Thought experiment: would an alien, non-embodied intelligence derive different laws of physics?
burny_tech · x · 2026-11-10
A thought experiment: a dog perceives the world mainly through smell, builds a different world model, and would derive different "laws" than humans. Mathematician and physicist Jonathan Gorard proposes that a completely alien, possibly non-embodied intelligence could likewise arrive at new laws of physics. The poster stresses this is about differences in emphasis and perception, not a claim that old physics would cease to exist. Full interview linked in the post.
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