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To: Tax-chick; Proud_texan
> But if alpha is not constant or the numbers can't explain discrete "gravitron", then we just toss the whole 'particles & forces' theory over the side and go with M-strings and 10 dimension manifolds.

Oh, come on!

Only half joking.

A small change either way in the fine spectrum alpha (~ 1/137.036) would make for an impossible universe in Mr. Einstein's theory. We'd have to rip the whole thing up and start over.

281 posted on 05/14/2005 9:45:10 PM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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To: dread78645

Thanks for the "clarification" :-). I still get the impression that you're bamboozling the yokels here!


282 posted on 05/15/2005 4:41:57 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Every day is Mother's Day when you have James the Wonder Baby!)
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