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bayesian13 t1_iw4wzzi wrote

Reply to comment by marketrent in ‘One of the greatest damn mysteries of physics’: we studied distant suns in the most precise astronomical test of electromagnetism yet by marketrent

wouldn't it be better to say, why is the relative strengths of the electromagnetic force and the gravitational force what it is? this article claims that what the fine structure constant is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant

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FranticPonE t1_iw659iq wrote

Nah, it'd be better to skip the entire, totally pointless discussion of what the fine structure constant is in the friggen abstract.

The entire, actual paper is "we measured the fine structure constant (variable actually, but anyway) on some distant stars and it's still the same" that's it. Stupid clickbait otherwise.

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