Cosmic Encounters: Extraterrestrial Life and the Quest for Meaning Across Science, Myth, and Culture
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Extraterrestrial life raises science, spirituality, and philosophy questions and acts as a mirror for humanity, shaping myths, science fiction, music, and film from Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to Sagan’s Contact and works like Arrival and E.T., with the potential to unite us or provoke existential unease in our search for meaning.