Principle of uniformity

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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 everything that is now possible in principle was ever the case in the past.

[edit] See also

• anthropic principle
• intelligent design
• Mediocrity principle
• origin of life
• philosophy of science
• Uniformatics The study of uniformity in diversity