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=== Cosmic Uncertainty === | === Cosmic Uncertainty === | ||
"We found a hint that that number of the fine structure constant was different in certain regions of the universe. Not just as a function of time, but actually also in direction in the universe, which is really quite odd if it's correct ... but that's what we found." | "We found a hint that that number of the [[Fine-structure constant (nonfiction)|fine structure constant]] was different in certain regions of the universe. Not just as a function of time, but actually also in direction in the universe, which is really quite odd if it's correct ... but that's what we found." | ||
- [[John Webb (nonfiction)|John Webb]], University New South Wales | - [[John Webb (nonfiction)|John Webb]], University New South Wales | ||
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* [https://www.facebook.com/jon.singer1/posts/10158283047519116?comment_id=10158286110759116 Comment] @ Facebook | * [https://www.facebook.com/jon.singer1/posts/10158283047519116?comment_id=10158286110759116 Comment] @ Facebook | ||
* [https://phys.org/news/2020-04-laws-nature-downright-weird-constant.html New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thought] - [[Lachlan Gilbert (nonfiction)|Lachlan Gilbert]], University of New South (April 27, 2020)Wales | * [https://phys.org/news/2020-04-laws-nature-downright-weird-constant.html New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thought] - [[Lachlan Gilbert (nonfiction)|Lachlan Gilbert]], University of New South (April 27, 2020)Wales | ||
* [[Fine-structure constant (nonfiction)]] | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 09:35, 4 May 2020
Online diary of Karl Jones for Monday May 4, 2020.
Diary
Cosmic Uncertainty
"We found a hint that that number of the fine structure constant was different in certain regions of the universe. Not just as a function of time, but actually also in direction in the universe, which is really quite odd if it's correct ... but that's what we found."
- John Webb, University New South Wales
Makes me think about Uncertainty ... first the uncertainty that drives scientists to experiment ... then, eventually, the Uncertainty of the limits of our perception, scaled to extremes in space and time ... touch the nuclei of atoms, receive starlight from the Big Bang ... does the Uncertainty come from us mortal fleshy things, or does Uncertainty inhere in Creation?
- Comment @ Facebook
- New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thought - Lachlan Gilbert, University of New South (April 27, 2020)Wales
- Fine-structure constant (nonfiction)