Avi Loeb's Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2023
- Famed astronomer Avi Loeb returns to The Commonwealth Club to answer some of the biggest questions facing humankind: How do we prepare ourselves for interaction with interstellar extraterrestrial life? And can our species itself become interstellar?
Loeb, the longest-serving chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, shook the scientific community when he theorized that our solar system had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. The object, dubbed 'Oumuamua, sparked worldwide discussions and arguments, and Loeb was at the center of it all.
Now, in his new book Interstellar, Loeb builds on that original idea and asks, What's next? He gives a call to arms that reimagines the idea of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Dismantling our science-fiction-fueled visions of a human and alien life encounter, he provides a blueprint for how such an interaction might actually occur, resetting our cultural understanding and expectation of what it means to identify an extraterrestrial object. From awe-inspiring searches for extraterrestrial technology, to the heated debate of the existence of unidentified aerial phenomena, Loeb provides a thrilling, front-row view of the monumental progress in science and technology currently preparing us for contact. He also lays out the profound implications of becoming-or not becoming-interstellar; in an urgent, eloquent appeal for more proactive engagement with the world beyond ours, he contends why we must seek out other life forms, and in the process, choose who and what we are within the universe.
Tens of thousands of people have viewed Dr. Loeb's 2022 Commonwealth Club program. Don't miss his return engagement as he raises some of the most important questions facing us as humans and argues that scientific curiosity is the key to our survival.
In association with the Club's Humanities Forum and Wonderfest.
September 5, 2023
Speakers
Avi Loeb
Ph.D., Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and Former Chair of the Department of Astronomy, Harvard University; Author, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
In Conversation with George Hammond
Author, Conversations With Socrates
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Loeb's use of down-to-earth metaphors and similes is not only entertaining but also enhances his explanations and makes them all the more accessible.
Thanks for pursuing science and truth in all directions without bias
In my experience, the more something looks like it was crafted in someone's garage the more impressive it performs (16:07)
A brilliant man !
He's kind of like Captain Kirk !
He's a scientist going where no one has gone before !
in the 80s, two Soviet space probes were sent to Mars to study its moons Phobos and Deimos. The first probe failed after the Ruskis sent a faulty command sequence and it shut down. The second probe was mysteriously destroyed on approach to Deimos.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the last pictures sent by this probe were declassified - it showed it encountered a cigar shaped object in its last moments.
At the time of the release of these pictures, it didn't mean much as it randomly encountering a cigar shaped object could be considered an irrelevant anomaly.
Given what we've encountered since then, maybe not so much irrelevant.
I wonder what Prof. Loeb thinks of this.
We may have a problem here, as knocking out harmless exploratory probes does not quite seem the actions of benevolent visitors.
I love Dr. Loeb and I wish him success. However, I believe that if advanced aliens are within detecting distance (very close), they would already have accessed our internet, figure out who Dr. Loeb is, understood that he is trying to find them and how he is trying to find them. They would then decide if they want to allow themselves to be detected or avoid detection. Of course, they would also know where to find him should they decide to introduce themselves.
I just bought interstellar with some birthday money I got.
such a stellar movie (pun intended)
Awesome Avi. One hope I've got of a climate crisis solution ... we realize there's higher intelligence.
The solution is to stop government lobying !!!!