This is an I-Heart podcast.

Let's talk about fantasies, scientific fantasies, of course, because every scientist out there has got one.

A dream scenario in which they discover something

that shocks the world, or they stumble across some new species or an ancient artifact.

If you've been listening to this podcast, then you can guess my scientific fantasy.

It's, of course, first contact. I want to meet the aliens.

But wait, you might think, Daniel's no biologist. We know that.

And he's admitted to having no net for chemistry either. So what's Daniel's scientific interest

in aliens? Well, the reason I got into physics was because I thought the topic was bigger

than biology or chemistry. It doesn't try to solve just the puzzles of life here on Earth, which might only be relevant

to life on Earth.

Physics tries to understand the laws of the whole universe.

Its questions are so much bigger.

They literally span the whole cosmos.

How did the universe begin?

What is it made out of?

So alien contact is my scientific fantasy because I long believe that physics is something

that should be cross planetary and cross species.

I believe that somewhere out there was an alien Daniel working on particle physics, and

I'd like to meet him

and to make a mental connection over our common interest in the mysteries of the universe.

Physicists don't need any bigger egos, but it's quite a boost to think that you're studying

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