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The principle of uniformity, or the "The Principle of Uniformity of Nature",[citation needed] postulates that the laws of nature discovered on Earth apply throughout the universe.
There are several variations and corollaries:
- A stronger uniformity principle is that the laws of event causation have remained constant throughout time (uniformitarianism) as well as applying everywhere in the 'modern' universe.
- A corollary in Physics is the postulate that there has been no change in the fine-structure constant since the Big Bang.
- Another corollary of the Principle of Uniformity states that nothing that is now impossible in principle was ever the case in the past.
See also
- anthropic principle
- intelligent design
- Mediocrity principle
- origin of life
- philosophy of science
- Uniformatics The study of uniformity in diversity
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