Detection of pre-industrial societies on exoplanets

Lockley, Andrew; Visioni, Daniele

doi:10.1017/s1473550420000361

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“…Many methods can potentially detect extraterrestrial technosignatures (Bradbury, Ćirković and Dvorsky, 2011;Freitas, 1983;Ross, 2009;Shostak, 2015;Socas-Navarro et al, 2021). Even pre-industrial ones (Lockley and Visioni, 2021). If successful, they would allow the conclusion about the existence of extraterrestrial agency (Döbler and Raab, 2021).…”

Section: Human Setimentioning

confidence: 99%

Affordances in Outer Space: Forms of Life, Material Engagement, and Meaning within Space Exploration and SETI

Döbler¹,

Carbon²

2023

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Exploration of outer space is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking endeavor. The fascination about what may be out there only matches by asking who might be out there. Exopsychology is concerned about how humans think about extraterrestrials, but also how extraterrestrials may think. It strives to find generalizable psychological theories to enrich the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Here, we apply the psychological theory of affordance (PTA) and specify the role of the relation between brain, body, environment, and material engagement in the context of SETI. Producing technosignatures requires that a species skillfully realizes the relevant possibilities for action, which the Umwelt offers in all its socio-material richness. These so-called are not fixed but relational to individual and collective available abilities and customs. A successful first contact requires a mutual attunement to species-typical diachronic backdrops, which constitute meaning. One possibility for a meaningful message form and content is the reference to the material environment and its respective engagement. Meaningfulness of affordances is conserved in a form of life and transmitted via social interaction. Considering the affordances within SETI fosters an understanding of how the thinking and behavior of life forms in the Universe emerge in relation to their material environment.

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Section: Human Setimentioning

confidence: 99%

Affordances in Outer Space: Forms of Life, Material Engagement, and Meaning within Space Exploration and SETI

Döbler¹,

Carbon²

2023

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“…[32] (p. 498) Many methods can potentially detect extraterrestrial technosignatures [11][12][13][14][15]. It may even be possible (but hard) to link spectroscopic data patterns to pre-industrial technological activity, such as early agricultural practices or urban fires [65]. Successful detection of technosignatures allows for the conclusion about the existence of extraterrestrial agency [6].…”

Section: In Setimentioning

confidence: 99%