Avi Loeb: What Is Fermi's Paradox? The Scientific Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He is a Theoretical Astrophysicist and Bestselling Author. Avi has written 8 books and has over 800 academic publications on black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. He is the founder of the Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts, the longest serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology at the White House & also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative and serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Where is Everyone? (Fermi Paradox)
6:17 - A True Scientific Search for ET
16:58 - Avi's repsonse to Lawrence Krauss
25:21 - Maintaining an Open Mind
32:13 - Journalists & Click Bait (Misleading the Public)
40:18 - "Oumuamua" vs "2020SO"
45:01 - Evidence for ET & UAPs
48:51 - UFO Whistleblowers (Ross Coulthart, David Grusch etc)
54:15 - The Galileo Project in a Nutshell
1:03:54 - Nature of Reality, Consciousness & Free Will
1:15:31 - AI & LLMs
1:21:17 - Voyage Beyond Earth
1:29:36 - Alien Anthropomorphism
1:34:18 - Interstellar, The Martian, Arrival, Her
1:44:24 - Avi's Book Recommendations
1:47:51 - Future Projects
1:51:16 - Conclusion
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