论文标题
塞蒂和民主
SETI and Democracy
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论文摘要
关于搜索和发送消息的优点和信息，存在着广泛的辩论（SETI和METI）。但是，有合理的共识是，如果不与更广泛的社会和世界其他地区进行磋商，就不应单方面地回答外星情报的信息。但是，这项咨询应该如何工作？在本文中，我们讨论了在这种情况下可以民主做出决策并获得合法性的各种方式。特别是我们考虑了由科学家主导的回应，由政治家主导的回应，决定使用全民投票做出回应，最后使用公民的议会。我们介绍了对英国2,000人的代表性调查的调查结果，内容涉及他们如何最好地确定回应，并最终讨论公众如何回应Covid-19的科学专业知识。
There is a wide-ranging debate about the merits and demerits of searching for, and sending messages to, extraterrestrial intelligences (SETI and METI). There is however reasonable (but not universal) consensus that replying to a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence should not be done unilaterally, without consultation with wider society and the rest of the world. But how should this consultation actually work? In this paper we discuss various ways that decision making in such a scenario could be done democratically, and gain legitimacy. In particular we consider a scientist-led response, a politician-led response, deciding a response using a referendum, and finally using citizens' assemblies. We present the results of a survey of a representative survey of 2,000 people in the UK on how they thought a response should best be determined, and finally discuss parallels to how the public is responding to scientific expertise in the COVID-19 Pandemic
