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		andi999 on April 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 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 [–]

Of course. The point is that interpreting that as a "force" is anthropomorphization ("this physical thing is "pushing"/"pulling" this").

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