I was planning to write a big, long post tying together Nathan's mention of an ICAP talk on the time-variation of fundamental constants with Rob Knop's post on same and this comment regarding the dorky poll (still time to vote!) and a conversation I had with Kate about the meaning of the fine structure constant. It was going to be genius, I tell you.
But, my monitor died this morning, and while I replaced it with the old CRT we had lying around, the delay cut into my blogging time enough that the post didn't get written. So, it'll wait for tomorrow.
While you're waiting, you can read the links above. Or don't, because whatever I end up writing tonight will end up being a disappointment after you read the nifty things they have to say...
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