We Make the Gods We Want to Have
What does it mean for a telescope to be showing us the past 13 billion years? What are we looking for out there?
What does it mean for a telescope to be showing us the past 13 billion years? What are we looking for out there?
By Alissa Whitmore Reinhard, Andrew (2018) Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. New York: Berghahn Books….
By Emma Louise Backe Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012) was an epic, existential prologue to Alien (1979) over twenty years in…
My colleague Rayna presents us with interesting observations on the representations of anthropologists in science-fiction: in her opinion, they are…
At first glance, the Prime Directive looks like an astonishing and humble moral posture: humans admit that they don’t know everything. They should mind their own business instead of imposing their views on others. They should respect the laws, cultures and values of others. They should not interfere with aliens whose development is under a certain level and allow them to develop naturally.