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arXiv 2007.13515physics.pop-phphysics.hist-ph
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SETI与民主

SETI and Democracy

Peter Hatfield, Leah Trueblood

摘要:

关于搜寻地外智慧生物和向地外智慧生物发送信息的利弊,存在着广泛的争论(SETI和METI)。然而,有一个合理的(但不是普遍的)共识,即在没有与更广泛的社会和世界其他地区协商的情况下,不应单方面回复来自外星智慧生物的信息。但是,这种咨询实际上应该如何运作?在本文中,我们讨论了在这种情况下,决策可以民主地进行,并获得合法性的各种方式。特别是我们考虑科学家领导的反应,政治家领导的反应,通过全民投票决定反应,最后通过公民大会。我们介绍了对英国2,000人进行的一项代表性调查的结果,调查内容是他们认为应如何最好地确定应对措施,最后讨论了公众对COVID-19大流行的科学专业知识的反应。

英文摘要:

There is a wide-ranging debate about the merits and demerits of searching for, and sending messages to, extraterrestrial intelligences (SETI and METI). There is however reasonable (but not universal) consensus that replying to a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence should not be done unilaterally, without consultation with wider society and the rest of the world. But how should this consultation actually work? In this paper we discuss various ways that decision making in such a scenario could be done democratically, and gain legitimacy. In particular we consider a scientist-led response, a politician-led response, deciding a response using a referendum, and finally using citizens' assemblies. We present the results of a survey of a representative survey of 2,000 people in the UK on how they thought a response should best be determined, and finally discuss parallels to how the public is responding to scientific expertise in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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