The Conversation - Eight - Dr. Chris McKay
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Conversation
Length: 36:35
Let’s take this up a level. Dr. Chris McKay is a planetary scientist who spends his days searching for microbial life beyond Earth from NASA’s Ames Research Center. Dr. McKay is also active in discussions of bioethics, Mars colonization, and terraforming. We spoke about the search for life on Mars and how it can inform our thinking about life, biodiversity, and ethics on Earth. You can expect the themes of biocentrism and anthropocentrism to rear their heads again, making Dr. McKay’s conversation an interesting contrast with Jan Lundberg’s biocentrism.
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Let’s take this up a level. Dr. Chris McKay is a planetary scientist who spends his days searching for microbial life beyond Earth from NASA’s Ames Research Center. Dr. McKay is also active in discussions of bioethics, Mars colonization, and terraforming. We spoke about the search for life on Mars and how it can inform our thinking about life, biodiversity, and ethics on Earth. You can expect the themes of biocentrism and anthropocentrism to rear their heads again, making Dr. McKay’s conversation an interesting contrast with Jan Lundberg’s biocentrism.
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