CATHOLIC SCIENTISTS TO HOLD ALIEN & NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE

THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC SCIENTISTS TO HOLD ‘EXTRATERRESTRIALS, AI, AND MINDS BEYOND THE HUMAN’ NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON

The conference is titled “Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human” and will take place at the Hilton Hotel from June 4-6. The event will also be live-streamed. Conference discussions will provide scientific and theological insights on the subjects of real and hypothetical intelligences, especially extraterrestrial and artificial intelligences. “There'll be 13 talks. Half of the talks are going to be about extraterrestrial life, and there's going to be talks by some big experts on that subject,” Dr. Stephen Barr, president of the Society of Catholic Scientists, told CNA. Four of the invited speakers will discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life from their respective fields of study - astrophysics, astrochemistry, evolutionary biology, and Catholic theology.

We told you how back in 2014 that Pope Francis said this about alien visitation: “If – for example – tomorrow an expedition of Martians came, and some of them came to us, here … Martians, right? Green, with that long nose and big ears, just like children paint them … And one says, ‘But I want to be baptized!’ What would happen?” Pope Francis remarked, and told the audience that baptism is open to everyone.’ In two months, the Society of Catholic Scientists will hold a non-human intelligence seminar.