&gt; What the author meant was that nothing that will be discovered in this domain will shake fundamental physics. Things that will shake fundamental physics won&#x27;t come from &#x27;everyday life&#x27;, but rather from extreme environments like those found in particle accelerators, and through study of gravitational waves, CMB etc.<p>And you don&#x27;t know that <i>a priori</i>.  It&#x27;s possible that with a hightened level of simulation, and accurate measurement of an unusual phenomenon, some fine structure emerges.  I&#x27;m not going to hold my breath, but sometimes you are surprised.  The yellow color of gold is a consequence of relativisitic effects, so it could have been entirely possible (if seemingly rather unlikely) that humanity discovered relativity from that angle instead.