World governments must start preparing for an eventual encounter with extraterrestrial life, according to a prestigious group of scientists in the UK.
World governments must start preparing a coordinated way to an eventual meeting with extraterrestrial life, according to a prestigious group of scientists in the UK.
In an edition of the journal Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society British institution, the scientists note that for the first time in human history "is a possibility whether realistic or not we are alone in the universe. "
" If it happens that we are not alone ..., this would fundamentally affect the way humanity understands itself and need to be prepared for the consequences "say the researchers Martin Dominik and John C. Zarnecki in the introductory text.
" Lack of coordination can be avoided by creating a global structure in a truly global effort governed by an international political legitimacy ".
The two researchers note that, for this purpose, the United Nations already has an institutional mechanism was established in 1959, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Atmospheric Extra Space (COPUOS, acronym in English).
claim that COPUOS member states need to "super-Earth issues" on the agenda to bring that to the General Assembly to establish similar structures have been created to deal with possible threats to Earth crashes nearby objects such as asteroids.
What would the "aliens"?
The Professor Simon Conway Morris, an expert in evolutionary paleobiology at Cambridge University, says we should prepare for the worst.
"If intelligent aliens exist, will be just like us, and given our inglorious history, that we should think. "
According to the expert is likely that the development of guidelines follow Darwinian strange worlds and extraterrestrial life therefore may have important similarities to life on Earth.
Thus, argues Conway Morris," aliens "may seem to us even with our worst tendencies.
scientist says there are two opposite possibilities and that the two should make us tremble with fear: we find" aliens "like us or that simply no one else out there.
will seriously
In this special issue of the trade publication of the Royal Society, researchers say that movies and science fiction, "a more scientific basis than others," should not be underestimated as they are ways to "advance knowledge of new frontiers."
More than the invasion of Earth by alien beings, "the most likely scenarios involve screening microbial organisms and / or alien life at a safe distance."
These considerations suggest that scientists are taking seriously the possibility of extraterrestrial life will soon discover.
What faith?
"The confirmation of extraterrestrial life could mean the collapse of religion on earth?
The question is asked Ted Peters, professor of systematic theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary in California.
"No", is your answer.
In his extensive paper examines specific challenges that the detection of extraterrestrial life would bring traditional beliefs. One of them, for example, "one terrestrial incarnation of Jesus Christ is sufficient for the entire cosmos?".
According to Peters, retire existing is proof of "aliens", theologians would not lose his job, on the contrary: the new challenge would be to reformulate the traditional religious commitments in the light "of the new and broad vision of God's creation. "
traditional theologians become, well, in astrotheological.
Peters says that perhaps it is time to prepare for this eventuality.
His conclusion is that faith in major religions Earth will survive intact.
PERSONAL OPINION: Do not know which order these publications will have a future alien arrival is not known if a smoke or something directly related to the noun, however, be Antentas and investigate ... greetings
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