The issue is bad and missunderstood readings on military hardware. No civilian agency should be involved. There is nothing civilian here to begin with.
The issue is bad and missunderstood readings on military hardware. No civilian agency should be involved. There is nothing civilian here to begin with.
Incorrect. Commercial pilots are also misidentifying objects/lights and dealing with increased aerial clutter.
I’m not sure how it could be any other agency other than NASA
Because you are thinking aliens, therefore space, therefore NASA.
Once you think balloons/drones, congested airspace, and pilot misidentification, you start thinking civilian air safety, therefore FAA.
Literally the first item in the NASA charter is:
(1) The expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space;So NASA is exactly the right place to go for things happening in the atmosphere that are not understood. It is not because "space = aliens"
I’m not sure how it could be any other agency other than NASA
Because you are thinking aliens, therefore space, therefore NASA.
Once you think balloons/drones, congested airspace, and pilot misidentification, you start thinking civilian air safety, therefore FAA.
Space does not automatically equal aliens.
SETI has carried out an experiment in communication with humpback whales as part of learning how to communicate with alien species:
What should we say to them?
If communication can be carried out successfully, then should we follow a "prime directive" constraining how we communicate with them?
We should ask them to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
should we follow a "prime directive" constraining how we communicate with them?
"Non-interference"? I think that ship has sailed.
If they have significant intelligence, then couldn't our communication with them significantly alter the course of their existence?
As our communication with them informs us more about their existence, their perspectives, etc, then how do we adjust to that?
SETI has carried out an experiment in communication with humpback whales as part of learning how to communicate with alien species:
*Yeet videos*
What should we say to them?
If communication can be carried out successfully, then should we follow a "prime directive" constraining how we communicate with them?
No, because no such thing as a "prime directive" exists in actuality. Much like the "three laws of robotics" it's a sci-fi tv show trope with limited practicality and it generally causes more issues than it helps in virtually every episode it's featured in.
If they have significant intelligence, then couldn't our communication with them significantly alter the course of their existence?
Yes, it undoubtedly would.
As our communication with them informs us more about their existence, their perspectives, etc, then how do we adjust to that?
Probably the same way that humans have always reacted and adjusted to being more informed about the existence of others. In other words: Not well.
SETI has carried out an experiment in communication with humpback whales as part of learning how to communicate with alien species:
What should we say to them?
If communication can be carried out successfully, then should we follow a "prime directive" constraining how we communicate with them?
That was featured on episode one of the Royal Institution lectures this year broadcast over the festive period on the BBC. On the episode it was stated that very early results show it’s possible they have vowels in their songs.