Friday, December 8, 2017

Episode 84 - Will Religious Aliens Serve Man?



Recorded: 8 December 2017
Released: 9 December 2017
Duration: 97 minutes, 32 seconds

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GJ 273B in Aladin
Host Paul Carr welcomes panelists Nick Nielsen, Sam Lichtenstein, and Patrick Festa to talk about
the possible consequences of Active SETI, or METI. Of course, the discussion veers off into religion and just how tasty man flesh is.

Links:

Interview with METI.org president Douglas Vakoch
James Benford: Whispering at the Stars
SETI, METI, and Existential Risk
Daniela DePaulis talks about Project Cognos.

Pascal Boyer
John Romer: Testament
Evolutionary Psychology of Religion

The Twilight Zone: To Serve Man (video)
Fred Saberhagen's Beserker
Ferengi
Andy Weir talks economics
The Star Trek Ferengi
Douglas Adams' Planet Krikkit

The Wow! Signal's Towel Day episode on Douglas Adams.

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Music: DJ Spooky

The Unseen Podcast is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license




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