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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. Cool stuff! And to answer the final question, we might never know why they're the same

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 11:27 AM

Nov 2022

Just as we may never know why the speed of light ... is the value that it is.

It could be that some things are so fundamental that the only answer possible to the question of 'why' is ... because that's what/how it is.

It's irreducible, IOW.

The 'why' is still an interesting question, though.

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