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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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