My Search for Proof Aliens Exist | Avi Loeb | TED
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- Why have we not yet found proof of alien life? According to astrophysicist Avi Loeb, we simply haven't dedicated the proper resources. Diving into unidentified phenomena such as the Oumuamua asteroid, he explores his scientific search for extraterrestrial technology, envisioning a future where a higher interstellar intelligence helps us improve life here on Earth.
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“I do not have a footprint on social media, I enjoy nature” … I was expecting applause but the silence was deafening.
The SETI project is waiting for a call, he is not waiting for a call at all. The truth is in the middle.
Because only an alien wouldn't have a social media foot print. 😋
Emotional shock 😂
Can a scientist lead a country better than a politician ?
@@masteronionnorth2341 This is only if the purpose of the mission is not to make contact.
"Science is better than politics." Applause. 👍
And yet scientists are beholden to politicians for funding.
Science has always been political, that’s the irony
And here he is
Politics is the lowest form of life on Earth
Science is unlimited freedom.
Politics is about punishment.
"We are not the pinnacle of creation. There's room for improvement."
Would suggest that anyone unfamiliar with the bipartisan UAP Disclosure Act of 2023, proposed by the Senate majority leader as an amendment to the FY24 NDAA, should go read the language in that document.
That bill would have conveyed eminent domain over any recovered NHI materials, as well as created a nine-person civilian review board which would oversee the release of government documents relating to UAP.
That bill passed the Senate, but was stripped of those crucial provisions in the House during conference.
tell Trump that
Who thought we were ? We The Children
Senate majority leaderin 2024 was a scientist? Don’t think so. He believes in Bigfoot too. 😂
@@bob2ride DUDE Seriously, If YOU do not Know about Sasquatch ( bigfoot to you ) NOW in 2024, your Way behind and have to Catch way up. Got it, and besides that, there's a lot of other Secrets that the GOVT Has Kept from US. Dude Your Behind - Get it.
I stopped watching TED talks like 8 years ago.. this popped up on my feed for good reasons.. what a great talk!!
Same ...and I am so happy also to have bumped into this presentation !
@@richardvanderwerff7264 Me too in a same team thank you
Same here.
Same!
in the introduction he says to see 100 billion stars. they might exist, but can not be seen looking up into the sky.
Avi doesn't deserve that hate he has received from the scientific community
Since when does science not allow curiosity and wonder? He is asking questions that are absolutely fundamental to our existence
I'm watching a Ted talk with the title "My search for proof aliens exist".
I might as well be watching the history channel
The problem is that he's always jumping to conclusions
His isn’t wonder and curiosity. He continues to make claims without evidence, like omaumau and the sheroids.
@@hllok How is that not evidence? What is evidence to you? Them landing on the White House lawn?
@Anomaly_Files18
That would be strong evidence.
Nice talk - I’m glad there’s a scientist out there brave enough to put it all on the line for something we all want answers too
The only bravery required is the risk that funding might be hard to come by. That can limit the amount of work a scientist can do. There is no loss of respect for pursuing any research question. Scientists pursue knowledge for its own sake, not because it's in some socially correct field. Funding and urgent social need do influence which questions scientists will study, but there is no ostracism of scientists who study unusual ideas. (Extraterrestrial life is by no means an unusual subject of scientific study. NASA continues to spend massive amounts of money on the question, as do scientists working in universities around the world. It's not a fringe idea in research, and it never has been.)
Science will tell you if youre being visited or not.
And right now? Nope.
Life in the universe? Sure. I'm 98% sure there is. If it was just 1 life form PER GALAXY or even 1 per 100 galaxies, life would still be abundant in the Universe. But coming here in space ships? NOPE.
Plenty of scientists are looking for ET. But most are looking for them, not saying they are there first.
@@Rotwang72 Yeah, saying they are there and then looking for evidence to support that claim - that's something non-scientists struggle with. It's easy to support any claim if you say it's true and then look for evidence in favor of it, but that's how we come up with fringe ideas that appear to non-scientists to have solid evidence to support them, when what we really have is unchallenged evidence that is often misunderstood, and claims that remain unsupported.
The world needs more curious farm boys. Gods speed Dr Loab!
In fact, what he said about the farm boy and the adults in the room clearly indicates that he is at least one of the candidates, but how can he be told about this if he is not on social networks?
The owners of pecan farms in israel arent really the same thing as some poor hick buddy of yours from Iowa dude
@@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965 You think a member of God's chosen would do that? Get on a stage and tell lies?
@@JamesTaylor-on9nz antisemitism aside, when confronted at the very end, "yes or no question, will we find evidence of extra terrestrial life in the next ten years" Not only does question reveal that what Avi found last year IS NOT a sign of extra-terrestrial life, he quickly answered YES knowing full and well he is lying to his audience for clicks. So just because this "adorable farm boy" from Harvard doesn't have a social media presence like joe rogan, doesn't mean he isn't selling the same click bait for a future podcast deal.
@@JamesTaylor-on9nz but yeah, he's using flowerly language to manipulate simple ppl into buying his trash points.
"4 trillion dollars a year on military budgets"
Insane :(
Everything we know and have known as a species, every event in our evolution and history happened on this pale blue dot. When you think about it, it is imperative that w fight to the death for every square inch of it.
@@grilledslug7647 with who?
@@mrtienphysics666 Why our Ancient Alien overlords, OfCourse.
Thank you! Perfect.
@@grilledslug7647 That's the whole point that you lot always miss.
I mean it's right there in front of your own nose and you still can't see it.
Even a portion of that '4 trillion dollars a year' would INCREASE the size and number of 'every square inch' you insist we need to fight over. Even a school kid can understand this simple notion. Why can't you?
"There is room for improvement" Amen!!!!
For the human race, I don't know, all I can Do is Hope.
He meant that if we are god's creation then god is flawed. It's basically a saying watching science that we can't have been engineered, there's too many flaws with the human body and brain. You saying amen to this is truly ironic.
Amun*
@@appsenence9244 There does exist quite a few Christians, Jews, and Muslims who do believe the universe is ~13.7bn years old and that we, like the rest of life, has been formed via natural selection, though.
According to them it's the soul we've been gifted that's perfect and indestructible, not our physical bodies themselves.
@@riir1893 ok?
He's absolutely right. He's never claimed he knows something for sure. He just simply says there are possibilities. Many science channels I watch refuses to even consider the possibility of intelligence from another galaxy. I find those channel rather close minded. Dr. Lien is much more accepting to new ideas and possibilities.
Yes, there are possibilities. There are also possibilities for fairies and leprechauns - just no DATA.
That's an important difference between science channels and scientists. A scientist cannot simply dismiss the work of someone who rigorously follows the scientific method, no matter what questions they're addressing, and I've never seen that happen. To do so puts the critic outside the realm of science. The actual problem, as Avi alluded to, is funding. Scientists cannot dispute someone who follows the scientific method, but granting agencies are less likely to fund projects that have a lower probability of success. The question of extraterrestrial life has been studied very carefully (e.g., with every Mars lander or rover), and the accumulation of negative data makes it hard for funders to give massive amounts of money to continue studying a question that has yielded so much negative data.
I think most scientists would be delighted beyond expression if extraterrestrial life were to be found, particularly intelligent life.
@@beenaplumber8379 beautifully put!
@@njones420 but it's wrong what he says
@@beenaplumber8379 Well, I think it's time for scientists to take a closer look at the fact that the Mandela Effect clearly does not fit into the strict framework of a purely psychological phenomenon.
I loved his take on the Fermi paradox, “Single people ask this a lot, but you have to leave your house to meet people”
All bs. Ets are here. The world is run by a group of small unelected people who already know all this.
That doesn't make anything better at all. You can fit 30 planet earth between us and the moon. The universe is big but at the same time it is so empty and everything is too far away. Fermi paradox: maybe we can't see anybody in the night sky because everything is just too far away to be detected.
My planetary comparison would be this. Imagine a single human being at the north pole on earth, and a single human being at the south pole on earth. How long would it take for them to utilize tools, create technology, be curious enough to explore, have the idea of not being alone, and find each other? A likely answer is never.
We need to first start moving around the solar system . We can do this at the very least. It will greatly enhance our understanding of the universe. But not when we compete for matters the showcases of which is Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Niger and so on. Not when the excuse is a religion or ideology we do not actually believe in. Wanna be Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Environmentalists and so on, being so vocal about their agenda while in reality their only concern is money. We need a humanity with self-awareness.
@@Probabilityislife My Man Love you for kind words respect! There is still smart people left in this world Amen
I could listen for hours to this captivating genius
I had enough after three minutes.
@@brianwatson9687 i could listen for 40 hpurs for professor avi the genius
Professor Avi Loeb is one of the most brilliant mind scientists in the world. I always enjoy hearing him.
are you serious? he is a handled Mossad asset
Avi has been going where many scientists refuse to go for a long time. He is taking the community on one interview at a time. His enthusiasm is wonderful. Tumbling like Oumuamua he is joining forces with the likes of Gary Nolan etc ( minds too great to not take seriously.) It is amazing how much resistance he is encountering from within. . He needs our support Bravo. 👏👏👏
Wow, this was refreshing to listen to....
It's too bad the few people at the top are more concerned with power and greed, and the the rest of us suffer for it.
A scientist who is more concerned with his reputation than with searching for answers is of little use to the world. Too many of those.
Dr. Leob is a scientist who isn't afraid, and that's refreshing.
@@wade8130 owing to his extra terrestrial claims he has risen in popularity. I think he is a populist
If you leave the house and it takes 100 lifetimes to get next door ya never meet anyone either
@@nithienbadal6733 That's right, he is only a cheater.
He claimed he found an alien spaceship. He did not, he’s a lying grifter.
@@bob2ride This talk is just full of stupid illustrations and examples that can be popped like a balloon with a pin. "I welcome all nature," he says. What if he opened the door of his Manhattan apartment and a Bengal tiger was standing there with a knife and fork? HA!
The only paradox is why people keep quoting Fermi.
people know too simple
The same reason why people think nobel prize winners are experts in every single field of science. Fact is Fermi was a nuclear physicist not an astronomer, astrophysicist, astrobiologist or cosmologist.
@@mrmathews3670 I deserve Nobel prize lol
@@mrmathews3670 His reasoning was fine though, since the milky is much older than earth and our sun, where are they? they would have had time to go everywhere if they only had say 1 million years ahead of us.
@@mrmathews3670 The important thing here is that others have picked up on it. It's quite common for an outside observer to notice something that the submerged have missed because he have a fresh set of eyes. Beginner's luck is a well-known saying.
What an incredible human Avi is. He has restored my faith in humanity that we haven't all become certifiably insane.
@@mikemann2053 he believes God was an alien and that the coming Messiah is an alien too.
@@JupiterLicoriceexactly ! Like the old texts describe , they translated it on purpose so we believe in a god that is far from the truth
I wish there were more scientists like Avi Loeb
"And I say, if I go down the street and I see a weird person, and after that I see a normal person. It doesn't make the weird person normal." .. lol .. I am going to add this to my list of grandiose quotes. 💚
Avi is taking the risk that was needed by many scientists in the past leading to incredible discoveries for mankind. I'm not going to assume he's right, but I admire his curiosity and stubbornness and just hope for him to get his breakthrough in time. It'd be the discovery of a lifetime.
He’s a grifter that pretended he found an alien space ship.
@@bigdopamine9343 you obviously know nothing about science. He's never stated he found an alien spaceship, nor did he claim that aliens exist beyond any doubt. He's researching the potential for Oumuamua and the objects he's found to be extrasolar and their likelihood to be of technologically advanced alien nature. Nothing more, nothing less.
Not saying you are wrong, your comment is appreciated. Just beware the Dunning-Kruger effect friends, its pretty prevalent these days.
@@SgtGuarnereDD no he literally declared that he’d found pieces of an interstellar object that could not have been produced naturally. Turned out to be industrial waste. I do understand the scientific method and know that he did not employ it. He’s considered a clown by his contemporaries.
Thank you for choosing to give a TED talk worth listening to.
Shame the management didn't have the decency to let you finish in peace.
Hope the next generation gets a chance to hear and understand what you were trying to convey.
GOOD LUCK on your next hunt.
What? Are you joking? He provided no evidence of anything other than space debris.
@@dr.michaellittle5611 Didn't understand the message huh?
@@dr.michaellittle5611 DUH......DUHHH...Blip....click....Click......DUHHHHHHHHH
@@user-ku2bf1ul1d All negative comments are bots themselves... making new accounts to comment lol
The problem with Dr Loeb is not that he is trying to find other possibilities for some questions. It's the fact, that he sees an asteroid and says "it must be alien!" and is not interested in any other explaination. I see a lot of people commenting how he "thinks outside the box" and "trying to expand borders of science" - the problem is, that he is not. If he would not stick to his alien origin but start to think outside the box, he would be able to uncover the real origins of the Oumuamua and spherules. But he didn't. Instead, he tries to dismiss people who did real job around these topics.
The actual problem with Dr Loeb is having to put up with what seems to be nothing else but critics' insecurities. This world needs many more curious farm boys like Dr Avi Loeb.
Not a problem. He is not being fraudulent with his assessments and conclusions. He's just not closing the door on non-standard possibilities. He might discover he is wrong - he is still following scientific procedure. Let him do his thing.
@@darrenscriven3963 It's not insecurities - look at the history of Oumuamua and how he was gaslightning every explaination. It's literally oposite of what you (and others) write here. I know it's way easier to just watch youtube video and apploud. Truth is harder.
Have you read his works? Where have you come up with this notion about his approach from?
@@tirthachakrabarti5912 is your question directed at me?
It’s about time TED Talks started addressing the UAP issue. For so many years, they have ignored the subject, even though there are many interesting and important stories and lessons to be told.
Wtf?
Interesting stories, yes. They have nothing to add to science though because there is no evidence to study, only interesting stories to tell and crappy photos...unless you count the amazing photos of flying saucers taken before the advent of ubiquitous pocket-sized digital cameras.
I'm so happy to have him on 'our' team. Scientists swimming against the current is what we need more of. Of course he's not the only one. Professor Jacques Vallée, Professor Garry Nolan, Professor Diana Walsh Pasulka, etc., etc. Many good people unafraid of following the evidence, even if the evidence is something completely unexpected.
All the scientists calling BS on the UAP/NHI question haven't even tried to look into the data. They dismiss it at forehand, which of course is very UNscientific.
Thank you Prof. Loeb!
✨🛸🌟
All of the best discoveries are unexpected! Avi will be remembered as an extraordinarily great scientist -- and all of the naysayers will be quickly and easily forgotten in the dustbin of history.
WRONG. There is NO EVIDENCE for alien civilizations and , YES, we HAVE looked at the data .
They got to fallow principle the GODE or you wont be Scientists after braking the CODE... some of them seems to have found the way around interesting!
"All the scientists calling BS on the UAP/NHI question haven't even tried to look into the data"
I've tried, at length ... I ai-upscaled the first video the pentagon released...which is without a doubt 100% just a goose flying over water (on my channel with all the calculations).
If you look at the _actual_ data (like the onscreen avionics telemetry) it's clearly all a joke, there's no way any real scientist would take it seriously, very surprised more people haven't realised and publicised it.
Sorry, but the data is all either badly interpolated (like all the _trans-media_ wild-claims), just missing, or completely misinterpreted (like the goose). I've been into this stuff for 35+ years, working in aviation/avionics for 20 years, and doing astrophotography for 20+ years...I used to believe it, until i was working in the field.
Most scientists just don't waste their time with UAPs, as most of it is "anecdotal evidence" which is the lowest form of evidence and has zero credibility. Provide actual data (like they do constantly with potential dyson-sphere's etc in cosmology, and the scientific community will objectively look at it.).
The same reason scientists don't waste their time with stories of ghosts.
Love the curiosity to ask and find evidence inside the realm of human imagination and outside of modern science boundaries ❤😊
"You do not need to go to another world to realize you live in a Greater Community, for the Greater Community is at your doorstep. It is looking into your windows. It is in your neighborhood. It is here." [Greater Community Spirituality, What is the Greater Community?, October 20, 1993]
As a human from planet 200million light years away from earth, i can confirm this guy is looking in correct direction
'Oumuamua Finally Explained Using a Brilliant Analysis by Anton Petrov
“as someone once said, keep your mind open but not so open your brains fall out”.
I looked. There are no answers to the questions of why Vega and why now.
Do not be afraid of the unknown.
We have come to the progress we have today because of continuous exploration and the open-mindedness of many scientists who have dedicated their lives to being accepted by their scientific community by addressing questions that were destabilizing to the logical minds of their day.
What is known, is already known! It is only by investigating what one does not know or understand that one will know!
We can learn many new technologies and cure all physical and mental illnesses and solve war without killing anyone. Everything is possible, be optimistic and have hope!
"My Search for Proof Aliens Exist" (with no interest in any other outcome) is quite a telling summary of the whole field of UFOlogy
Even assuming that we are the only ones in the entire vast infinite universe now, there will still be a question about time travel. Another result is impossible.
you cant prove they dont exsit
Some UFOs are alien and we will find this out one day.
My worry is that the "Smarter kid" in the block normally does colonization. I think we must also assume that not all aliens would be friendly a happily exchange knowledge, after all at our current age data is the new oil. Therefore IMO knowledge would be the new oil in the inter-galactic age
They’re already watching and have not harmed us. It’s safe to say they are not hostile.
I once posted on social media saying how it is mathematical impossible that we are alone in the universe and to my surprise there were people who were throwing remarks at me stating how I was ignorant to believe that, heck one person said "ignorance is bliss huh?". I mean we are literally in a universe with trillions upon trillions of galaxies with each galaxy potentially having millions of Earth-like planets. Some people are just ignorant beyond belief.
It isn't mathematically possible or impossible. The odds are 100%. Either alien civilizations 100% exist or 100% don't exist. There is no middle ground. There is no way to calculate an absolute. The honest thing to say is we don't know. And the people doing 100% of the research are targeted by the science denialists like Avi Loeb, who abandoned the scientific method long ago. Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman would be ashamed of Loeb.
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Or maybe the sceptics have a good point. The earth seems pretty unique for intelligent life to have developed. If it exists In other places, it would be so far away we would never be able to have contact with them. That may be for the best seeing how things have gone on earth, we should keep quiet and hope they don't find us. Thinking that some benevolent alien will save us is kind of like a religion. Like a preacher he needs more money for his insteller ministry.
Are you aware of the time-component of space? The amount of stars and planets you are referring to with you mathematics are not only far away. I doubt you really understand how breathtaking long ago they are.
@@tims.2832 Oh trust me, I am fully aware of that. In regards to your point of stars/planets being very far away, not too long ago humans took weeks-months to travel to countries by boat and now we can travel far faster by airplane. Don't be surprised if there is a way to travel in interstellar space far faster and more efficiently. Perhaps there might be a way to manipulate space/time. I'm fully aware that light takes a long time to reach us due to the incredible vastness of the universe, heck there could be some stars that we can currently see that no longer exist anymore but I don't really understand why you brought up that point.
I can listen to this man talk all day
I'm always way more intrigued by someone's work when others are trying to silence them.
I would just like to point out that a large number of us have seen evidence right here on earth so it might be a good idea to keep looking locally too
Ha ha, no you haven’t. There is nothing to be found.
@@blueabattoir I was a witness during the well documented Belgian U.F.O. wave from 1989-1990, look it up, even pilots and the those days belgian airforce commander talked about it and there's even radar proof.
having witnessed some of that mind-blowing evidence I'm convinced we have neighbors
Me too, I'm one of them
Sure you have bud
Avi has been doing amazing work.
Mildly amusing work.
@@blueabattoir we're glad you stopped by though.
The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert writes, "It seems a good deal more likely that [Loeb's book about this topic] will be ranked with von Däniken's work than with Galileo's"
Nice last words of this beatiful speech! I hope humanity will stop killing each other and start working together instead...
Excellent talk, Avi Loeb! Thanks TED for giving the platform! 👏👏
Thank you sir for your brave attempt to get rid of the stigma surrounding this topic - definitely a video I will show the "know-it-alls" I meet
These objects are moving so fast around the world that you only get a glimpse. So even with cell phone cameras, if you do slow motion and scan the skies, you might actually find something.
I have no problem being in awe of cosmic phenomena. Great talk!
This man turned jumping to conclusions into an Olympic sport.
It's the only exercise he gets.
85% Yapanese, 10% Science, 5% Intrigue.
He knows a lot more than what he can tell you just yet
@@Northumberlandbasssman How do you know that?
@HansVanIngelgom look into what he's doing with the galileo project. He has a huge team of world experts looking for signs of life in outer space, in our atmosphere, in the oceons using all manner of sensors. He has hinted many times he has proof/inside info we are being visited/live alongside another lifeform but he is compiling the evidence to prove it to people like you.
Professor Leob, you should create a fund project where all the citizens of Earth can donate funds towards your truth seeking mission. Any one should be able to donate any amount from a one dollar upwards. Maybe a nice website with your details and findings as you find new updated evidence on a regular basis to have everyone glued to it. Regards- Kobus (South-Africa).
I wouldn't give a DIME to anybody who puts down fellows, colleagues, and other important scientific inquiries (particularly SETI). He talks like someone who is upset because he's not getting enough telescope time.
@@Unknown17 they should give him unlimited telescope time, anywhere on the globe and pay all his expenses free of charge.
@@kobusvanstaden3388 Oh, please. There are hundreds if not thousands of other deserving candidates and missions out there.
that blew 😳 my mind.. so much hope and emotion .. may we find some one
avi is a legend for bringing up these topics. he is opening himself for ridicule from his fellow peers, but he's steadfast in his approach and findings. good luck to you Avi Loeb. you are a real one.
In the jungle, the most effective survival strategy is camouflage and stealth. The universe is a jungle. To think that all the creatures that we can potentially meet will be exclusively peaceful is naive and short-sighted. Where is everyone? They hid. This makes sense in the jungle.
yup, the dark forest theory... especially as a species still facinated by digital watches
@@emptychristbuddha The universe is a jungle, there are herbivores and there are predators, so it makes sense to camouflage and hide. You are naive. It's like thinking that all people are good.
@@Jimmy1972 Hence, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu !
To think a species intelligent enough to be able to communicate let alone travel between planets will obey the amoral principles of primitive survival on our planet is comically absurd. In the long run compassion is the most powerful meme. Our history is one of acquiring power, using it irresponsibly, suffering, learning and as a result extending our circle of moral concideration.
@@YassenChapkanov we are direct proof that predators exist in the universe. It would be absurd if we were the only predators in the entire universe.
Avi Loeb certainly thinks outside the box. Thanks
He just uses logic, can think for himself and has not been brain washed by our educatores and leaders. I would have more hope if he was working for a Europian university.
Considering how often we detect interstellar objects, it’s seems like we could put together a plan on collecting more data from the next one.
Avi is a science influencer, albeit a knowledgeable one. He pumps out paper after paper on a very wide range of topics almost like he wants his name next to all these issues.
The end of the talk was not graceful to him. Give him the stage.
He knew what the time limit was. He probably would have prattled on for another 30 minutes.
Sharing uncommon lost forms of common sense to the commonly formed masses is a game changer. Something our corrupt rulers can not allow if we allow them to continue leading us down this path of turmoil for our world
Excellent talk! I wish he could've gone on another 17 minutes! He's a wonderful speaker.
Avi, raise your vibration.
One of the only true scientists out there with the proper mindset of a scientist.
Mr Loeb is such an interesting individual
I've seen a lot of ted talks, never have i seen a speaker being escorted out like this, getting into Avi's personal space, arm on his back and everything. Disrespectful behavior that makes me think less of the TED org overall.
The thing is haven't we already had convincing evidence about aliens with the government saying we have off world vehicles? The guy asked him at the end the stupidest question 😮
this guy is an ancient aliens believer that thinks his messiah is an alien. He's not a serious person.
Also, I think he was just out of time.
@@JupiterLicoriceyou got all of that from a twenty minute speech?? Hahah you're funny
I’ll bet he was already over his time and was ignoring the clock or a signal to stop.
Science > war. Great talk
10 billion dollar for a groundbreaking telescope and 61 billion dollar for weapons and destruction.
How can he be so sure that the Neighbours will be friendly? And will share share technology with us, instead taking advantage and use us?
same reson ai wont kill us
The Spanish Inquisition is in the chat again. With those people science can't evolve, they know already everything. 🙉🙊🙈
@@lassereden1574 what scientists have claimed they know everything as you said ? Can you name them ?
@@Wokerati English not your first language? or is comprehension hard - he didn't say scientist know everything read again please
Don’t poke fun at Yoda’s vernacular
@@Wokerati Neil De Greasy Tyson, Brian Keating, Brian Cox...I could go on.....
Judging from your comment I suspect that you have no idea what the Spanish Inquisition actually was and was all about…
And with such people as yourself I will deliberately ignore facts in this case deny and misrepresent historical facts, science has no chance to evolve at all. Worse, it has no chance to prevail.
Consciousness is extremely rare. Extremely rare.
Love Avi. Amazing presentation, thank you.
they definitely exist in our large universe, the only problem are the distance troubles
Don't forget time. 20,000 years of human civilization and only a few centuries of technological progress. That's just a brief moment on the cosmological time scale. Even if we last another million years, the next advanced civilization may be too far away in both time and space, and the last one may be long gone.
@@BrianPeiris Add an expanding universe to that equation as well and things start to look bleak.
But time isn't linear, nor is it ditinct from space, Einstein told you that space and time are the same and spacetime is curved, blackholes bend space-time so much till it becomes a singularity, space-time stops.
Or we may be too small and Isolated to be detected. Remember space is terrifyingly massive.
*problem for US. It’s a logical fallacy to assume that a potentially non-human intelligence shares our technological limitations.
There are roughly 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. There are roughly 300 million planets per galaxy that land in the "Goldilocks zone". That means that there are roughly 30 quintillion potentially habitable planets in the observable universe. Some unknown percentage of those planets likely contain life. If we assume that 1% of the habitable planets contain life, that means that there are 300 quadrillion life-bearing planets in the observable universe. These planets have an average age of roughly 6 billion years, which is slightly older than our planet. On Earth, complex life existed for half of a billion years, and then in a matter of only a couple hundred thousand years, we suddenly have extremely advanced technology. Life on Earth was complex enough to do this hundreds of millions of years ago, but by completely random chance, it didn't. With 300 quadrillion planets potentially having life, which has also likely evolved for hundreds of millions to billions of years on those planets, it seems almost certain that some of those life-bearing planets would have life that was at our level hundreds of millions of years ago, and has continued to evolve for hundreds of millions of years past where we're at now. The implications behind that level of controlled evolution is beyond comprehension. They might have a completely detailed map of every planet in the universe, with a full catalog of every species of life in the entire universe. They might be able to travel hundreds of lightyears instantly. They might have lifespans of millions of years. Their entire existence might completely transcend physics as we know it. Anyway, my point behind this rant is that the idea that aliens may have visited Earth is actually pretty plausible. There could be this kind of life surrounding the very closest star to our Sun for all we know.
Nothing plausible about that which you stated at all. It's equally as likely, probably more so actually, that Earth is an extreme fluke of the universe, and intelligent life is even more rare than that. We have one sample to go on, and that's it. If you have to invoke magic/fantasy that allow aliens to travel around the universe instantly with some kind of physics beyond our reality, then you're already well outside the realm of plausible
@@Natty1620 I'm sorry that I can't represent an idea this complex with a "bro+💀" comment.
A new study has offered a more sober explanation - that 'Oumuamua's speed-up was due to the release of hydrogen gas as the comet warmed up in the sunlight.
I love Dr. Loeb. He's so witty and intelligent. I so appreciate smart, imaginative scientists like him who can distill complex concepts to digestible pieces for the masses. We need more curious scientists like him, as Einstein said once, "imagination is more important than knowledge".
This man is honest and finally speaks out. He deserved the standing ovation ❤ Thank you for your research and not letting the government shut you down.
He's been speaking out, petulantly, for a few years now.
I can confirm Aliens exist. As a child of illegal aliens....
Can u elaborate please 🙏
Advanced Aliens are operating on frequencies higher than our little spacetime bubble.
Very interesting and important, Thank You.
i always love to hear from this guy. Professors at Harvard generally speaking know exactly what they're talking about
This is the exception that proves the rule.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan
There will never be any evidence. The aliens are too far away from us.
"Extraordinary" is in the eye of the beholder.
To me, the claim that we are the only life in the universe is a claim so extraordinary as to require quasi-religiosity to believe it. The sun does not revolve around us, and neither does the universe. Avi will be remembered as an extraordinarily great scientist -- and all of the naysayers will be quickly and easily forgotten in the dustbin of history.
One must investigate and find the Evidence
@@sarcasticnews1195 science is not baseless speculation. The fact that the universe is vast may warrant creating testable hypotheses, but it does not warrant conclusions about alien intelligence. It could well be that intelligence and rapid technological advancement, leads to self-destruction after a few centuries. We don't know.
What we do know, is that stars are so far away, that even if a technology can go close to the speed of light, it would still take years to arrive at another system, and the odds of that system being capable of supporting life, are extraordinarily small.
When you are dealing with galaxies hundreds of thousands of light years across, It may not even be possible to detect their existence because radiation intensity falls with the square of the distance.
@@tryscience It requires, if you want to find them, positive assumptions, and not something like yours about self-destruction as a result of development. Otherwise, the SETI project looks like nonsense. There is a lot we don’t know yet, but we already know that the closer the movement is to the speed of light, the more relative time becomes. And that someone is changing reality right before our eyes, making the unlikely, like an incorrect copy of a famous painting masterpiece for a famous movie, exist.
According to biology and the theory of evolution, it doesn’t matter how big the number of habitable planets is, intelligent life remains as something extremely rare. We are alone.
-Very interesting and important, thank you
4 trillion $ per year.
1000s of elements in other stellar world.
Truly aliens.
More alien than bizarre alienating Capital.
The Capital that WAS STOLEN by the left!!!
Fascinating talk, thank you Dr. Loeb.
1:30 spot on, Doc.
Where is Everybody? They committed Mass genocide against each other along with destroying their beautiful environment they started with.
They were destroyed by a medieval religion and communism.
Even when it land on your backyard,
Gov will still say it's air balloon 😂
When what lands on your backyard?
kind of
For the metallic droplets found, have you done a control search at other places as well to see what should be considered "normal" far enough from the meteor explosion?
No, the Harvard scientist didn't think to include a control in their study. 🙄
@@ajvxlii lol xD
pfft this is a TED talk, science is optional.
@@keyserxx I would die to compare to know how it looks elsewhere.. not for science but for myself if I were him, at least that's how I feel, but who knows what info I don't get from the part where he talked about he is running from his colleagues..
@@ajvxliimaybe he didny have the budget. Thats what hes asking for. The right resources to do the research.
Enjoyed his talk, I could listen to him for hours.
I love his book. I am happy to see scientist having courage to breakaway from the science establishment to ask the hard question and do the work. I didn't realize how funny he can also be. Lol
Of course there are advanced alien civilizations. The universe is huge. The problem is they don't want to talk to us.
The problem is that they are too far away.
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I'm thinking an advanced civilization will know how to manipulate space/time.
It would be a shame to have a big universe and not explore it.
They are already here
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Aliens might be here already but they don't want to talk with us.
Talk no they already make contact with us they are among us.. we advance so much technologically..
1 true statement they exist and they know the meaning of life..
And they should have acknowledge life forever...
Just help us to evolve
looking for life in space is like looking for a golden needle in a giant burning stack of hay from an ants pespective
Depends how you define 'life'. Not a single one of these scientists have come together to mathematically define the word 'life' yet they argue about whether it exists elsewhere.
If we somehow discover that planets and stars are alive then wouldn't they technically be life?
@@plopdoo339 oh there is life out there - plenty, once the whole universe was lifefreindly for millions of years, so life is everywhere - but our kind of life is rare, because our conditions are rare
This is not true. The benefit of finding a golden needle in a giant burning stack of hay is meaningless.
There is GREAT meaning to finding life is space. Incredible meaning.
Don't discount the REASON that we seek to achieve what you believe impossible.
@@testingreadaboutit no its not true, its called a metaphor, you know, a mental picture in less words, you could say finding life on other planets is meaningless - we have all the life right here.
what i was trying to convey was the enormous emencety of space - the fact that it takes light 4 years 3 months to get from here to the nearest star - so going to visit is out of the question and since radiowaves travel lightspeed a communication with set star would have a delay of 8 year 6 month - traveling lightspeed going across the galaxy would take 100.000 years, even if you could go 1000 times lightspeed it would still take 2500 years to travel to andromeda galaxy - but in much less words
@@sortesnogmrstayathomedrago4150 Metaphors can be better and worse at capturing the essence of what they represent. My claim is that the metaphor is flawed. I believe there is a lot to gain from finding life in space. You seem to think that "getting there" is most of the value, which shows a deep lack of understanding of the topic. The value gained from finding life in space is not tied to our ability to physically get to it.
Good luck with your thoughts here.
A true scientists who wants to know facts & truths, not spread obsolete dogma & ignorant prejudices.
He is a rarity in academia!
He doesn't know. You don't know. I don't know. What a surprise. If anyone had detected irrefutable evidence of aliens pretty much everyone would know.
we have
@@ETSpaceRocks Who are we and where is the evidence?
theres over 200 billion stars
Astronomers estimate that the universe could contain up to one septillion stars - that's a one followed by 24 zeros. Our Milky Way alone contains more than 100 billion, including our most well-studied star, the Sun.
yes there is over 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone - and then there are billions of billions other galaxies with just as many stars
At best guess, truth is we don't know!
1000000...X 200 billion.
400 billion stars in the Milky Way
Most of these talks are usually only 15 minutes. I think he went iver his time. The Delaware Art Museum hosted a TED talk event and they were on a tight schedule one speaker after another.
'It would be arrogant to think otherwise'
What an emotional and unscientific argument.
Most of the audience can't even comprehend what a number billion means. Let alone grasp the vastness of space
I suggest a business model. planet will be yours if you sponsor to search for it :)
Great presentation Avi. Keep it going! Thank you!
"A smarter kid on the block that may provide a better role model than our politicians" That's something we wanted
This is probably THE BEST Ted talk I've ever heard. Phenomenal insights, delivered in a clear, straight-forward manner with humility and humor. THANKS YOU!
I’m glad that an institution like Harvard still has enough respect left for academic freedom (at least outside the humanities) that they let someone as outside the mainstream as avi continue in his position.
He has tenure. They can't fire him. But they could give him an office the basement of the sports complex.
Love this man’s work and dedication!!
"I do not have a footprint on social media, I enjoy nature"
1. He’s already leaving a footprint on social media with this video and other videos.
2. If he doesn't like social media, why did he feel the need to speak at tedx?
He is evidently a curious individual who wants to share knowledge with others. He might have spoken on TedEx, but so what? While I didn't watch the video (yet), if he said he doesn't have a footprint on social media, evidently he meant he doesn't use social media. Indeed, the footprint of this video belongs to its uploaders.
The Fermi paradox really should be called the Hart-Tipler paradox as these were the people that first proposed this question. It has very little to do with Fermi who never actually asked the question given in this paradox. Fermi asked in 1950 over lunch with colleagues whether or not interstellar travel was possible, he never mentioned alien life, it was Hart that first asked this question in a peer reviewed paper in the 1970s, and this question was extended by Tipler later on.
Drops marbles in ocean gets Ted talk
Proof?
@@alexeykulikov2739 ...iron nodules are naturally occurring and have been on the floor of the ocean for millions of years. We studied this in an oceanography class I took back in the '70s. Loeb thinks they are remnants of a space ship. Google "ocean iron nodules" and see for yourself.
Your comment just made you look a fool, he didn't drop marbles in the ocean, he dragged magnets on the floor of it and brought up WAY smaller than marbles of metal from the ocean.
Small tip, marbles are made from glass, not metal.
@@rjswas he dropped the metal marbles before he dropped the magnets. I thought I was clear I guess not everybody understood.
@@alexeykulikov2739 I’m speculating, however my speculation favors Occam’s razor