SETI: Aliens, A.I., NASA, and UAP | MHP 07.18.22.
The Micah Hanks Program
Micah Hanks
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🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
As the search for extraterrestrial intelligence from beyond Earth continues, many scientists are now wondering whether the eventual discovery of ET may come in the form of a technology--perhaps even artificial intelligence--that was created by aliens, rather than the actual biological lifeforms themselves.
Joining us this week to discuss these possibilities is Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI institute. We dive into the potential existence of alien A.I, as well as NASA's forthcoming UAP study, and much more this week on The Micah Hanks Program.
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Show Notes
Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:
- NEWS: James Webb Space Telescope picture shows noticeable damage from micrometeoroid strike
- A new Record for the Strongest Magnetic Field Seen in the Universe: 1.6 Billion Tesla
- To get artificial gravity on the moon, you'd need a giant rotating lunar base
- Plants Appear to Be Self-Medicating by Producing Their Own Aspirin When Stressed
- UAP NEWS: Seriously, What's Making All These Mysterious Space Signals?
- How Americans Feel About Space (and Aliens)
- As NASA Prepares UFO Study, Are We Seeing a New Space Race for Aliens?
- How big a deal is NASA's new UFO study?
- SETH SHOSTAK: Seth Shostak at the SETI Institute
- Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life Paperback
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| 0:00.0 | News, science, unexplained space in the cosmos, exploring our past, our future, and the mysteries |
| 0:09.7 | of our universe, taking a critical look at reality and a journey to the edges of human |
| 0:15.1 | understanding. |
| 0:16.1 | The future is now, this is Micahanks. |
| 0:23.1 | From the high mountains of Appalachia in a bunker below ground, welcome one and all. |
| 0:27.4 | It is the Micahanks program, glad as always, to be your humble host, as we go careening |
| 0:32.9 | all through space and time in pursuit of the enigmatic, like we do every week, listen |
| 0:37.4 | on a band via podcasting apps all throughout space and time at, of course, streaming online |
| 0:42.1 | via our station affiliates over there at the UNEX radio network. |
| 0:47.6 | And lots of news in recent days, of course, about the James Webb Space Telescope as we |
| 0:51.5 | were talking about last week. |
| 0:53.9 | Now, has the world's most expensive and advanced space telescope actually been damaged by |
| 1:00.2 | a micro-media rooid? |
| 1:02.2 | Yeah, that's what some are saying. |
| 1:03.8 | We also, of course, have the strongest magnetic field ever seen in the universe, artificial |
| 1:07.9 | gravity on the moon, lots of other topics to address, along with some UAP news, because |
| 1:13.6 | in recent days, there has been a lot of buzz about NASA's forthcoming UAP study. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm interested too, lots of people weighing in on this, and in fact, we have a surprise |
| 1:25.2 | guest this week who's going to be joining us, should I name this individual now? |
| 1:29.3 | Should I just go ahead and tell you who this is going to be, because I hadn't actually |
| 1:32.8 | planned on being joined by one of the most world-renowned experts on the search for extraterrestrial |
| 1:41.4 | intelligence. |
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