Steve Watson

Interstellar Exploration System: First Contact Protocol

Monday, November 11th, 2019

Assumptions: IXS Basic Protocol of Operations has been followed Extra-terrestrial intelligences (ETI) are discovered at the latest by orbital scan operations (their planet is ETIP) and are not technologically sophisticated (have no spacefaring or close observational capability) IXS is expected to begin Contact procedures where possible Principles: It is the ...

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Non-Western Philosophies in the Academy

Monday, November 4th, 2019

This morning I listened to a Philosopher’s Zone podcast (our ABC) 'Philosophy in the Wake of Empire: The White Way to Think' featuring B W van Norden (a famous student of Chinese philosophy – I’m currently reading his ‘Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy’) talking about the failure of Western Philosophy ...

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