Chelsea Haramia
@chelseaharamia.bsky.social
philosgopher chelseaharamia.com
Many thanks to the organizers and participants of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World conference for such an excellent and stimulating gathering in a truly beautiful setting
You don't have to try so hard, Colorado. I'm a sure thing
Happy Friday! Catch @notnotrocketscience.com and me on today's Science Friday talking about the Discovery & Futures Lab @setiinstitute.bsky.social Or check out the episode anytime here: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/wha...
What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?
The sci-fi movie “Disclosure Day” predicts that our reaction to intelligent alien life will be chaotic. But what does the science say?
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The words and attitudes we take into space are as important as the materials we launch off Earth 🚀 #Goldschmidt2026
#PPOD: This image shows satellites crossing the night sky above the northern Atacama Desert in Chile over just one hour. It is a stack of a time-lapse video taken on 15 October 2025, about two hours after sunset. 🧪 🔭
the only worthwhile contribution to AC discourse is the question of why god did not simply fix Alvin Plantinga's AC unit youtu.be/4nDOxLh6AbQ?...
Expert: Don't wait until AC unit breaks
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Soaking up the last bits of beautiful weather here on the North Sea before heading back to the hot hot heat
Many thanks to the St. Andrews @setihub.bsky.social for the opportunity not only to trade the heat wave in Germany for a beautiful day in Scotland, but also to enjoy chips that are flavored with something other than paprika
New international SETI protocols are redefining how scientists would verify and announce evidence of alien technology. At the same time, the SETI Institute's Discovery and Futures Lab is asking an even bigger question: How will humanity respond? 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Join Dr. Lauren Sgro, @notnotrocketscience.com, and @chelseaharamia.bsky.social for a conversation about science, ethics, communication, and our future among the stars. 📅 June 16 🕚️ 11:00 am PDT youtube.com/live/38gom_7...
SETI Live: New SETI Protocols Released
If you like science, support the SETI Institute! We're a non-profit research institution whose focus is understanding the nature and origins of life in the u...
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New episode dropped ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Story Phi Podcast@storyphi.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 04 is out! Join cohosts @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social as we read the short story "The Sound" and chat about its themes with the author, Dr. @rachelahandley.com. Come for the story. Stay for the phi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtW...
The Sound! Out now! @rachelahandley.com
Story Phi Podcast@storyphi.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 04 is out! Join cohosts @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social as we read the short story "The Sound" and chat about its themes with the author, Dr. @rachelahandley.com. Come for the story. Stay for the phi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtW...
This is what a philosopher looks like? Good times at the Desirable AI conference here at the University of Bonn www.desirableai.com/events/irrat...
Discovery & Futures Lab Directors in attendance @setiinstitute.bsky.social's Drake Awards honoring the venerable Lori Marino! @notnotrocketscience.com provided a wonderful introduction to Marino and her valuable contributions to SETI science, cetacean research, and interspecies ethics
DeutscheBahn selfie on my way to speak at the Hidden Futures event at Pact Zollverein www.pact-zollverein.de/kalender/hid...
“While our ignorance of the cosmos is vast, it is not untreatable,” Haramia says. “Mitigating ignorance in meaningful ways requires good science, good philosophy, and good understandings of the contexts in which searching and research are taking place."
SETI Institute Launches Discovery and Futures Lab to Explore Humanity’s Response to Life Beyond Earth
The SETI Institute’s new Discovery and Futures Lab is expanding the search for life beyond Earth, uniting science, ethics, and society to prepare for potential contact.
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Our recent philosophy of science paper argues that astrobiology epitomizes the principles of epistemic pluralism. Astrobiology embraces multiple legitimate sources of knowledge, and astrobiologists are always developing and pursuing many parallel and competing theories about life in the universe.
Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology - Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Journal for General Philosophy of Science - Astrobiology is a field that asks profound questions about the universe by simultaneously acquiring knowledge from multiple disciplines in order to...
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I am really excited to see this press release go live! Happy to report that the amazing @notnotrocketscience.com and I are now co-Directors of the new Discovery & Futures Lab at @setiinstitute.bsky.social www.seti.org/news/seti-in...
SETI Institute Launches Discovery and Futures Lab to Explore the Human Dimensions of Life Beyond Earth
New initiative bridges science, society, and the future of discovery in astrobiology and SETI
seti.org
Passed by some baby birds on my ride to the office today. Was passed by a herd of sheep on the way back. Today was a good day
2nd Earth Space Sustainability conference in Leiden was great. Here I am serving on a panel for Starlight as Nature (photo credit: © Barbra Verbij) + I presented on Sustainability Puzzles and the Extraterrestrial Turn. Our @fogos-space.bsky.social leaders were fantastic organizers and co-chairs!
As tech companies propose to launch up to a million new satellites into Earth orbit, my colleague Emilie Lafleche and I explore the multifarious value of preserving Earth's dark skies in an essay for @sequencermag.bsky.social.
The Moral Case Against Artificial Constellations
Three potential satellite projects may change our night sky forever. Beyond the environmental and scientific problems, the proposals are an ethical nightmare.
sequencermag.com
There may someday be a German documentary in which I get to talk about space ethics and SETI. Here's pictorial proof of the possibility (Photo credit: Bernd Siering)
Just putting this on folks' radar: Carol Cleland and I have a chapter about anomalies and astrobiology in this forthcoming book, available July 16, 2026!
Astronomy and Philosophy
Cambridge Core - History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics - Astronomy and Philosophy
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