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Please be patient. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, electrons are much smaller than protons, which are slightly smaller than neutrons.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think they meant “aren’t all protons the same as other protons?, neutrons as other neutrons?, etc.”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly. I couldn’t think of how to phrase that exactly without a long explanation though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

It made sense to me. I also struggled to phrase it without sounding like I was insulting them for misunderstanding you.