Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.

You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.