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6 - All Bets Are Off!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2016

Geraint F. Lewis  and
Luke A. Barnes
Foreword by
Brian Schmidt
Geraint F. Lewis
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Luke A. Barnes
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Brian Schmidt
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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For all this talk of changing the laws of nature, until now we have stayed safely within the confines of familiar physical theories. We’ve messed with the ingredients in the laws: the stuff, the strengths of the forces, and the initial state of the Universe. But we’ve not touched the laws themselves. However, just like the constants of nature, we don’t know why the laws of nature are what they are. So let’s change everything … all bets are off!

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A Fortunate Universe
Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
 , pp. 182 - 236
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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