Do the laws of nature evolve with the cosmos?

[UltraBudgie]

Most physicists assume the laws of nature are fixed and timeless.

Unchanging rules that apply uniformly across the universe.

There are, however, some theories that suggest the laws could evolve, especially in cosmological models like Lee Smolin’s.

Or certain string theory landscapes.

The fact is, we cannot rule out the possibility, but observations thus far have not confirmed any changes in the constants as far as I'm aware. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmologic..._selection

it is almost a necessary assumption for science! hopefully true, but perhaps the best we can hope for is that it is usefully true, that rules apply uniformly. i guess, except when they don't! i think the term for that is an "outside context problem". but i suppose science is doing okay so far, with all the smashing success it's had.

but as to observations confirming, there is also the assumption of an absolute objective viewpoint at which changes can be viewed from. like, if everything was shrinking, including our rulers, how would we know? there is funny circularism where units used to measure the speed of light (time and distance) are defined by calibrations that aren't definitively proven to be independent of the speed of light itself. so perhaps the constants could change and we wouldn't know?

also weirdness about reality "catching up" to theorizing, and matching the results we logically expect. this is somehow always a subjective and unprovable observation, but seems to occur over and over. maybe just human nature. but that kind of fits the simulation hypothesis or mental/physical holomorphic theories, too.

funny:




how's the string stuff work?