A philosopher's guide to meeting aliens on Earth

By Marcus Strom
Updated May 9 2017 - 9:43am, first published April 3 2017 - 10:44am
SMH News story by, Marcus Strom.Photo shows, Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of Other Minds: the octopus and the evolution of intelligent life. Photo by, Peter Rae Tuesday 28 March 2017 Photo: Peter Rae
SMH News story by, Marcus Strom.Photo shows, Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of Other Minds: the octopus and the evolution of intelligent life. Photo by, Peter Rae Tuesday 28 March 2017 Photo: Peter Rae

When pondering the possibility of alien life, most of us gaze up into the heavens to the multitude of stars that populate the eternity of the night sky.