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"Collision" is too harsh a term, let's call it "passing too close" (lemmy.world)
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[–] 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

On an atomic level, the car molecules never actually touched the cyclist molecules due to the strong nuclear force repelling them. Therefore he just passed extremely close to them.

I shoulda been a lawyer.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Objection! Your honour, it's not the strong nuclear force that repels atoms from each other but the electromagneticweak force from the atoms' electron shells that repell other objects! Also a collision isn't when atoms come into contact with each other but when they approach each other with sufficient force that the repelling force transfers momentum to those atoms, making their overall velocity harder to maintain control of and/or disrupting the solid structure of one or both objects involved.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Believe it or not, but in official court proceedings and documents, lawyers are officers of the court, and as a result, are not allowed to lie.

    (I feel like I should mention, just in case people don't realize, that all of the scientific facts Agent641 mentioned were false. The strong nuclear force is the binding force that keeps the atomic nucleus together. It doesn't repel.)

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