Avi Loeb: Oumuamua, Aliens First Contact, Black Holes, Arrival (film), & Are We Alone?

July 28, 2021 by Zach Grossfeld in Podcast

Avi Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard and an author.

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0:00 - Intro

1:14 - Preview of Auxoro Premium

2:36 - Extra-Terrestrial by Avi Loeb

2:58 - Are We Alone?

4:52 - Existence of Our Galaxy as Compared to other Galaxies

6:33 - Possibility of Alien Life

10:32 - Definition of Intelligence

11:52 - Dedicating to Science vs dedicating to Defense

13:26 - Auxoro Premium Preview

16:21 - Nations Uniting Against Aggressive Aliens

19:12 - Where does Humanity stand in Terms of Proficiency and Intelligence?

21:52 - Getting in Contact with the Aliens

25:05 - Humans Maintaining the Longevity

26:55 - History of Oumuamua

33:46 - Why don't we consider Oumuamua as a Naturally Occurring Object instead of Alien Intelligence?

36:26 - Why were we not able to get a Closer Picture of Omuamua?

42:09 - Drawbacks of Social Media

45:01 - Using Social Media as a Tool

46:51 - Expectations vs Reality of Oumuamua

50:42 - Avi's thoughts on If Oumuamua is considered as a Naturally Occurring Object

53:28 - Interesting Facts and Frame of Reference of Omuamua

56:17 - Unusual Velocity of Oumuamua

57:16 - Omuamua as a Light Sail from another Galaxy

59:56 - What is Oumuamua made of?

1:03:15 - What would the first Encounter with Alien Civilizations be like?

1:09:16 - What should be done if Aliens try to Contact Humans?

1:11:08 - Interpreting Non-Earth Signals and Languages

1:14:20 - Arrival (Film)

1:18:58 - The Refusal to Acknowledge Weird things as an opposite of Innovation

1:23:09 - Willing to Dive into Innovation

1:25:03 - The Connection between Art and Science

1:27:34 - History of Black Holes

1:32:13 - What happens inside a Black Hole?

1:34:03 - Spaghettified Star wrapped around a black hole

1:35:30 - Discovery of the Spaghettified Star

1:39:25 - Evaporation of the Black Hole

1:45:14 - Value of thinking abstractly

1:48:46 - Beautiful Things aren't always right

1:51:38 - How was Avi Loeb's Relationship with Stephen Hawking?

1:56:39 - The Hawking Limit

1:58:31 - Hollywood Defying the Laws of Physics

2:01:00 - Avi Loeb's Social Media

2:02:20 - Outro

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AVI LOEB LINKS:

Extraterrestrial (Book): https://amzn.to/2US8UGl

Opinion Essays (Scientific American & More): https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Opinion.html

Website: https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/

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