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People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes

People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes

People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes. (Jodi Picoult, The Tenth Circle)

Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it? – Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun

The fine-structure constant is ubiquitous throughout physics. I’ve already noted its connection to the electromagnetic interaction. In atomic physics, the binding energy, fine-structure splitting, and Lamb shift are all proportional to powers of α. In condensed matter physics, α characterizes Josephson junction oscillations and quantum Hall resistance steps. In addition, α is an important component of our system of fundamental constants. [Physics Today] – Gerald Gabrielse

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