What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Foundations Of Xenology (space And Society)
by Michael Ashkenazi /
2016 / English / PDF
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Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another
communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this
question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical
barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where
a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book
also examines the biological problems of communicating between
species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial
intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other
problems of conducting discussions across light years.
Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another
communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this
question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical
barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where
a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book
also examines the biological problems of communicating between
species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial
intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other
problems of conducting discussions across light years.
Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on
your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make
shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book
addresses these and related issues, identifying potential
barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome
them. The book explores this topic through reference to human
experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying
on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the
cosmos we live in.
Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on
your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make
shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book
addresses these and related issues, identifying potential
barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome
them. The book explores this topic through reference to human
experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying
on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the
cosmos we live in.