> If there were intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe, they'd share certain truths in common with us. For example, I think we'd share the principle that

> If there were intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe, they'd share certain truths in common with us. For example, I think we'd share the principle that a controlled experiment testing some hypothesis entitles us to have proportionally increased belief in it. I was thinking more "triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones", but you do you!