Trystero
Skilled Investigator
I figure this will be of interest to some of the folks here. NASA has made available for free a book collecting articles on the challenges of communicating with an extraterrestrial civilization from archaeological and anthropological points of view. I have yet to delve into it, but from the ereader description:
The chapters in this volume combine incisive critique with hope that there is a response to the skepticism behind these critiques. Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence.
These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
Links to download the book (pdf, mobi, and epub formats) are in the blog post linked below:
NASA is getting ready to communicate with aliens using a new strategy
The chapters in this volume combine incisive critique with hope that there is a response to the skepticism behind these critiques. Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence.
These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
Links to download the book (pdf, mobi, and epub formats) are in the blog post linked below:
NASA is getting ready to communicate with aliens using a new strategy