Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’

Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by kadoban on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:51PM (#39378909)

A couple of the constants it's easy (for a real physicist, not for me) to prove there's no interesting structure to the universe anymore if they vary even a little. Like, no molecules are possible.

So there's a question there for why the values are so exactly set, or if something forces them to be the value they are.

The anthropic principle (that if the universe weren't suitable, we wouldn't be here to know) always struck me more of reasoning that we're _not_ special.

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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by raggi on Thursday February 15, 2024 @12:26AM (#39379428)

"no molecules are possible" does not imply "absolutely nothing forms a structured dynamic", the thought experiment ceases prematurely if it stops there, partly because the structural makeup is not yet well enough known to consider those outcomes. the claim of a completely uninteresting outcome approximating true nothing is empirically unlikely. abstractions tend to fall over far faster than reality does

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