fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is gravity?mander.xyzimagemessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down137
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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”.
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”.