Bio-techno-signature Monitoring and Communication Guideposts for Extraterrestrial Life

Abstract

Attendees at the First Penn State SETI Symposium collaborated to develop guideposts for monitoring for and communicating with extraterrestrial life. Over the course of six hours of moderated, dialogic, art-based inquiry in 2022 June, four foundational questions catalyzed the creation of a set of ethics-informed guideposts: Who speaks for Earth, and who should speak for Earth?; What can be communicated, and what is communicated?; What should be communicated?; and How can it be communicated? The 10 resulting parameters offer ethical navigation for examining bio- and techno-markers.