Dr. Chelsea Haramia as Guest at the Research Colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

In her lecture “Ethics for Post-Detection Scenarios and Pre-Detection Messaging” at the research colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dr. Chelsea Haramia addresses central ethical questions concerning potential communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. She discusses topics ranging from the risks of targeted METI signals (Messaging ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) to moral responsibilities in the context of possible future discoveries.

A key question here is: Can individuals who engage in METI be held morally accountable if humanity is already detectable even without intentional signals? Dr. Chelsea Haramia explores this and many other issues in her talk.