Society of Catholic Scientists to Hold Conference on Non-Human Intelligence

The Society of Catholic Scientists (SCS) is set to hold a conference on non-human intelligence in Washington DC mid this year.

The Title of the June 4-6 conference is “Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human”. It will be at the Hilton Hotel and will bring together experts on non-human intelligence.

“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 CAN

Karin Öberg, professor of Astronomy and director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University will be speaking at the conference.

“[Öberg is] a rising star at Harvard, a tenured professor there, she's also a convert to the Catholic Faith. She is an expert on biochemistry that goes on in other planets,” Barr said. “There's a lot of excitement because in recent years astronomers have discovered large numbers of planets orbiting other nearby stars. They could learn a lot about these planets - how far they are from the star, how big the planet is, even things about the chemistry of the planet in some cases.”

There will be two poster sessions: one featuring presentations on the conference themes and another for presentations on some of the topics.

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