The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2015
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco for the last of their USA specials. They talk alien visitations, UFOs and other close encounters with astronomer Dr Seth Shostack, NASA scientist Dr Carolyn Porco, and comedians Greg Proops and Paul Provenza.
Producer: Alexandra Feachem.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Robin Ents. |
| 0:01.4 | And I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:02.2 | And welcome to the podcast version of The Infinite Monkey Cage, |
| 0:05.3 | which contains extra material that wasn't considered good enough |
| 0:08.3 | for the radio. |
| 0:09.1 | Enjoy it. |
| 0:12.1 | Ladies and gentlemen of San Francisco. |
| 0:15.3 | CHEERING |
| 0:16.7 | For the first time, no, it's San Francisco. |
| 0:19.1 | This is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:21.2 | APPLAUSE |
| 0:24.0 | The, uh, so, uh, this is the question we're asking. |
| 0:27.3 | Could it really be possible that human beings |
| 0:29.4 | are the most intelligent creatures in the universe? |
| 0:32.1 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:33.4 | Anyway, so... |
| 0:35.2 | Is it the duty of a sentient creature to go in search |
| 0:38.2 | of living things beyond their own planet |
| 0:40.1 | or should we let them get on with their own lives |
| 0:42.5 | and just leave them alone? |
| 0:43.8 | Is Stephen Hawking correct in his suspicion |
| 0:45.7 | that making extraterrestrials aware of her existence |
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