David Silberstein wrote: >Of course, then the question arises, how should a *proper* universe be >designed? > >I recently stumbled across an anecdote, which you perhaps know of: > > According to a story well known in the physics community, after his > death in 1958 Pauli was granted an audience with God. Pauli asked > God why the fine structure constant has the value 1/(137.036...). > God nodded, went to a blackboard, and began scribbling equations at > a furious pace. Pauli watched Him with great satisfaction, but soon > began shaking his head violently... > > http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Pauli > > I fail to understand the anecdote; specifically, why Pauli would shake his head violently at what God is scribbling. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net