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🗓️ 23 August 2011
⏱️ 15 minutes
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We are not alone in the galaxy. Here's why that doesn't mean we've been visited by anyone.
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0:00.0 | For sure, it's one of the questions I get asked most often. |
0:07.2 | Do I think there are aliens out there? |
0:10.1 | Usually I'm asked this in the context of my dismissal of the belief that UFOs are alien |
0:15.8 | visitors, which is, of course, a very different question. |
0:20.0 | Today, I'm going to give the standard answer to the question of whether we're truly alone, |
0:24.9 | by standard, I mean what the overwhelming majority of physicists and cosmologists would |
0:30.8 | have to say. |
0:32.6 | That's coming right up, UnSkeptoid. |
0:34.8 | Hey everyone, Brian here. |
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1:17.3 | Thanks. |
1:23.1 | For listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. |
1:28.1 | Are we alone? |
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