Cargoism and Scientific Justification in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
This article compares justifications of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) presented by scientists with ideational constructs associated with cargo cults in Melanesia. In focusing on similarities between cargoism and SETI, I argue that, understood in terms of cultural practice, aspe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-45 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cargo cult
/ Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
/ Faith
/ Science
/ Justification
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| Further subjects: | B
Seti
B cultural critique B scientific justification B Signification B cargoism |
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