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Is it possible that the laws of physics are not constant throughout the universe?

Of course it's possible.

We have touched only a very small portion, even of the visible universe.Occam's Razor suggests that the simplest theory is often true. It is not a law :)

We assume (and should) that our theories with local support work the same everywhere. Until the evidence suggests something else.

 Only theories that work quite well so far. The surprising thing is that we can apply our current theories to very distant observations, and it seems that they still work. Mainly. Well, not quite.

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There is an impressive arrogance in supposing that we can understand the entire universe. The universe is many billions of years old (at least).  We have directly measured only a ridiculously insignificant fraction of the universe even visible.

To presume from our microscopic perspective that we understand that everything goes far beyond the absurd. It is a bit surprising that the universe seems understandable, given our insignificant real knowledge.

The huge "WTF" in Physics is now under the labels "dark energy" and "dark matter", since no label means anything. All we know is our observations and our theory does not match. Something exciting, in a way. :)

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Yes, as a physics student (a long time ago), the "constant" measurements bothered me. Are they really constant or are they a local value, in time and place? Can we deduce the answers, or should we explore a larger segment of the universe, in space and time?

I suspect that we are still far from the deep knowledge of the universe. In fact, it is quite surprising that we have at least a rough understanding of so much, since we have just begun to look carefully.

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