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In this video he talks about different universes having different laws of physics. Could different Galaxies have different laws of physics?

When Brian Greene started to talk about the distance and how further out galaxies are moving faster/accelerating, this lead me to think could the laws of physics be different in those outer galaxies because they are moving faster? After all we only observe light from the past from those galaxies, no one has ever been to one, or had something from one come to earth. This last question, was only thought of because we perceive things differently when we are in space than on earth, ie. time in space as appose to time on earth. Am I wrong, has it been proven that our universe can agree on a common theory of laws of physics?

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    Ken brown 30+

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    Sep 7 2012: We are already discovering anomalies within the visual universe, it's just figuring them out that's going to take time.

  • Ian Sheane

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    Sep 7 2012: It just leads me to wonder how well we really know our galaxy let alone universe, expanding on to the multi-verse theory... Its a lot to awww at and wonder.

  • Random Chance 30+

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    Sep 7 2012: I believe there already are some areas where the laws of physics vary outside of the earth.
    Here on earth, however, we must rely on them to be immutable, because we use them.

    Out in space, things are at such monstrous sizes, dimensions, movements, temperatures and so on, that they would have to be different in the sense of being capable of 'breaking the laws' of physics, as we know and trust them.

    Last year, there was an article about new discoveries that would directly affect, I think it was seven, of the most well known and trusted laws of physics. One was the speed of light. I don't have the article any longer so can't say more with clarity and proof.

    Since the laws of physics are immutable for us humans here on earth,
    they weren't broken five times in one day, in one little area, on a continental land mass that everyone calls earth,
    by three buildings and two planes.

    That is the truth.
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    Gabo Moreno 100+

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    Sep 6 2012: I think Lawrence Krauss has talked about other parts of this very universe possibly having different laws of physics.

  • Barry Palmer 50+

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    Sep 6 2012: To the best of my knowledge, no human has ever visited another galaxy and actually observed the laws of physics in action there. The observations that we make of other galaxies conform with our current theories, which assume that our current laws of physics work in those galaxies as they do here. Our current theories are based, in part, on our observations of those galaxies.

    is it possible that some of the laws of physics work differently out there? Yes, it is possible.
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