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Kamen_Rider_Blade posted...

And what if Aliens find different constants in the universe to measure against derive their units?

Ones that we haven't discovered or even considered?

Or even base their units on measurements on things that we don't consider "Constant"?

What we've discovered via science might not the be the end all be all at the moment.

We're constantly discovering new things over time.

If they are able to travel the stars, they might know more about science than we do and use completely different ways of measure that are different/better than what we do.

Of course we've not discovered everything yet. On top of that, our units are very much based on Earth centric measurements. However, those measurements will be the same wherever in the universe we make them.

I don't know what units that spacefaring aliens will use, but I guarantee they will be based on constants. For example, how do you measure 1/86400 of an earth day if you're nowhere near earth?