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If it turns out that the fine structure value is not constant throughout the universe, then there is a possibility that life prefers a "Goldilocks" value. One that promotes chirality and a system for creating active matter in an entropic state.
Have you considered focusing fundamental light generated from a single hadron (pion) converting to two photons on your active matter creations? it would be interesting to see if it stimulated any movement at that simple level.