The art and science of interstellar message composition: a report on international workshops to encourage multidisciplinary discussion |
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| Authors: | Douglas A Vakoch |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA;2. Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute 515 North Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;1. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Stefan Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, Semel Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;2. Division of Biomedical Sciences, Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Program, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA;3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;4. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA;5. Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA;6. California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;1. School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;2. Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Shanghai 201109, China;3. Shanghai Academy of Space Technology, Shanghai 201109, China;1. Department of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom;2. International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France |
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| Abstract: | Throughout the history of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), there has been widespread recognition of the profound societal implications of detecting intelligence beyond Earth. At the SETI Institute, interstellar message construction serves as the focus of a multidisciplinary attempt to prepare for the cultural impact of signal detection and the critical events that would follow. Interstellar message construction at the SETI Institute builds upon the recommendations of the 1991–1992 Workshops on the Cultural Aspects of SETI, while also exploring opportunities for multidisciplinary contributions on new topics. Through a series of international workshops in Toulouse, Paris, Zagreb, Washington, and Bremen, the SETI Institute and partner organizations have fostered broad-based discussion about some of the most important decisions that would follow detection of extraterrestrial intelligence, including “should we reply?” and if so, “what should we say, and how might we say it?”. Several of the themes addressed at these workshops will be highlighted, including the relationship between art and science in designing messages, the value of interactive messages, and the importance of better understanding the nature of language. |
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