M. Cirkovic

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Global Catastrophic Risks
Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction I BACKGROUND Long-term astrophysical processes Evolution theory and the future of humanity Millenial tendencies in responses to apocalyptic threats Cognitive…
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The temporal aspect of the drake equation and SETI.
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It is shown that the Drake equation tacitly relies on unverified assumptions on both the physicochemical history of the authors' galaxy and the properties of advanced intelligent communities to form prerequisites for quantification of therake equation parameters.
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MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM EFFECTS IN BIOPHYSICS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
It is shown that investigations in the field of microwave resonance stimulation of the acupuncture system, as well as investigations of the interactions of consciousness with microscopic and…
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The astrobiological landscape : philosophical foundations of the study of cosmic life
Introduction Acknowledgements 1. Astrobiology: the colour out of space? 2. Cosmology, life, and duration of the past 3. Cosmology, life, and selection effects 4. Cosmology, life, and the archipelago…
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The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox
Against the Empire
It is argued that the "generic" evolutionary pathway of advanced technological civilizations are more likely to be optimization-driven than expansion-driven, in contrast to the prevailing opinions…
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Kardashev's Classification at 50+: A Fine Vehicle with Room for Improvement
We review the history and status of the famous classification of extraterrestrial civilizations given by the great Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Semenovich Kardashev, roughly half a century after it…
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Fermi's Paradox - The Last Challenge For Copernicanism?
We review Fermi's paradox (or the 'Great Silence' problem), not only arguably the oldest and crucial problem for the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI), but also a conundrum of profound…
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If The Universe Is Teeming With Aliens... Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life. By Stephen Webb. Copernicus Books, New York, 2002. 304…
  • M. Cirkovic
  • Chemistry
    Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
  • 1 February 2005
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Anthropic Shadow: Observation Selection Effects and Human Extinction Risks
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A significant practical consequence of taking anthropic biases into account in deriving predictions for rare stochastic catastrophic events is described, and some directions for future work are suggested.
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