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Originally Posted by avandonk
Looking at the problem from a perspective we cannot now imagine may solve it. Chucking in a fudge factor is a cop out. We may as well invoke the easter bunny or the tooth fairy!
Bert
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Strange how fudge factors are looked at in such a negative light particularly when it brings theory and fact closer together. The cosmological constant is a very successful fudge factor, as was the ad hoc introduction of 1/2 spin numbers in quantum mechanics which were theoretically verified by the application of SR to quantum mechanics.
Regards
Steven