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\n(Abridged)(NASA)  110 p MF $1.45;SOD  \nHC $1.25 Domestic Post paid  \nCSCL 03B  \nH1/30  \nN73-30807  \nUnclas  \n)  13424  \nmU  \nO992第  \ncOVER  \nGREAT NEBULA in Orion;NGC 1976,Messier 42.200-inch photograph.  \nCopyright 1959by California Institute of Technologyand Carnegie Institution of Washington.A Hale Observatories Photo.  \nife6eUOnoearth  themind ofman  \nEDITED BY RICHARD BERENDZEN  \nA symposium held at Boston Universityon November 20,1972  \nNATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONScientific and Technical Information Office·Washington,D.C.  \nFor sale by the Superintendent of Documents,U.S.Government Printing Office,Washington,D.C.20402Price $1.25 domestic postpaid or$1GPO Bookstore  \n# Foreword\n\nIn considering the possible existence of extrater-restrial life,we have become accustomed to think-ing of it chiefly in the context of our solar system.Yet in recent years information has accumulatedthat suggests,by some estimates of probability,that forms of life could be broadly distributedthroughout the galaxy.It is within the realms ofpossibility,in fact,likely that technically advancedcivilizations may exist on the planets of distantstars.Communications with such far-off islands ofintelligence may someday be begun,with effects onman's home planet that can now be only imperfectlyimagined  \nA symposium to explore implications of this fas-cinating subject—the social,philosophic,and hu-manistic impact—was held in Boston last fall.Jointly sponsored by Boston University and NASA,the meeting brought out diverse viewpoints from apanel made up of two astronomers,a biologist,a  \nphysicist,an anthropologist,and a theologian,allof them men of distinction in their fields.  \nThe text that follows is a slight abridgment ofthe transcript of this symposium.Many of the pro-vocative and in some degree conflicting ideas ex-pressed are worthy of consideration by thoughtfulpersons everywhere.  \nJAMES C.FLETCHER,AdministratorNational Aeronautics and Space Administration  \nContents  \nPAGE  \nBERENDZEN ………………………………………………………………………1  \nSAGAN …………………………………………………………………………………5  \nWALD…………………………………………………………………………15  \nMONTAGU…………………………………………………………………21  \nSTENDAHL …………………………………………………………………………29  \nMORRISON …………………………………………………………………………35  \nBERENDZEN …………………………………………………………………47  \nDISCUSSION …………………………………………………………………………………53  \nQUESTIONS …………………………………………………………………………74  \nTHE PANELISTS ………………………………………………………………103  \nBerendzen  \nWelcome to the symposium on “Life Beyond Earthand the Mind of Man.\"Our topic will be thesearch for life in the universe and the ramificationsof its possible discovery.Although there have beena handful of scientific meetings on this topic,to thebest of my knowledge this is the first time there hasever been a meeting where a distinguished panelfrom diverse fields will discuss the topic in an openforum.  \nA generation ago almost all scientists wouldhave argued,often ex cathedra,that there probablyis no other life in the universe besides what weknow here on Earth.But as Martin Rees,the cos-mologist,has succinctly put it,\"absence of evi-dence is not evidence of absence.\"Beyond that,inthe last decade or so the evidence,albeit circum-stantial,has become large indeed,so large,in fact,that today many scientists,probably the majority,are convinced that extraterrestrial life surely mustexist and possibly in enormous abundance.The  \n1","cbCaipcsCpImvsjK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipcsCpImvsjK","pdf",19655877,112,"English","# Foreword\n## Contents\n## Panelists\n### Berendzen\n## Discussion\n## Questions","[{\"question\":\"What is the symposium about in these proceedings?\",\"answer\":\"The proceedings focus on the search for life in the universe and the broader ramifications of discovering it.\"},{\"question\":\"Who took part in the symposium panel?\",\"answer\":\"The meeting brought together diverse experts, including two astronomers, a biologist, a physicist, an anthropologist, and a 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