Patterns in the fabric of nature

TL;DR

This paper proposes challenging the traditional view of independent physical facts across space to better explain puzzling correlations observed at cosmological and microscopic scales.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective that questions the independence assumption in physics to account for observed correlations.

Findings

Suggests a new framework for understanding spatial correlations

Proposes a theoretical basis for non-independent physical facts

Encourages rethinking foundational assumptions in physics

Abstract

From classical mechanics to quantum field theory, the physical facts at one point in space are held to be independent of those at other points in space. I propose that we can usefully challenge this orthodoxy in order to explain otherwise puzzling correlations at both cosmological and microscopic scales.