“Here is an accurate map of the city. To get from this location to this location, follow these roads”
“Why those roads and not the highway?”
“Because the highway doesn’t go anywhere near the start or end point of the proposed journey.”
“Why is that?”
“The highway is located at the place indicated by the blue line. The start point and end point are represented by these symbols. The blue line never gets closer to either of the symbols than they are to each other.”
“But why is the blue line there instead of somewhere else? And why are those symbols there instead of closer to the line?”
“Because the map is accurate to reality”
If the laws are accurate, then they don’t determine anything, they describe things. I don’t know why two positively charged blocks of metal repel, but I do know that they do. Why it is the case that the universe exists as it does is a question that cannot be answered from within the universe.
“Here is an accurate map of the city. To get from this location to this location, follow these roads”
“Why those roads and not the highway?”
“Because the highway doesn’t go anywhere near the start or end point of the proposed journey.”
“Why is that?”
“The highway is located at the place indicated by the blue line. The start point and end point are represented by these symbols. The blue line never gets closer to either of the symbols than they are to each other.”
“But why is the blue line there instead of somewhere else? And why are those symbols there instead of closer to the line?”
“Because the map is accurate to reality”
If the laws are accurate, then they don’t determine anything, they describe things. I don’t know why two positively charged blocks of metal repel, but I do know that they do. Why it is the case that the universe exists as it does is a question that cannot be answered from within the universe.