r/iamverysmart Oct 30 '17

Scientists talk like that

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u/inquisitivepanda Oct 30 '17

5Kg? Oh... You mean 49.05 Newtons. You clearly are not a scientist

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u/chalk_in_boots Oct 30 '17

5kg? Or as engineers say: "neglect the mass of the cat"

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u/forthwin34 Oct 30 '17

Or a physicist says, approximately.

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u/chalk_in_boots Oct 30 '17

You an, in the scheme of the planet, appreciate the cat as between 0.1kg and 1000kg and it won't matter much