Finding Life in Outer Space | Avi Loeb, Nick Lane and Jocelyn Bell Burnell
51Avi Loeb, Nick Lane and Jocelyn Bell Burnell discuss why we are so determined to believe in alien life?
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02:30 Nick Lane - Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry
06:04 Avi Leob - Harvard Scientist and New York Times bestseller
09:26 Jocelyn Bell Burnell - Revolutionary astrophysicist and Pulsars discoverer
One of the characteristics of modern society is our desire to believe that we aren't alone in the universe. It seems every other week we hear a false-alarm story about life on Mars, Titan or whichever celestial body is in vogue. And decades of listening for messages from outer space have identified precisely nothing. With no evidence to suggest life is out there, and with the math and the Drake equation actively pointing to our solitude, why are we so determined to maintain our belief in extraterrestrial life?
Is our desire to believe in alien life a desire to avoid being alone in a scientific universe? A replacement for God perhaps in a secular world. Or is it an avoidance of the precious character of life on earth? Or is it just a matter of time before we uncover life forms if not in our own solar system on other exo-planets.
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