John Traphagan on Cargo Cults and Active SETI

Update: 2018-06-03

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Hello, is there anyone out there? Just nod if you can hear us. What will happen if we are able to contact intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Prof. John Traphagan, professor and Mitsubishi Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas - Austin, examines this question within the framework of our knowledge about "cargo cults." But before we get to cargo cults, we ask how a professor of religious studies with an interest in Japanese culture ended up writing...

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John Traphagan on Cargo Cults and Active SETI

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John Traphagan on Cargo Cults and Active SETI

John Traphagan on Cargo Cults and Active SETI