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Where did the laws of nature come from? Cosmologist João Magueijo has a bold new answer to the question most physicists prefer not to ask T HROW a pebble into a lake and it, obligingly, sinks. Smash particles together and they fall apart in certain patterns. Flick a switch and let there be light. Reality, for all its glory and cosmic drama, seems to operate in a consistent, predictable fashion. Physicists like me often put this happy fact down to what we call the laws of nature. These laws apply in the same way everywhere: the same force of gravity that bends the light from distant stars also keeps your feet on the ground. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第3595期 · 2026年5月16日。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。