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Nova - Origins: Where Are The Aliens (PBS Documentary) (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Oct 2016
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RKP5637
(67,102 posts)1. Thanks for posting this!!! n/t
hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)2. Bookmarked to watch later... thanks!!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)3. That was very good.
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Bookmarked.
Last edited Sat Oct 22, 2016, 07:38 AM - Edit history (1)
This is probably about the Fermi paradox. Enrico Fermi simply asked, "Where are they?" Apparently everybody at that lunch discussion knew what he was asking.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall during that lunch.
Nevertheless, it is one of the best framings of a scientific quandary in history, said so succinctly. "Where are they?"
Thank you, Yui!
Oopsie! It's about the Drake equation, not Fermi. Nevertheless, it does feature the awesome biologist, Jack Cohen and the delusional Peter Ward (the latter who somehow thinks that Earth is alone in the universe).
thucythucy
(8,043 posts)5. Saving this for later viewing.
Thanks for posting this.
Retired George
(332 posts)7. Dey done blowed demselves up
Probably after electing an orange piece of shit as their leader.