{"id":71961,"date":"2022-07-30T06:10:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T10:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71961"},"modified":"2022-07-25T00:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T04:39:26","slug":"could-we-decode-alien-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71961","title":{"rendered":"Could We Decode Alien Physics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">How hard can it really be to decode alien physics and engineering? It\u2019s gotta map to our own physics &#8211; I mean, we live in the same universe. We start by noticing that the alien technology seems to use good ol\u2019 fashioned electronics, even if it is insanely complex. We know this because the particle carried by the alien circuitry looks like the electron. 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