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Where Are All The Aliens? | Tim O’Brien | TEDxOldham

We now know of thousands of planets orbiting other stars. But we know of only planet that hosts life – the Earth.
Most scientists think that life elsewhere in the Universe is likely to exist, but so far there is no evidence that extra-terrestrials exist or that they have visited us. However, we can search for signs of life on distant planets and we are even using radio telescopes to look for messages sent to us by extra-terrestrial civilisations. In this talk Tim will discuss the latest science behind the search for alien life.

Tim is a Professor of Astrophysics and an Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at The University of Manchester.

Tim’s research concentrates on the study of exploding stars using telescopes around the world and in space, working across the spectrum from radio waves to X-rays.

Tim is passionate about astrophysics and its power to inspire. Well known for his regular contributions to science on TV and radio, he is Jodrell Bank’s host for the hugely popular BBC TV Stargazing Live series and has a monthly space discussion programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.

In 2014, jointly with Professor Teresa Anderson, he was awarded the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for innovative public engagement, and in 2016 he was elected as President of the UK’s Society for Popular Astronomy.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

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Soon You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Feature-Length Movie With AI

2023: amateur movies, TV, books, & games.

2030: all above, and more, at professional level quality.

There’s a new Knives Out movie on Netflix, and I still haven’t seen a few of this season’s awards contenders. But the film I most wish I could watch right now is Squid Invasion From the Deep. It’s a sci-fi thriller directed by John Carpenter about a team of scientists led by Sigourney Weaver who discover an extraterrestrial cephalopod and then die one by one at its tentacles. The production design was inspired by Alien and The Thing; there are handmade creature FX and lots of gore; Wilford Brimley has a cameo. Unfortunately, though, I can’t see this movie, and neither can you, because it doesn’t exist.

For now, Squid Invasion is just a portfolio of concept art conjured by a redditor using Midjourney, an artificial-intelligence tool that creates images from human-supplied text prompts.

Quantum Theory Proves Consciousness Moves To Another Universe After Death

I disagree with this because consciousness ends after death.

Since the beginning of time, man has questioned what happens after death. Of course, there are a variety of typical answers to this question, but scientists may have just added an infinite number of other possibilities, just to shake things up.

According to Robert Lanza, M.D, death is actually a door to an endless number of universes. Furthermore, during our life, Lanza asserts that anything that possibly can happen is happening in some universe. He continues to explain that death does not exist in these scenarios since all of these possibilities are taking place at the same time. The only reason we associate our consciousness with our physical body is due to energy operating around in our brains.

Space manufacturing pioneer Joe Pawelski shares his vision for the future — episode 147

Future of in space manufacturing, next 10 years of cisLunar, getting kids involved in stem, and more with Joe Pawelski Architect of CisLunar.

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About Joe and CisLunar.
“We envision a future where humanity is enabled and empowered to expand beyond Earth to permanently and sustainably settle the Solar System.
A dynamic and robust industrial in-space economy is essential to this future.
CisLunar Industries is creating the critical metal processing capabilities required to support the in-space industrial value chain.”

Links.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-pawelski/
https://www.cislunarindustries.com/
[email protected].

PODCAST INFO:
The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson-is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/LWThompson5
Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/
Podcast email: [email protected].

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The Fermi Paradox: Extinction

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The Fermi Paradox ask us how in a Universe so vast and ancient we seem to be the only intelligent civilization around, with no older interstellar alien empires visible in the galaxy. But could extinction play a role in that, or might extinction events instead drive evolution forward?

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Episode 204, Season 5 E37

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Aliens likely haven’t visited because humanity’s technological signature is very limited

There are likely many exciting alien worlds for extraterrestrials to visit.

Now that more and more scientists are actively searching for signs of extraterrestrial life, whether in our solar system or in the far reaches of space, more attention has been brought to the Fermi paradox.

A new study in preprint server arXiv suggests that we might not have encountered intelligent extraterrestrials because they may not find humanity very interesting.

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The Fermi paradox posits that we should have detected intelligent alien life by now, given the fact there are billions of planets in the habitable zone of their solar system in the Milky Way alone. So where are they?