Information Theory
Information Theory
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An independent podcast featuring high-entropy conversations with scientists, writers, and academics.
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Centers around topics in science, linguistics, and philosophy, with episodes discussing the replication crisis in research, theories on language cognition, and personal journeys of academics like Daniel Everett's unique experiences with the Pirahã tribe.
An independent podcast featuring high-entropy conversations with scientists, writers, and academics.
Professor Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist who was the longest-serving chair of Harvard University’s Department of Astronomy.In this episode, we talk about the possible extraterrestrial origins of Oumuamua, the eventual fate of our solar system, and how mainstream academia suppresses risk-taking and innovation.
0:00 Introduction
1:46 The Discovery of Oumuamua
8:05 Light Sails and Space Trash: An Artificial Origin for Oumuamua?
12:53 Do Extraordinary Claims require Extraordinary Evidence?
21:11 Why the Oumuamua Hypothesis generated so much Pushback
26:14 How Academia Suppresses Risk-Taking and Innovation
30:27 Advice for Young Scientists
37:14 What Percentage of Astrophysics Research is Worthless?
45:07 The Discovery of the First Interstellar Meteor
52:16 What the US Government secretly knows about UAPs
1:04:42 The Fermi Paradox and the Dark Forest hypothesis
1:12:11 Conclusion
“On the Possibility of an Artificial Origin for `Oumuamua” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.15213
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