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

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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (10:08)
- Are we alone in the universe? (14:23) - Consciousness (19:01) -
Sending digital copies of humans to space (23:38) - Oumuamua
(45:42) - Alien space junk (49:41) - What do aliens look like?
(1:06:58) - Drake equation (1:08:00) - Industrial polution from
aliens (1:19:52) - UFO sightings (1:27:48) - How long will human
civilization last? (1:30:28) - Radio signal from Proxima Centauri
(1:33:49) - Breakthrough Starshot project (1:36:49) - Space race
(1:42:00) - Human space exploration (1:47:15) - Social media is a
threat to society (1:52:04) - Are humans ready for discovering an
alien civilization? (1:56:15) - Mayans used astrology to wage war
(1:57:31) - Black holes (2:16:20) - Stephen Hawking (2:19:59) -
Grigori Perelman (2:24:24) - Theory of everything (2:31:23) - Dark
matter (2:34:06) - Advice for young people (2:37:10) - Memories of
my father and mother (2:41:38) - Existentialism (2:43:52) -
Mortality (2:46:27) - Meaning of life