If your premise is physics doesn’t exist because humans have lost an understanding of it then you have placed your own ego at the centre of your question
We think and talk about what we observe in terms of rules because rules are a convenient way to think and talk about it. That is the long and short of it.
Hmm. I think of “physics” as a collection of models. What do you think of it as?
The rules that govern how the universe works
If your premise is physics doesn’t exist because humans have lost an understanding of it then you have placed your own ego at the centre of your question
We think and talk about what we observe in terms of rules because rules are a convenient way to think and talk about it. That is the long and short of it.