Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain โ there is nothing in the whole system of laws of physics that cannot be deduced unambiguously from epistemological considerations.
Arthur EddingtonMan is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with the astronomer, or the minutest works with the physicist. ... [K]nowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars.
Arthur EddingtonSchrรถdinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.
Arthur Eddington