Most scientists assume that the universe must be populated with innumerable alien intelligences and civilizations—after all, we humans can't be so special. OK, so where are they, these "innumerable alien intelligences and civilizations"? How come there's zero evidence?
Featuring interviews with Jill Tarter, Douglas Vakoch, Frank Drake, Raymond Kurzweil, Francisco Ayala, Steven Dick, and David Brin.
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Nicholas Humphrey on Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness
Is Time Travel Possible?
Jill Tarter on Alien Intelligences, Extraterrestrial Technology, and SETI
What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Physics?
Sean Carroll on the Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Is Death Final?
Donald Hoffman on Reality, Consciousness, and Conscious Agents
What are Scientific Breakthroughs in Biology?
Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics and the Big Questions
How the Subconscious Affects Us
Stephon Alexander on the Fear of a Black Universe
What is Philosophy of Biology?
Noam Chomsky on Closer To Truth’s Big Questions (Part 4)
Noam Chomsky on Linguistic Theories and the Evolution of Language (Part 3)
Noam Chomsky on Theories of Linguistics (Part 2)
Noam Chomsky on Intellectual History and Reflections (Part 1)
Sir Roger Penrose on Consciousness and New Physics
Sir Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Quantum Mechanics, and General Relativity
Sir Roger Penrose on Mathematics and World Reflections
What's Beyond Physics?
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