Ep 95 | Harvard Astronomer Makes Humble Case for Alien Life | Avi Loeb | The Glenn Beck Podcast

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🗓️ 30 January 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Are U.F.O.s real? Are we not alone in the universe? You're not a kook to ask those questions says renowned Harvard astronomer and author of "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth", Avi Loeb. Especially in the face of new evidence discovered in 2017. Scientists at a Hawaiian observatory found an unexplained object in our solar system, moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star. Was it space junk, an asteroid or a relic from a distant civilization? Avi makes the scientific case for why we should consider the possibility that it came from alien life. Glenn and Avi discuss how scientists have traded wonder for cynicism and robbed us of a true sense of curiosity. They challenge the academic snobs within the scientific community and challenge all of us to approach our existence in the universe with a little more humility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	Today's podcast is going to be a roller coaster ride, I think. It's with the author of
0:35.5	the new book called Extra Terrestrial. On the surface, it is about, I can't pronounce
0:41.4	this right. I mean, I can't pronounce most things right. Amua, Muah. That is a, some
0:49.7	sort of something that was in space that came flying by us in 2017. And at first, it was
0:59.9	like a comment then. It was an asteroid then. They didn't know what it was. Well, there's,
1:05.5	it defied physics. It moved in ways it shouldn't have moved. And there is one guy who says,
1:14.1	I think we need to really seriously consider that either our physics are wrong or this is
1:23.3	signs of extra terrestrial life. Now, he's getting hammered for it. But I just want to explain
1:30.9	before he comes on who he is. He is Ovi Loeb. He is the professor of science at Harvard
1:39.4	University, received his PhD in physics from Hebrew University at the age of 24. He led
1:46.3	the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative. And subsequently,
1:53.3	a long time member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. He's written eight books
1:59.3	over 800 pages on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, and the
2:05.8	search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the universe. He's been the longest serving
2:11.0	chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Institute,
2:17.7	and director for the Institute for Theory and Computation within the Harvard Smithsonian
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