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Lonely Minds in the Universe

By Giancarlo Genta

Book information

Publisher
Copernicus Books
Year
2007
ISBN
0387339256, 9780387339252, 9780387690391
Google Books ID
d5Kwe9CLN5cC
Open Library ID
OL7445551M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18562543 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
317\317
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This interdisciplinary book probes the subject of extraterrestrial intelligent life, offering scientific and technological implications, discussing the philosophical and religious connotations and rebuffing pseudo-scientific assertions such as ‘rare earth’. The author discusses such philosophical questions as: What is intelligence? What is consciousness? Should we expect ETIs to be conscious beings? Also discussed is the viability of future astronautics which would enable closer human contact with ETI.

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