How Nature is Conformable to Herself: A View from Quantum Cosmology

TL;DR

This paper explores how quantum cosmology models demonstrate the inherent self-conformability of nature, illustrating the underlying unity in physical theories through mathematical structures.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum cosmology framework to analyze the concept of nature's conformability, connecting historical insights with modern theoretical models.

Findings

Quantum cosmology models show nature's self-conformability.

Mathematical structures reveal underlying unity in physical phenomena.

The approach explains when and why nature exhibits conformability.

Abstract

In his essay "Nature Conformable to Herself" the late Murray Gell-Mann expands on an observation of Newton that theories of seemingly disparate phenomena in the universe often make use of similar ideas and similar mathematical structure. Newton summarized that by saying that nature was very consonant and conformable to herself. This essay uses a model of quantum cosmology to illustrate how, why, and when nature is conformable to herself.