Searching for Spiritual Signatures in SETI Research
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) research assumes that we live in an intelligence-friendly universe. But do we live in a spiritual-friendly universe? We include the spiritual quest in a new multidisciplinary approach to SETI. In a thought experiment, we consider two types of alien...
Subtitles: | To Mars, the Milky Way and beyond: science, theology and ethics look at space exploration |
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Authors: | ; ; ; |
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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Theology and science
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 373-381 |
IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCJ Ethics of science |
Further subjects: | B
Seti
B Noosphere B Drake equation B extraterrestrial intelligence B Spiritual B Civilizations |
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Summary: | The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) research assumes that we live in an intelligence-friendly universe. But do we live in a spiritual-friendly universe? We include the spiritual quest in a new multidisciplinary approach to SETI. In a thought experiment, we consider two types of alien civilizations by including a Spiritual factor in the Drake Equation. Using the analogy of planetary biomarkers and the concept of noosphere introduced by Teilhard de Chardin, we propose two spiritual markers that could evidence the presence of a noosphere in an exoplanet. |
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ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2019.1632550 |