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Essays
The Importance of Active SETI
Douglas Vakoch argues that sending messages to possible extraterrestrials is a worthwhile endeavor and not to be feared.
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“Trust Me, I Know Exactly What’s Out There!”
David Brin challenges those who think they know what we might find out there in the universe: Our expectations have been dashed before.
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Pascal’s Alien Wager
Robin Hanson uses Pascal's Wager as a tool to think about communicating with extraterrestrials.
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Slow Growth Is Plenty Fast
Robin Hanson argues that slow-growing alien civilizations would still have plenty of time to get to the stars, if nothing interferes.
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Adapted Aliens
Robin Hanson discusses what aliens might be like if they are millions of years removed from their ancestral, evolutionary environment.
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Evolution Won’t Go Away
Jerome H. Barkow explains why evolutionary forces will shape extraterrestrial life, and how psychology clouds human ideas about it.
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Selection Is Coming
Robin Hanson predicts the end of the solar system and perhaps the galaxy. And humans taking over our formerly natural selection.
Issues
Politics, Social Theory, and SETI
What can the search for extraterrestrial intelligence tell us about societies on earth?
