Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua | Lex Fridman Podcast #154

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Avi’s Website: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/avi-loeb

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:31 – Are we alone in the universe?
6:46 – Consciousness
11:23 – Sending digital copies of humans to space
16:01 – Oumuamua
38:04 – Alien space junk
42:03 – What do aliens look like?
59:21 – Drake equation
1:00:23 – Industrial polution from aliens
1:12:15 – UFO sightings
1:20:11 – How long will human civilization last?
1:22:51 – Radio signal from Proxima Centauri
1:26:12 – Breakthrough Starshot project
1:29:11 – Space race
1:34:22 – Human space exploration
1:39:38 – Social media is a threat to society
1:44:26 – Are humans ready for discovering an alien civilization?
1:48:38 – Mayans used astrology to wage war
1:49:53 – Black holes
2:08:43 – Stephen Hawking
2:12:21 – Grigori Perelman
2:16:46 – Theory of everything
2:23:45 – Dark matter
2:26:28 – Advice for young people
2:29:32 – Memories of my father and mother
2:34:01 – Existentialism
2:36:15 – Mortality
2:38:49 – Meaning of life

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