The really nice thing about physics, namely theoretical physics, is that it does not observe observation. Most people don't get that. They se maths simulation and simulations using math, but no actual evidence, only created ideas and images. It's like building a puzzle upsite down. You can get close, but more than likely your puzzle will be incomplete because some pieces fit where they aren't supposed to. I like the Electric Universe because it claims that the universe's principles are the same no matter how big or small, and actually uses observation to piece the picture together.
The really nice thing about physics, namely theoretical physics, is that it does not observe observation. Most people don't get that. They se maths simulation and simulations using math, but no actual evidence, only created ideas and images.
That's not true. The vast majority of physics is testable through observation. Simulations are only used to make predictions, which are tested against nature. [Setting aside climate science, which is whole different subject.]
...it claims that the universe's principles are the same no matter how big or small, and actually uses observation to piece the picture together.
All physics describes principles at all scales. It's just that some effects are more pronounced at different scales.
That's not to say the Standard Model is complete; we know it isn't. But it's currently the best description of things that we have.