Lonely Minds in the Universe

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The Magical Vision of the Nonhuman......Page 28
Ancient Philosophy......Page 29
Medieval Philosophy
......Page 33
The Renaissance......Page 35
The Birth of Modern Science......Page 37
First Attempts at Contact......Page 43
Cosmism......Page 44
From Enthusiasm to Disenchantment......Page 45
Is Extraterrestrial Life a Threat to Religion?......Page 50
A Finite Universe and an Infinite God......Page 52
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Other Oriental Religions......Page 53
Judaism......Page 54
Islam......Page 55
Christianity......Page 56
The Problem of Original Sin......Page 57
The Problem of Redemption......Page 61
Biocosmic Theology......Page 63
A New Science: Astrobiology......Page 68
Times of the Universe......Page 70
The Anthropic Principle......Page 74
Chemical Evolution......Page 77
The Formation of the Solar System......Page 78
The Formation of Extrasolar Planets......Page 84
The Birth of Life on Earth......Page 91
Panspermia......Page 100
Evolution and Creationism......Page 103
Toward a Greater Complexity......Page 108
Catastrophes and Mass Extinctions......Page 113
Conditions Needed for the Development of Life......Page 123
Life on Mars......Page 134
Life in the Solar System......Page 144
The Search for Life Outside the Solar System......Page 150
Intelligence and Counciousness......Page 156
Consciousness......Page 160
The Development of Intelligence on Earth......Page 164
From Intelligence to Technology......Page 174
Evolution beyond Humans......Page 181
The Expansion of Intelligent Life......Page 183
The Search for Intelligent Signals......Page 191
The Rio Scale......Page 203
The Problem of the Answer......Page 204
The San Marino Scale......Page 207
Which Message?......Page 209
Extraterrestrials, How?......Page 214
Legal Rules for Relationships between Intelligent Species......Page 234
Interstellar Predators......Page 236
Encyclopedia Galactica and Galactic Internet......Page 238
The Zoo Hypothesis......Page 241
Interlude: The Search for Extraterrestrial Stupidity......Page 244
The Fermi Paradox......Page 250
Unidentified Flying Objects......Page 253
Historical Traces of Past Encounters......Page 256
Alien Probes in the Solar System......Page 261
Planetary Archaeology......Page 264
Interstellar Probes......Page 269
The Space Imperative and Human Expansion in Space......Page 274
Hostile Contacts......Page 276
Faster than Light Interstellar Journeys......Page 281
Epilogue......Page 288
Appendix A: Extrasolar Planets (December 23, 2005)......Page 294
Appendix B: Survey of Research Projects Active as of December 2005 or Recently Ended......Page 300
Appendix C: Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence......Page 306
A-B......Page 310
C-D-E......Page 311
F-G-H......Page 312
I-J-K-L-M......Page 313
N-O-P......Page 314
Q-R-S......Page 315
T-U-V-W-Y-Z......Page 316