with finite sized elementary particles in the shape of a torus with internal charge density. The strong force and weak force are derived from the interactions of the charge fibers that make up the toroidal ring-shaped elementary particles. It even had an explanation for gravity. It was a great model but it never caught on in the USA, though it has some adherents in Europe and South America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45300498)



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Date: October 8th, 2022 9:43 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45302311)



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Date: July 8th, 2023 1:23 PM
Author: Effete cerise hominid

interesting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#46524445)



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Date: January 5th, 2023 11:30 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45749061)



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Date: January 7th, 2023 1:18 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#45754402)



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Date: March 26th, 2023 4:00 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#46099809)



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Date: July 8th, 2023 1:16 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#46524435)



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Date: August 12th, 2023 7:23 PM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#46661650)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 7:16 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022213)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:18 AM
Author: cheese-eating internet-worthy roommate casino

Nuclear physicist snarling at the guy in the mirror.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022317)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:25 AM
Author: adventurous hot travel guidebook coldplay fan

Tbf this approach vector (“but WHY does it exist?”) can be taken with regard to anything existing. And an honest scientist should rightly answer “idk my whole schtick is to originate hypotheses about HOW it exists and test them.”

“Where does it come from” is a legitimate science question if understood as HOW, i.e. what existed right before it in time, if anything, that influences it

But if where does it come from means WHY is it existing at all, that’s outside of the scientific method

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022324)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:36 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

Who are you to say what's a legitimate question?

Also is that your final answer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022359)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:40 AM
Author: adventurous hot travel guidebook coldplay fan

I don’t need personal credentials to say it. I can take the scientific method as it’s given to me by scientists and evaluate what it’s made to do and what it’s not.

Forcing why questions into it is like using a hammer as screwdriver. I need no credentials to see the problem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022373)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:45 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

The question isn't why it's "where." And I THOUGHT the answer was "the big bang," but apparently that's up for debate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022385)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:49 AM
Author: adventurous hot travel guidebook coldplay fan

i think, honestly, youre using imprecise words.

you don't mean "where", which indicates a location in space.

you might mean "how did it get there", which is a way of asking, what existed before this force which caused it to exist in the manner it does? Mark that as question A

but the framing slips easily into "why does this force exist at all, versus it not existing". question B

A is amenable to the scientific method, B is not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022393)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:52 AM
Author: Vigorous sweet tailpipe giraffe

You can use any definition of "where" you like, or you can keep proving what I said in the OP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022402)



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Date: August 29th, 2024 8:51 AM
Author: electric gold university

The answer is God obviously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#48022398)



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Date: November 30th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#49473272)



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Date: November 30th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Juan Eighty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5208085&forum_id=2#49473303)