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The contemporary assumption of mainstream science is that the cosmos is looks the same in all directions and as seen from all places. An anisotropic universe is that depends on direction. Like an inhomogeneous universe, the universe can be such vastly different in certain directions that it alltogether have its own laws along that region! In inhomogeneous universe, some other distant regions in universe might have their own laws.

An anisotropic universe is supported by recent discoveries such as the so called 'axis of evil'. Not only is it said that an axis exists in the cosmos, it is strange enough align along the axis about which the earth rotates! This is quite at odds with current understanding of cosmos.

On a similar note, physicists have been discovering some symetry violations that are a bit supprising. Parity violation, for instance, means that if we turn the cosmos around 180¤, it will know it!

By laws, you mean physical laws I assume? I always thought that this would be the case.... I don't profess to know much beyond my own consciousness, and my own consciousness has never experienced anything outwith the bubble inside which it inhabits. Therefore, any perception I have about the universe is unfortunately limited to what my consciousness has perceived about the tiny corner of space time which constitutes my universe.

However, I digress

Yes the universe in anisotropic because it is anthropocentric, human projections through and through. When we talk about the universe I believe that we are talking about everything there is in our physical existence in time and space, the whole of things, so to say. Our paradigms are merely backyard physics we believe encompasses everything in the universe. Add anisotropic to the mile long list of ideas that try to encompass the universe in a nutshell. Good luck.