How should the world's governments respond if we detect an alien civilization?
Geopolitical Implications of a Successful SETI
Program
By Jason T. Wright, Chelsea Haramia, Gabriel Swiney
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.15125.pdf
This paper is a response to a previous article published in 2020 called "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: A Realpolitik Consideration."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0265964620300199
I know:
Bringing rational agency into a discussion about government policy.
*should* always get the response, "Where There's Your Problem."
If you find some good papers on "MetaLaw" please post.
Thanks...
@corlin
I had a conversation with Dr Jill Tarter at SETI about how morality and ethics could provide some perspective on how to establish experiments to detect ETI's.
She introduced me to the concept of MetaLaw. I'm still attempting to understand it.