"In a sensible theory there are no [dimensionless] numbers whose values are determinable only empirically. I can, of course, not prove that ... dimensionless constants in the laws of nature, which from a purely logical point of view can just as well have other values, should not exist. To me in my 'Gottvertrauen' [faith in God] this seems evident, but there might be few who have the same opinion ..."
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Albert Einstein, as quoted by Abraham Pais in (1st edition, 1982)
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