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Jim al-Khalili

Aliens

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In these lively and fascinating essays edited by theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like.
Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence); and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence). The debate has intensified over whether life exists outside our solar system, what that life would look like, and whether we’ll ever make contact.
Included here are essays from a broad spectrum of the scientific community: cosmologists, astrophysicists, NASA planetary scientists, and geneticists, to name just a few, discussing the latest research and theories relating to alien life. Some of the topics include: If life exists somewhere in space, what are the odds that it evolves into something we would recognize as intelligent? What will space travel look like in the future, and will it all be done by cyborg technology? How long until we are ruled by robot overlords? (This is actually a serious consideration.) Are we simply a simulation in the mind of some supreme being, acting out a virtual reality game?
For those who have ever wondered, Is there anybody out there? here are the latest theories and evidence that move us closer to answering that question.
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2017
Udgivelsesår
2017
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  • Pichkurov Sergeyhar citeretfor 6 år siden
    But by studying the limits of our own awareness alongside the remarkable abilities of other species, and by realising that the way we experience the world, and the self, is not the only way, we can gain startling glimpses into a space of ‘possible consciousnesses’. We might never experience what it is like to be an octopus, but it seems very likely that there is something it is like to be this terrestrial alien.
  • Pichkurov Sergeyhar citeretfor 6 år siden
    Is consciousness a unique event in the history of the Universe, concentrated by evolutionary happenstance on a small planet in a distant backwater of a remote Galaxy? Or is consciousness here, there and everywhere? Perhaps consciousness is even a fundamental property of the Universe itself, like electrical charge and mass. As yet, nobody knows.
  • Pichkurov Sergeyhar citeretfor 6 år siden
    Perception isn’t just about having this or that sense. When we perceive our environment, for example using vision, we don’t just build an accurate picture of an objective reality, like an internal camera might do. Instead, we perceive the world in terms of how we might act in it and on it.
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