The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe

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   astronut on November 29, 2021 at 10:33 pm

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   Idea: The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe

   Link: https://iep.utm.edu/lawofnat/...

   FYI “Hume himself was no “Humean” as regards laws of nature. Hume, it turns out, was a Necessitarian – i.e. believed that laws of nature are in some sense “necessary” (although of course not logically necessary). His legendary skepticism was epistemological.”

   Laws of Nature | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Laws of Nature are to be distinguished both from Scientific Laws and from Natural Laws. Neither Natural Laws, as invoked in legal or ethical theories, nor Scientific Laws, which some researchers consider to be scientists’ attempts to state or approximate the Laws of Nature, will be discussed in t... Read more

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   Mickey on November 29, 2021 at 8:29 am

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   Idea: The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe

   Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/there-are-n...

   Disagree with this idea. It’s what has been holding us back long enough already.

   There Are No Laws of Physics. There’s Only the Landscape. | Quanta Magazine

   Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/t

   Scientists seek a single description of reality. But modern physics allows for many different descriptions, many equivalent to one another, connected through a vast landscape of mathematical…

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   The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe

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   There doesn’t have to be just 1 set of physical laws

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  Clever Dick on November 29, 2021 at 10:32 pm

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  Idea: The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe

  Link: https://joelvelasco.net/teaching/120/cartw...

  Yeah, it seems like an endeavour that allows the universe to make sense to us. Why should it. Adding this link for reference.

  cartwright-How_the_Laws_of_Physics_Lie.pdf

  Link: https://joelvelasco.net/teaching

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