Please, distinguish people's opinion (philosophies, religions, people's perception of nature, etc) from sciences - the way nature works (which is independent of humans' or other aliens' opinion).

In doubts - just consider alens (or humans) to be non-existent and see if the object remains or if it disappears. If it remains (say, Sun, or say, Earth motion, or hydrogen atom, or relativistic length contraction, or gravity as GMm/R^2, etc.) -it is science (nature) and is independent from human (or other civilization) perception phenomena.

If it vanishes (say, languages, philosophies, god(s), etc) - then it is humans' (aliens') invention and thus could be different in different civilization.

• Space and the tree - aurino - April 18, 2001 - 20:30 UTC
  • This exactly is the point - relating Universe to humans. - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 20:49 UTC
    • You are confusing things - aurino - April 18, 2001 - 20:58 UTC
      • Incorrect. Planets and gravity exists INDEPENDENT from aliens. - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 22:01 UTC
        • science is in the eye of the beholder - hathor - April 20, 2001 - 21:45 UTC