God Equation: Is It Real? What Does it Mean?

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Is there really such thing as the god equation, like is it a real equation or just made up??(Hl x π / Ω = C) If so, what does it represent??
 
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How do you know? I need some proof
 
What is a "god equation"?
Maybe there is some equation which looks similar to the one you posted. So what? Why should someone call this "god equation"?

=> made up
And keep in mind that names are just names.
 
This thread and topic will remain locked, since this subject is completely bogus from a scientific standpoint. For some more explanation, read on.

A google search on "god equation" provides useful info. To sum things up: the God Equation comes from a numerology crackpot. This article explains it pretty well:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12/the_god_equation.php

Excerpted from the above link said:
[tex]\frac{Hl \cdot \pi}{\Omega}=C[/tex]

... the term Hl has units of MHz; the other parameters seem to be dimensionless; and C has units of km/sec. This does not compute.

...I plugged in all those numbers anyway, and did the calculation works out to a value for C of 361,448.9 MHz. This is a bit off.
Note: "C" is meant to be the speed of light in a vacuum.
 
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