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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Main Author: Traphagan, John W. 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2019]
In: Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-45
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cargo cult / Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence / Faith / Science / Justification
Further subjects:B Seti
B cultural critique
B scientific justification
B Signification
B cargoism
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