Avi Loeb: How to Find Alien Relics in Our Solar System
2 tim 7 min•10 april 2021
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Avi Loeb (Harvard) on Oumuamua as alien technology, consciousness, and free will.
0:00 Introduction
1:27 On writing to sharpen one's thinking, and the purpose of Avi's writings
4:16 Don't let the repudiation by "experts" deter your ideas
11:49 Academia requires other people's evaluation and conformance
17:12 How do you allow outré ideas while retaining integrity?
18:21 Responding to the Pluto-like rock of Oumuamua theory of Desch and Jackson
25:37 Why is investigating aliens considered academically uncouth?
29:16 How the discovery of intelligent aliens would change society
30:27 How to find alien relics
31:53 Privatizing the search for aliens, and Elon Musk
34:03 The problems with inhabiting Mars are deeper than Musk thinks
35:41 Sean Carole's Many Worlds Interpretation
41:14 Are singularities "real"?
44:13 Bob Lazar
49:35 Cosmic Inflation is not falsifiable
1:00:26 Comparing velocities across different points on a manifold
1:05:56 Testing Wolfram's theory using the lower bound on masses
1:07:42 Eric Weinstein and innovation coming from the outside
1:12:34 Gödel's theorems and a Theory of Everything
1:15:02 Science learning from religion (and falsifying religion)
1:21:35 What is the meaning of life? The question Avi would ask an alien
1:24:29 Living forever. Heaven and hell as psychological phenomenon.
1:26:04 Consciousness, emergence, and free will
1:28:46 Wormholes
1:29:29 Why is the universe "fine tuned" for life?
1:30:37 Wisdom vs Intelligence
1:34:09 Which goal should you follow?
1:36:00 Steve Scully: Infinity of smallness and largeness
1:37:15 Can you interpret data without presuming a theory?
1:40:02 Barfyman: How has aging changed how Avi learns new math / physics?
1:42:25 Learning math when you're over 40
1:43:26 Artificial wisdom vs Artificial intelligence
1:44:11 Brian Keating: Does Avi Loeb dislike the criticism of his ideas, due to his fame?
1:49:47 How to balance work and life if you're extremely productive and work constantly?
1:51:09 Why does Avi do podcasts?
1:53:09 On abnegating social media
1:56:58 Rabbitskywalk3r: Claims of Haim Eshed (former Israeli director of space programs)
1:57:39 On UFO's and Prof. Kevin Knuth's analysis
1:59:36 Getting data on aliens visiting Earth
2:01:09 Amjad Hussain: Panpsychism, proto-consciousness, and aliens living with us
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0:00 Introduction
1:27 On writing to sharpen one's thinking, and the purpose of Avi's writings
4:16 Don't let the repudiation by "experts" deter your ideas
11:49 Academia requires other people's evaluation and conformance
17:12 How do you allow outré ideas while retaining integrity?
18:21 Responding to the Pluto-like rock of Oumuamua theory of Desch and Jackson
25:37 Why is investigating aliens considered academically uncouth?
29:16 How the discovery of intelligent aliens would change society
30:27 How to find alien relics
31:53 Privatizing the search for aliens, and Elon Musk
34:03 The problems with inhabiting Mars are deeper than Musk thinks
35:41 Sean Carole's Many Worlds Interpretation
41:14 Are singularities "real"?
44:13 Bob Lazar
49:35 Cosmic Inflation is not falsifiable
1:00:26 Comparing velocities across different points on a manifold
1:05:56 Testing Wolfram's theory using the lower bound on masses
1:07:42 Eric Weinstein and innovation coming from the outside
1:12:34 Gödel's theorems and a Theory of Everything
1:15:02 Science learning from religion (and falsifying religion)
1:21:35 What is the meaning of life? The question Avi would ask an alien
1:24:29 Living forever. Heaven and hell as psychological phenomenon.
1:26:04 Consciousness, emergence, and free will
1:28:46 Wormholes
1:29:29 Why is the universe "fine tuned" for life?
1:30:37 Wisdom vs Intelligence
1:34:09 Which goal should you follow?
1:36:00 Steve Scully: Infinity of smallness and largeness
1:37:15 Can you interpret data without presuming a theory?
1:40:02 Barfyman: How has aging changed how Avi learns new math / physics?
1:42:25 Learning math when you're over 40
1:43:26 Artificial wisdom vs Artificial intelligence
1:44:11 Brian Keating: Does Avi Loeb dislike the criticism of his ideas, due to his fame?
1:49:47 How to balance work and life if you're extremely productive and work constantly?
1:51:09 Why does Avi do podcasts?
1:53:09 On abnegating social media
1:56:58 Rabbitskywalk3r: Claims of Haim Eshed (former Israeli director of space programs)
1:57:39 On UFO's and Prof. Kevin Knuth's analysis
1:59:36 Getting data on aliens visiting Earth
2:01:09 Amjad Hussain: Panpsychism, proto-consciousness, and aliens living with us
RESOURCES:
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
- PayPal: https://bit.ly/2EOR0M4
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802
- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
- Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Id3k7k7mfzahfx2fjqmw3vufb44
- Discord Invite Code: dmGgQ2dRzS
- Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
- Better Left Unsaid: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com
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