This is a conversation with a theoretical physicist Avi Loeb. He is a  Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author of  the book "Extraterrestrial: the first sign of an intelligent life beyond  earth" In this conversation we talk about are we alone in the  universe?, first interstellar object named Oumuamua, how we can detect  alien intelligent life and the Galileo project.  

More about Avi's work: https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/ 

Buy Avi's book: 

https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth-ebook/dp/B081TTY4NX  

Timeline of the session: 

00:00:00 Introduction 

00:01:22 Journey to become a professor at Harvard university 

00:07:15 Drake's equation and number of intelligent civilizations in the Universe 

00:13:36 Oumuamua 00:17:55 Oumuamua like objects 

00:18:55 Oumuamua product of another intelligent civilization 

00:24:40 Nature of Oumuamua 

00:31:26 The Galileo project  

00:37:38 Size of the extraterrestrial objects and our telescopes 

00:42:02 Are we ready to meet an alien intelligent civilization? 

00:50:56 Scientific method  

00:58:29 Are there any good/bad questions in science? 

01:02:20 Wars and progress of humanity! 

01:04:45 Impact of realizing that we are not alone! 

01:05:45 Probability of humanity getting extinct! 

01:07:49 Space exploration 

01:10:11 Purpose of humanity 

01:12:36 Future of astrophysics and humanity 

01:14:23 Thank you!  

Other conversations and talks: 

1) Intelligent Life Beyond Earth  @Commonwealth Club of California   

2) Was Earth visited by intelligent life?  @KTLA 5   

3) Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua  @Lex Fridman   

4) How the Scientific Community Isn't Open Minded  @PowerfulJRE   

5) Avi Loeb on evidence of close extraterrestrial encounters  @CBS Mornings   

6) Extraterrestrial Life ( https://youtu.be/uFrBcy0P6iM)  @Museum of Science, Boston     

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