But such a set of general ideas is a long way from a research program. In the first half century of the post-Darwinian world, cosmic evolution did not find fertile ground among astronomers who were hard-pressed to find evidence for it. Spec…In short, both in our relationship with extraterrestrials and with God—however conceived—human destiny would be quite different in a universe full of biologicals or postbiologicals than if we were alone. If extraterrestrial intelligence is …5. Michael J. Crowe, The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750–1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 224–225, 274–277, 464–465. Simon Schaffer has shown the place of the nebular hypothesis in a general “science of progress” i…
George Ellery Hale
scientist · 3 mentions across 1 reading
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Hale appears only as a passing reference in the course materials, cited peripherally in Crowe's historical account of extraterrestrial life debate without substantive elaboration on his own contributions. The excerpts suggest his work relates to spectroscopy and observational astronomy's role in shaping nineteenth-century cosmological thinking, but the readings do not develop his significance for the seminar's focus on AI, cybernetics, and technological futures.
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