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For questions regarding the physics relevant to fictitious worlds. General physics may be off-topic.

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Could scientists test a theory of everything?

Speaking as a physicist, a few examples off the top of my head include: The fact that the energy scale at which "new physics" occurs is so many orders of magnitude larger than what our particle accelerators … The fact that New Physics ideas have gone so long without turning up. …
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If the laws of conservation of energy remain the same, can I change everything else?

Real physics is far more... specific than anything that idea determines. If magnetism didn't exist and someone made it up in a story, it might seem like magic violating EC. … If you invent new forces by analogy with EM, you can make physics seem very different despite EC. The implications for floating castles are obvious. …
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