First Contact Strategy and Ethics
Given the possible scenarios of First Contact with a humanoid species with the advanced technology to make it Earth, as opposed to an even farther in the distance First Contact that might take place off world, let us consider familiar territory. What if this species had elements of their personality and culture in common with […]
Cross-posted Memo I have long been an advocate that we need to take care of Mother Earth before we become too overwhelmingly concerned with colonizing other planets. I have long been an advocate for aggressive education reform. I believe that the goal of any progressing society should navigating towards abolishing capitalism. I will not repeat […]
Yes, I read the Pentagon whistleblower document. No, I do not believe a word of it.
There was once an ethical leadership team project I participated in during grad school and my background studies in conflict resolution came to be my primary strength. Ideally, most universities would offer a program in conflict resolution. There are very few, at least here in U.S.. On a related note, I also believe most universities […]
In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode, “Strange New World,” (2001) T’Pol attempts to caution Captain Archer and his crew about visiting the uninhabited planet they discover. She wants to take a number of days, just over a week, to complete scans from orbit and with probes. The lone Vulcan on the ship, T’Pol, will later […]
I recently listened to a SETI Big Picture Science podcast with Adam Frank, author of Little Book of Aliens, which I do own, but have yet to read (there is always one more book to read as one professor put it). Adam Frank was highly optimistic that we will detect technosignatures on exoplanets within the […]
Astrotheology takes on different meanings depending on who is doing the explication. It may range from Christian apologetics to a cycle of understanding creation with a potential discovery of life not on Earth. Now, more properly, this is related to astrobiology. This could be any type of life beyond Earth, not just little green men. […]
Music is a universal language. Well, that is not completely true. There is more than one standard of music theory depending on where you are from in the world. The point is, we can still understand another human culture’s music. We can even love and respect another human culture’s music. Now, in the spirit of […]
If we were to have First Contact with a species that, like us, had a Sainthood Complex, the result would no doubt be some type of escalated conflict. Of course, humans do have a Sainthood Complex. We each want to believe we are just and right and we go to great lengths to prove our […]
I am aware this is a website dedicated to the idea of First Contact and from that perspective it may seem and even be reasonable to assume that I am a conspiracy addict. Quite the opposite. I do not hold to any fervent belief that First Contact has already been made and that the powers […]
