http://plw.vox.com/library/posts/tags/aliens/page/1/ Mathematics, science, and thinking in general en Vox Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:47:47 +1200 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aliens http://plw.vox.com/library/post/hoping-we-are-alone-in-the-universe.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil Wilson) http://plw.vox.com/library/post/hoping-we-are-alone-in-the-universe.html?_c=feed-rss http://plw.vox.com/library/post/hoping-we-are-alone-in-the-universe.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:47:47 +1200 The ever-wonderful Nick Bostrom, who to my knowledge was the first to argue scientifically that we are overwhelmingly more likely to be living in a computer simulation than otherwise, has a short essay on his hope that we are alone in the universe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://plw.vox.com/library/post/hoping-we-are-alone-in-the-universe.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96f8f09e4cd500e3989deca10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> aliens big picture posthuman http://plw.vox.com/library/post/alien-awareness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Phil Wilson) http://plw.vox.com/library/post/alien-awareness.html?_c=feed-rss http://plw.vox.com/library/post/alien-awareness.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:55:57 +1200 Are we too parochial in our search for alien life? Can we define life, can we set limits on where it can or cannot exist, on what chemicals and in what environments it can and cannot persist? I'm put in mind of the engineers who believed train tra... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://plw.vox.com/library/post/alien-awareness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96f8f09e4cd500e3989d11040001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science life aliens big picture