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Why do the laws of physics exist?
- Thread starter The Sum of Awe
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Because enquiring minds want to know.
You are doing it backwards. It is not that these this act along a set of rules. It is that we make up descriptions of how these things act.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Hey, man. Thanks for rewording my question - I simply suck at creating a clear image without complicated description.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
fantôme profane;3759270 said:
Yes, but we describe how things act by observing things actually acting that way. Sure, the laws of physics were only things observed and described by humans - but the actual laws do have existence, observed or not. Gravity still is an occurrence, and still would be if we didn't know about it.
What I'm asking is why these real-world occurrences occur.
There's no reason why, that doesn't contradict enquiring minds. It's how things are.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
I can't really see something being there only because it is. Not saying you're wrong, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
McBell
Resident Sourpuss
You need more magic. Nothing wrong with that, some of us can just see the flair and beauty in what actually exists.
Why is the sky blue instead of orange? But if it was orange we would be asking Why is the sky orange instead of blue. We could say the sky is blue because of the diffusion of light. And then you could ask why light diffuses that way, and I could make some reference to waves and quantum physics, and I could talk about neurology and perception. But you could follow that up with more "why" questions. And this might lead to new understanding and new discoveries, but there would always be more "why" questions. Expecting an ultimate answer is bound to be futile and frustrating.
I can understand how just saying "it is what it is" would be unsatisfying. But there actually is no reason there should be a reason that we find satisfying.
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
I would say because there is a law giver. But one might assume that they just happen naturally, as the law giver cannot be seen. This would mean we accept nothing that we cannot see in some way, and also it begs the question, What does "natural" mean. Saying it is not supernatural is not an answer. If everything is "natural" as Dawkins thinks it is, even perhaps a Multiverse, then what does "natural" mean? It would seem that instead of saying that 'God did it', we can now say that, 'Natural did it'. How is this an improvement? So I say a Lawgiver with Intelligence which is commonly known as God.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
The laws do not exist, except on paper.
what we call laws are little more than well documented observations.
They may neither be complete, nor always true.
Though some are very hard to refute even in theory.
what we call laws are little more than well documented observations.
They may neither be complete, nor always true.
Though some are very hard to refute even in theory.
ametist
Active Member
What is inside is also outside, thats why 
This isnt not a joke. Just like when you can not tell what it is that keeps a cell alive inside of you, or what it is that makes a thing living and some other thing unliving, When you say it that way,as in the meaning of the OP, it feels like as if there are no no-physical law zones as we know them today, that functions properly and help reality to function properly, places in black holes, for example. Do we really know how much they attribute to our physical reality any more than we know how our cells are alive by nature? Even in physical world there might be places where there are not any predictable physical laws. Yet they might be equally neccessary to keep this reality going. Still, rules of gravity is not in accordance and harmony with some other details of physics, perhaps this physical reality when solved properly is not as much physical as it seems or rules were not so complicated at all.
So whats inside is outside. Thats why.
This isnt not a joke. Just like when you can not tell what it is that keeps a cell alive inside of you, or what it is that makes a thing living and some other thing unliving, When you say it that way,as in the meaning of the OP, it feels like as if there are no no-physical law zones as we know them today, that functions properly and help reality to function properly, places in black holes, for example. Do we really know how much they attribute to our physical reality any more than we know how our cells are alive by nature? Even in physical world there might be places where there are not any predictable physical laws. Yet they might be equally neccessary to keep this reality going. Still, rules of gravity is not in accordance and harmony with some other details of physics, perhaps this physical reality when solved properly is not as much physical as it seems or rules were not so complicated at all.
So whats inside is outside. Thats why.
Sabour
Well-Known Member
Hello.
My simple output on this is the following
In a simple sense, God created the world and created us.
He gave us minds to think and reflect, and chose for everything to have a law so that it would make sense to us and we can have a benefit of it.
Everything had a begging so that we can understand that God exists and God is that created everything.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
fantôme profane;3759517 said:
If things are the way they are just because they are that way, what is stopping the other ways it could also be?
Nothing that we know of. Multiworld quantum theory is a strong possibility as far as I can tell. I don't know what prevents it, the other possibilities leave their influence.
Nothing.
Their nature as only possible.