The "Barn Door" Argument, The Precautionary Principle, and METI as "Prayer" - an Appraisal of the Top Three Rationalizations for "Active SETI"
Proponents of Active SETI, or METI, defend their messaging-to-aliens agenda with fallacious arguments like the Barn Door Excuse, that technologically advanced extraterrestrials must have already listened to our radio leakage, (e.g. "I Love Lucy"), hence more direct beaming will not betray...
| Subtitles: | Theme Articles: "Should we send messages to extraterrestrials?" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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Theology and science
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-28 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCJ Ethics of science |
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