Aliens wouldn't necessarily have the same definition, and I think that was his point. They might consider the Earth the same way we consider the Sun/a Star.
I don't think aliens' opinion of earth is objective at all, unltil we meet aliens and ask them.
Then the word "star" becomes meaningless, which is exactly what I was saying. Just because two words are pronounced the same way in two different languages doesn't mean that they have the same meaning behind them.
Opinions are never objective, but that isn't the point of what I'm attempting to say. The definition of a
star is objective. The definition behind the word we use to represent the definition is objective. Sure, you can choose any arbitrary sequence of communication methods to accomplish this, but that doesn't mean that two matching ways in two different languages should have the same definition. It's a burning sphere of gas. Words mean nothing if their definitions aren't considered. If two words in two different languages are pronounced in the same way but have totally different definitions, what's the point of comparing them for the sake of definition?
The alien may say: "The Earth is our *star*," but according to our definition of a star, "a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior," we would not agree, so we either assume that a) The aliens are incorrect because they are ignorant and are unable to determine that the Earth is not a burning ball of gas or b) The aliens have a different definition for the word "star." If b) is true, we can also assume that they have another word to represent our definition of "star."
This is such a useless argument.
In my said theory, star simply means the center of the universe to them, for clarification.
The sun is not the center of "our" universe. It is the center of our solar system, which is not even close to a universe. It never was the center and never will be. If the "center of the universe" even existed (I don't think it does), it would be the same point in space from every vantage point.
Can you explain why they're using English?
Haha, exactly why I said the argument I'm having with iago is dumb. haha.