Q: Practical Reasons for More Digits of Accuracy for Fundamental Physics Constants?

https://physicsworld.com/a/fundamental-constant-measured-at-highest-precision-yet/* 

What are the practical reasons for more digits of accuracy? Are there applications that require more precision/digits? 

Technical vs. scientific reasons, is there a scientific/mathematical/logical need for more and why?

A reminder: technology masquerading as science is a dead end. [CERN & Higgs Boson]

* Note: they are saying seventh [7th] digit when they are lucky to have 4-5 decimal places correct. The proton radius was off a whopping -4% (1 decimal only and they call this science?) and in 2018 when NIST/CODAT updated the proton radius THEY DID NOT CORRECT the other constants:

The new measurement, which is reported in Nature, differs from the value obtained in the 2018 Berkeley experiment in its seventh digit. This result surprised** the Paris researchers, since it implies that either one or both measurements has an error currently unaccounted for. However, the two groups’ measurements do agree closely with the value of α calculated from precise measurements of the electron’s so-called g-factor, which relates to its magnetic moment. In a related News and Views article, Müller notes that the Paris result “confirms that the electron has no substructure and is truly an elementary particle”.

** surprised them, however, not The Surfer and readers of this blog! 

The OTHER reasons the search for more precision/accuracy must go on:

1. Scientific
2. Technical
3. Consciousness/Spiritual
4. Known Unknown
5. Unknown Unknown
6. Neither Science Nor Religion

Moar later...

The Surfer, OM-IV

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