Great Sci Am article. Raises the issue of we have no idea why constants have the values they have, and there is evidence that the fine structure constant may vary slightly across the universe:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=inconstant-constants-jan-12&WT.mc_...

Please remember, we have no knowledge where the laws of nature came from, either, just that we find the consistencies that make underlying laws obvious.