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Fine structure constant
The claims the writer was given for Fine structure constant, in the order they were given.
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Whitley Strieber proposes that exquisite control of the fine structure constant might be what enables the nonhuman visitors to appear and disappear at will, walk through walls, change their form, and generate independent gravity fields.
“It might be that exquisite control of this is what enables our visitors to engage in seemingly supernatural acts like appearing and disappearing at will, walking through walls, changing their form, and even generating independent gravity fields”
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Whitley Strieber states that the fine structure constant has a value of 1/137.
“It is 1/137, and if it was any other value, the universe would be a very different place”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch15:8953-9036 measurement first hand
3
Whitley Strieber states that the fine structure constant governs the strength of electromagnetic interaction between charged elementary particles.
“It also governs the strength of electromagnetic interaction between charged elementary particles.”
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Whitley Strieber states that the fine structure constant governs the width of the fine splittings between spectral lines in atomic structure.
“Specifically, it governs the width of the fine splittings between the spectral lines in atomic structure, which ultimately underlie the shape of everything.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch15:9465-9610 opinion first hand
5
The apparently arbitrary value of the fine structure constant led physicist Wolfgang Pauli into a correspondence with psychologist and mystic Carl Jung about the mystery of its origin.
“What is so mysterious about it is that it appears to be an arbitrary number, which led the great physicist Wolfgang Pauli into a correspondence with psychologist and mystic Carl Jung, about the mystery of its origin.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch15:9729-9938 observation
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Anne Strieber would say that 'God is a mathematical formula', referring to the equation that quantifies the fine structure constant.
“It is also why my wife Anne would say that “God is a mathematical formula.” She was referring to the equation that quantifies the fine structure constant.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch15:9946-10091 opinion second hand
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The fine-structure constant is one of seven of the most important physical constants and has a value of approximately 1/137.
“This concerns one of seven of the most important physical constants, known as the fine-structure constant. It is 1/137th.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:4046-4161 observation
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There is no known reason why the fine-structure constant has the particular value it does.
“But why that particular number? There is no known reason for it.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:4168-4229 observation
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The fine-structure constant describes the strength of the electromagnetic force, which governs how light interacts with particles, and all structure depends on this constant.
“It describes the strength of the electromagnetic force, which governs how light interacts with particles. It is on this constant that all structure depends.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:4233-4381 observation
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The arbitrary value of the fine-structure constant so troubled physicist Wolfgang Pauli that he initiated a correspondence with psychologist Carl Jung to try to find an explanation, perhaps in the mysteries of the spirit.
“Unlike the other constants, though, there is no clear reason that it is this particular number, which troubled the twentieth-century physicist Wolfgang Pauli so much that he initiated a correspondence with the mystical psychologist Carl Jung in order to attempt to find something, perhaps in the mysteries of the spirit, that would explain it.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:4390-4730 observation second hand
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It has been argued that if the fine-structure constant had a different value, no life could exist in the universe, or life would be far less complex than what exists.
“It has also been argued that if the value of the fine structure constant was any different, there could be no life in the universe, or that life would be very different and probably not as complex as what we find all around us.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:4735-4959 observation
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If the fine-structure constant were higher, the bonds between electrons and atomic nuclei would be stronger, preventing chemicals essential to life from forming.
“If the value was higher, for example, the strength of the bonds between electrons and the nuclei of atoms would be greater, meaning that chemicals essential to life could not form.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:5114-5289 observation
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If the fine-structure constant were lower, matter would lack fundamental stability.
“If it was lower, matter would lack fundamental stability.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch27:5295-5342 observation
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The physical constants are quantities that appear to be universally real throughout physics, and every constant has an origin.
“The constants are things that appear to be universally real throughout physics. And every constant has got an origin.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:14:26.8-01:14:36.6 testimony first hand
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The fine structure constant is one thirty-seventh and is the one physical constant whose origin is not known.
“There's one of the constants that we do not know the origin of. It's called the fine structure constant. It's 1 1 37th.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:14:58.8-01:15:06.6 measurement first hand
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Unlike the other physical constants, the fine structure constant has no apparent origin or reason and is arbitrary.
“unlike all of the other constants, the fine structure constant, which is that fraction, has no apparent origin. There's no reason for it. It's arbitrary.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:15:17.0-01:15:27.3 testimony first hand
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If the fine structure constant were not exactly the value it is, the universe would be completely different and probably could not support life.
“But if it wasn't just what it is, this universe would be completely different and probably couldn't support life.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:15:29.3-01:15:35.7 testimony first hand
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Whitley Strieber holds that the unexplained value of the fine structure constant implies something or somebody decided that value, which for all intents and purposes would be what humans think of as God.
“Meaning that somewhere, somehow, something or somebody has to have decided that this would be how it is. And that, for all intents and purposes, would be what we think of as God.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:15:37.1-01:15:56.7 opinion first hand