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Theworlddidn\'tendon10September2008,butthepossibilitymayhavegotyouthinking:wasitworththerisk?Whatisthepointofscienceactually?GeoffreyGorhamconsidersthesequestionsandexploresthesocialandethicalimplicationsofsciencebylinkingthemtoissuesfacingscientiststoday:humanextinction,extraterrestrialintelligence,spacecolonization,andmore