1/137 is a universal constant that determines how stars burn, how chemical reactions happen, and if it were off by just a few percentage points—all of this might not even be here. But what happens if it shifts?

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There's a Glitch At The Edge of The Universe That Could Remake Physics
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
‘String theory, one well-backed bet for a next-generation theory of physics, proposes the existence of tiny, curled-up dimensions we can’t see. That has effects on things like alpha.”

Humankind’s Existentially Lucky Numbers
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/sc...
“With every event, forking paths of possibilities branch out into the future. Pick one of the multitude that didn’t become real, and you might have the plot for a good counterfactual novel.”

A Brief History of The Grand Unified Theory of Everything
http://nautil.us/issue/46/balance/a-b...
When we ask, “Why are we here?,” at a fundamental level we may as well be asking, “Why is the Higgs here?” And the Standard Model gives no answer to this question.

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