Are Our Physics Really Universal for Alien Minds?
Whiteson asks whether the laws of physics are truly universal or if alien intellects might derive different principles. While distant observations (e.g., black hole mergers) suggest our physics holds across the cosmos, we can’t assume other civilizations would share the same theories or methods. Some thinkers imagine universal science, but the piece cautions this may reflect human biology and history rather than a single cosmic path; until we meet aliens, we study our local example.