fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is gravity?mander.xyzimagemessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down137
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minus-squareSuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·1 year ago“The nature of this elementary particle is best expressed through these thirty equations.” “Ok, ok, but what do those actually mean in reality?” “Reality?”
minus-squareShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoMost of those equations are full of things that can make sense, and then there is a fine structure constant. It’s all over particles, but we don’t know what it is. It has no units. It’s just a number that is needed for physics to work.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSounds a lot like what we used to call the “fudge factor”.
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe still need to develop the equations for reality whatever that means
“The nature of this elementary particle is best expressed through these thirty equations.”
“Ok, ok, but what do those actually mean in reality?”
“Reality?”
Most of those equations are full of things that can make sense, and then there is a fine structure constant.
It’s all over particles, but we don’t know what it is. It has no units. It’s just a number that is needed for physics to work.
Sounds a lot like what we used to call the “fudge factor”.
We still need to develop the equations for reality whatever that means