The World's Most Mysterious Number

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[Captaincrab77]

best number ever 0 why its not to big not to small

[MCRachmaninoff]

@DeathIzurfriend lol actually e < pi

[phillyvinilli]

I just can't take an Australian (Oah-Stray-Leanne) accent seriously when discussing matters of intellect

[MrRichardQED]

@undique215 You see with pi we understand in most cases why pi appears there, but with this number we have not the slightest idea whatsoever, and it appears all through particle physics, and also in astrophysics in a few places ^^ Feynman also said when he was granted any wish it would be to fully understand this number, why it appears where it appears and how all of that is connected. He called it one of the greatest mysteries of quantummechanics, and QM is full of mysteries !

[MrRichardQED]

@undique215 It constantly appears in particle physics,in many apparently unrelated places,for example the fine-structure constant α is pretty exactly 1/157.Richard feynman said that every theoretical physicist should have this number in the corner of his board,to teach him being humble,since we have not the slightest idea why this number crops up all the time^^It shows how little we really understand ! He was convinced whoever finds this out,gets a deep insight into natures secrets !

[undique215]

@MrRichardQED what's fascinating about 1/157?

[BardtheTard]

1/0 mwahahahaha >:)

[Yuudai]

Phi vs Pie ..... They are brothers...

[F0rCe77]

e is better than pi !

[Sic7777]

I like pie.

[MrRichardQED]

How is pie more fascinating then phi ? Or more fascinating then the fibonaccy sequence ? Or more fascinating then 1/157 ? There are many numbers that appear very often in nature and in mathematics, not just pie. Open your eyes !!!!

[PanozZz1996]

π is actually pronoounced like "pee" in greek :P