A Cosmic Conversation with J. Richard Gott III

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🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Why haven’t we found evidence of alien civilizations? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III to talk chess, tachyons, and what the Fermi Paradox and Copernican Principle say about humanity’s place in the cosmos. Plus, they rank super-genius movies.

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0:00.0	This is StarTalk.
0:02.6	Neil deGrasse Tyson here, you're a personal astrophysicist,
0:06.2	and today we are featuring my exclusive one-on-one conversation
0:11.0	with my longtime friend and colleague fellow astrophysicist,
0:15.8	J. Richard Gott, the third.
0:19.2	Very deep thinker on all manner of subjects under the sun and moon and stars.
0:28.9	Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:40.1	StarTalk begins right now.
0:43.0	Rich Gott.
0:45.3	Hi, Neil.
0:48.2	I think that's about the best compliment I ever got. That's the best compliment.
0:49.7	That's just about the best.
0:51.5	Rich God, you're a close friend.
0:53.9	You're probably my closest colleague friend that I have.
0:57.5	Oh, that's great.
0:58.7	We spent a lot of time together in conversations and dining with family.
1:03.7	And we probably met earlier, but we didn't become close friends until Princeton University.
1:10.8	I did my postdoc there many moons ago.
1:13.9	And you spent almost your whole life on the faculty at Princeton University.
1:18.8	So let me just put some of your professional background on the table.
1:22.6	You born and raised in Kentucky.
1:24.8	Right.
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