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> It seems physicists in general have not had much to say in response to this idea Huh? My impression is that the notion that the current laws of physics are a
by tfgg 11y ago
> It seems physicists in general have not had much to say in response to this idea
Huh? My impression is that the notion that the current laws of physics are an effective field theory of some more fundamental theory is pretty widespread and mainstream.
- mathgenius 11y agoSure, maybe I am not channelling Laughlin very well. Perhaps it was his general pessimism that any deeper theory could be derived from the emergent phenomenon. It was a while since I read that book.