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ChrisVer
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Why do physicists find naturalness as some important feature a theory should contain?
Since the choice of the theory's parameters is quite abstract (or can be experimentally determined), what's the reason a constant that you put by hand and can take values from 0 to "infinity", be constraint to take values near to some other constant of your theory?
I know they say that naturalness is an aesthetic argument, but some people seem to strongly believe in its power.
I hope my question makes sense? If not please allow me to retry.
Since the choice of the theory's parameters is quite abstract (or can be experimentally determined), what's the reason a constant that you put by hand and can take values from 0 to "infinity", be constraint to take values near to some other constant of your theory?
I know they say that naturalness is an aesthetic argument, but some people seem to strongly believe in its power.
I hope my question makes sense? If not please allow me to retry.