-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Greg Paksi <=-
         -=> about Jes' wonderin' on 19 Jan 03  08:52:01 <=-


 MvV> Hello Grag,

 HT>> The fundamental forces have different strengths, the strong
 HT>> nuclear force being the strongest, followed by the electromagnetic
 HT>> force, the weak nuclear force, and finally, gravity.

 GP> Man am I lost.  I would have said gravity is the strongest force
 GP> in the universe.  A black hole voids all the other forces ( i
 GP> guess anyway ) and the laws they adhere to.

 MvV> Unlike the other forces that can both repel and attract, gravity always
 MvV> attracts. Matter consists of a mixture of positively and negatively
 MvV> charged particles. Hence the electromagnetic force will cancel out over
 MvV> large distances. Gravity does not, there is no such thing as negative
 MvV> mass...

Wouldn't you say that the "space" between particles has a
"negative mass"
type effect since the greater that distance is, the less force (or strength)
gravity has?
-greg

 
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