Lonely Minds in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

by Giancarlo Genta (Author), Giancarlo Genta (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $29.42

  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.