Contact with Alien Civilizations
Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials
- 466 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Exploring the implications of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, this book delves into various authors' speculations about humanity's future. It critically examines the underlying assumptions of these speculations and emphasizes the consequences of contact over the search itself. Additionally, it provides historical context by summarizing past thoughts on extraterrestrial life and contrasting paradigms of potential contact, highlighting the paradoxes these theories present.