Alien intelligent life

Biology, Physics, Chemistry. 23/09/10

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This is a conversation with a theoretical physicist Avi Loeb. He is a Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author of the book "Extraterrestrial: the first sign of an intelligent life beyond earth" In this conversation we talk about are we alone in the universe?, first interstellar object named Oumuamua, how we can detect alien intelligent life and the Galileo project.

About the guest

  • 00:00:00 Introduction

  • 00:01:22 Journey to become a professor at Harvard university

  • 00:07:15 Drake's equation and number of intelligent civilizations in the Universe

  • 00:13:36 Oumuamua

  • 00:17:55 Oumuamua like objects

  • 00:18:55 Oumuamua product of another intelligent civilization

  • 00:24:40 Nature of Oumuamua

  • 00:31:26 The Galileo project

  • 00:37:38 Size of the extraterrestrial objects and our telescopes

  • 00:42:02 Are we ready to meet an alien intelligent civilization?

  • 00:50:56 Scientific method

  • 00:58:29 Are there any good/bad questions in science?

  • 01:02:20 Wars and progress of humanity!

  • 01:04:45 Impact of realizing that we are not alone!

  • 01:05:45 Probability of humanity getting extinct!

  • 01:07:49 Space exploration

  • 01:10:11 Purpose of humanity

  • 01:12:36 Future of astrophysics and humanity

  • 01:14:23 Thank you!

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