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Why do the constants of nature have the exact values they do?

Informally, OPH says the “constants of nature” aren’t arbitrary numbers sprinkled onto reality; they’re like the fixed settings of a shared communication protocol that lets different observers stitch their 2/6
experiences into one consistent world. Most values are forced because if you tweak them, the patchwork of local viewpoints stops agreeing—like changing the rules of a file format so different computers can’t open the same document.