One benefit of finding the most intelligent civilization in the Milky Way because we can ask them questions.

My first question would be, what was there before the Big Bang? The second question is,

where is the nearest

interstellar bar where extraterrestrials come together and have

conversations?

We know from our personal experience that finding a partner

gives a meaning to your existence.

So if we ever find a partner out there, it could give a meaning to our existence.

The universe will not appear to be pointless anymore. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Open the pod bay doors now.

Avi, we've seen, you know, tremendous interest in your book and that's been phenomenal.

And I wonder what the reaction to the book has been since we last spoke back in I guess it was September, late August.

And I want to get your take on just the popular reaction to your second book coming as it did on the heels of your

phenomenal runaway smash head bestseller for extraterrestrial.

So tell us please, Avi, how has been the reaction both in critical circles and in the consumer circles and then

we'll move on to some matters that are pressing because they involve a critique as is natural in science to get a critique maybe not the

way it was done but we'll get into that so please tell us obvious how has been the

reaction to the new book the first book extra terrestrial became a bestseller in many countries, 28 editions, 25 languages.

And that attracted a lot of attention.

I had of the order of actually more than 3,000 interviews as a result of that.

Just over the past couple of months there were three profiles,

one in the New York Times magazine another one in the

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