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Can someone explain this sentence from the intro? > To remove stars with unusually high and precise ages, we require old stars to be metal-poor and α-enriched.
by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Can someone explain this sentence from the intro?
> To remove stars with unusually high and precise ages, we require old stars to be metal-poor and α-enriched.
Particularly, why remove stars "with unusually ... precise ages"? Why does increased precision decrease plausibility/accuracy?