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Celebrate the scientific hierarchy

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The validity of our scientific descriptions of reality does not hinge on their emergence from a more fundamental theory.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa

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  2. Department of Physics, Beecroft Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, 1 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK

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