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andi999
on April 7, 2021
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Particle mystery: physicists confirm the muon is m...
Why is it an anthropocentric concept, did you never place anything on a scale? Or have a wire rip from a weight hanging on it?
davidivadavid
on April 7, 2021
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Of course. The point is that
interpreting that
as a "force" is anthropomorphization ("this physical thing is "pushing"/"pulling" this").
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