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		knzhou on Nov 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X17 Particle You can call anything a fudge factor. One person's fudge factor is another's elegant explanation.

jacquesm on Nov 24, 2019 [–]

Fudge factors are natures Magic Constants. There's a #define in there somewhere.

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