Abstract
Physics is engaged in the tricky business of driving theoretical pilings into ontological mud. Nowhere is this predicament more apparent than in cosmology. The question naturally arises: Will we ever reach bedrock? Arguably, most physicists believe the answer must be, Yes! We assume that there are fundamental laws of Nature out there and that we'll eventually drill down to them or, at least, approach them asymptotically. I submit that this basic assumption is, regrettably, mistaken. I am forced to this view by one of the more bizarre developments in modern physics, namely, the multiverse concept. If there is any merit to the multiverse, then the price to be paid for a much bigger environment is the loss of any notion of fundamental physical law governing the Universe.
William T. Parsons