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.
More about Avi's work: https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/
Buy Avi's book:
https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth-ebook/dp/B081TTY4NX
Timeline of the session:
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!
Other conversations and talks:
1) Intelligent Life Beyond Earth @Commonwealth Club of California
2) Was Earth visited by intelligent life? @KTLA 5
3) Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua @Lex Fridman
4) How the Scientific Community Isn't Open Minded @PowerfulJRE
5) Avi Loeb on evidence of close extraterrestrial encounters @CBS Mornings
6) Extraterrestrial Life ( https://youtu.be/uFrBcy0P6iM) @Museum of Science, Boston
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