Unreasonable Effectiveness of Physics in Biology
History and Philosophy of Physics
2026-04-07 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate that the system of fine-tuning constraints for life is, in a sense, overdetermined: the a priori probability of its feasibility is extremely low, especially in the chemical sector. This entails that the structure of the physical laws is even more "unreasonable" than Eugene Wigner envisaged.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.03835,
title = {Unreasonable Effectiveness of Physics in Biology},
author = {Alexey Burov and Alexei Tsvelik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.03835},
year = {2026}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures