Ep 33: Avi Loeb on First Contact in 'Extraterrestrial'

The Science in The Fiction

We speak with Professor Avi Loeb from the Harvard Astronomy department, and he is one of the most generous, gregarious, kind and thoughtful people we’ve ever spoken with. Not only that, he embodies the spirit of true scientific inquiry and discovery that can be sadly lacking in the scientific culture of our time. Our conversation revolves around the possibility of First Contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life, based on our encounter with Oumuamua - the first extra-solar object ever detected - which came flying in and out of our solar system over the course of about 11 days in 2017. We also talk about the Galileo Project and the Starshot Initiative, Dyson spheres and space trash from extraterrestrial civilizations, the Drake equation, anti-gravity, negative mass, time machines, UFOs and UAPs. We also discuss building a culture of seeking evidence instead of fabricating unsupported stories for dismissing it, and how finding a partner in the galaxy could give meaning to our collective lives.

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