Physics, as summarized in a handful of mathematically precise laws, indisputably works. Yet many things that “work” do not inspire the kind of admiration that the fundamental laws of nature do.
想当然永远无法创造出能用的iPhone、冥王星照片和原子弹。被总结为一小撮数学上精确的定律的物理学毫无争议是有效的。但许多“有效”的东西并没有激起类似于对自然基本定律的崇拜的情感。