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#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There an Experimental Test of This Theology?

Theory that cannot be falsified is not helpful. You can't improve your understanding of nature. The only way for us to learn about nature is by making hypothesis that are testable, doing the experiments and learning whether we are correct or not. Even theology, if it puts a skin in the game, if it makes a prediction, could be tested. So why can't string theories test themselves? Or why can't even cosmic inflation?"

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