Would Wheeler's oscillatory universe model create different laws?

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The discussion centers on John Wheeler's oscillatory universe model, which posits that the universe undergoes cycles of Big Bangs and Big Crunches, leading to the resetting of physical laws in each cycle. Participants question whether these laws could differ radically between cycles, potentially allowing for the emergence of entirely new fundamental laws of physics. The lack of empirical evidence for this model raises skepticism about its applicability to our understanding of the universe and the mechanisms behind the creation of these laws.

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Would Wheeler's oscillatory universe model create absolutely different universes in each cycle?
According to physicist John Wheeler, the universe is part of a sequence of cycles of Big Bangs and Big Crunches, called cyclic or oscillatory universe model (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (Mentioned in "Classification schemes")

According to this author, in each cycle, the laws of physics are reset in the sense that the laws of the last cycle disappear and new laws are created.

My question is: According to this model, would the universe in each cycle have completely different laws with respect to the last oscillation? Would each cycle have radically different fundamental laws of physics (not only different constants or effective laws)?

Could they change so much between cycles that the universe could eventually have the laws of physics that, for example, inflation theory require so the universe would transform into a (inflationary) multiverse?
 
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Since we not only have no empirical evidence for the model's relation to reality but also have zero evidence that it even occurs, I don't see how one could say.
 
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