# Reality Does Not Care Whether Physicists Like the Multiverse by Martin Rees > “Some physicists don’t like the multiverse: they’d be disappointed if some of the key numbers they are trying to explain turn out to be mere environmental contingencies governing our local space-time patch—no more truly ‘fundamental’ than the parameters of the Earth’s orbit round the Sun. But that disappointment would surely be outweighed by the revelation that physical reality was grander and richer than hitherto envisioned. In any case our preferences are irrelevant to the way physical reality actually is—so we should surely be open-minded.” > **— Martin Rees**, *2017: What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known?, Edge, 2017* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [2017: What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27129) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe|The Ramanujan Mathematical Universe]] - **Article:** [[articles/Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences|Project Hail Mary and Other Intelligences]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Cosmology|Cosmology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Multiverse|Multiverse]] - [[wiki/Cosmology|Cosmology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Some physicists don’t like the multiverse: they’d be disappointed if some of the key numbers they are trying to explain turn out to be mere environmental contingencies governing our local space-time patch—no more truly ‘fundamental’ than the parameters of the Earth’s orbit round the Sun. But that disappointment would surely be outweighed by the revelation that physical reality was grander and richer than hitherto envisioned. In any case our preferences are irrelevant to the way physical reality actually is—so we should surely be open-minded.” — Martin Rees, 2017: What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known?, Edge, 2017 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-reality-does-not-care-whether ```