alt Hacker News> > the fact that the universe is consistent
> We don't know this either.
See this is what I'm talking about as far as being too open-minded. Consider what it would mean for the universe to be inconsistent, particularly in relation to the astronomical observations that are the basis of this conversation.
All we can say is that the universe has been consistent so far, during the brief time we observed a small part of it given the instruments we have.
We update our model(s) so that it keeps being consistent and predictable to us (that’s human nature), but no model can be probably correct and complete.