Are the Laws of Physics Variable?
Sean Farragher

What if the laws of physics in the universe
changed from place to place and we derived
inaccurate probability equations without form?

What if “symmetry” was a boondoggle
and the lights on the Christmas trees
turned off too soon, and Muhammad
in 610 AD medicated for schizophrenia
denied Allah after recovery? No,
the world is not flat. Bush didn’t lie
about WMDs? We can predict words
that will be written in scripture
before they happen. No one lives
certainty that life as we know it
continues to BANG new stars,
and dark matter suddenly visible
enlightens no one, as it was just a ruse --
faulty pieces of puzzles with no solutions.
I ask you: can we break down problems
without proper questions and some deceit?

Imagine you ride in the desert and no signs
are consistent, and you know if one is wrong
you will not survive as you have limited water
and petrol, and the sun is about to rise. You
guess carefully, and say this way, please, I
can hear the desert talking about my lives
and how many I will know before I die.

If your companion believes you are perfect,
he will agree with your choice and you may
or may not survive depending on his choice.
What if he lies? What if he deludes himself?

Making the choice, your companion says no,
let’s make the decision together, and let’s look
for some guidance, perhaps the track of the sun.
We have water for two days. We can wait until
the sunset, and know which way is home. Yes,
I agree, the first man says, I have no exit plan.
I just want to get out of here, and to not be afraid.

You cannot escape your condition, he says, and
aren’t you glad we at least will have a better chance
of making it out safely and preventing disaster.

I can not report the outcome. It hasn’t happened.
The universe changes. Physics is not same
in Egypt and Italy. Perhaps all mystics suffer from
delusions, hallucinations and have conversations
with Gabriel or some other politician on the way
to Mecca from Medina, from Bonn to Baghdad.

Let us pray that the universe is for the most part
consistent and physical laws are predictable. No
one has proven that assumption. Not even Bush,
Einstein, Chaney, Galileo, or the Manitou
of the Lenape-Delaware knows which key unlocks
the sacred box where light begins and ends.



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