How to Find Aliens | Jaime Green (#327)
07/04/23 • 65 min
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Welcome author Jaime Green! We discuss her moving and delightful book about the possibility and actuality of alien life. The discussion covers a range of topics, from the role of waste of space to the significance of life on Earth. The episode also delves into other scientific questions, such as the definition of a planet, the simulation of the Drake equation, and the morality of abortion from a religious perspective. The episode concludes with a discussion on the potential impact of discovering alien life on society.
Jaime Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, The New York Times Book Review, American Theatre, Catapult, Astrobites, and elsewhere.
Jaime Green is interested in the fundamental nature of life and how it arises. She is working to abstract from Earth's chemistry to gain a broader understanding of what distinguishes living matter from inanimate matter. Jaime recognizes that defining life is a difficult task and that traditional definitions may not be useful in understanding the complexity of living systems. Her work is focused on unraveling many of the mysteries surrounding the origins of life, and she is regarded as a leading author in this field.
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- Sara Seager: Life in the Galaxy search for exoplanets the smallest lights in the univ.: https://youtu.be/88FMsX745rs
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Watch the full video on youtube here: https://youtu.be/EY8b5g31j44
Welcome author Jaime Green! We discuss her moving and delightful book about the possibility and actuality of alien life. The discussion covers a range of topics, from the role of waste of space to the significance of life on Earth. The episode also delves into other scientific questions, such as the definition of a planet, the simulation of the Drake equation, and the morality of abortion from a religious perspective. The episode concludes with a discussion on the potential impact of discovering alien life on society.
Jaime Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, The New York Times Book Review, American Theatre, Catapult, Astrobites, and elsewhere.
Jaime Green is interested in the fundamental nature of life and how it arises. She is working to abstract from Earth's chemistry to gain a broader understanding of what distinguishes living matter from inanimate matter. Jaime recognizes that defining life is a difficult task and that traditional definitions may not be useful in understanding the complexity of living systems. Her work is focused on unraveling many of the mysteries surrounding the origins of life, and she is regarded as a leading author in this field.
Related Episodes:
- Life’s Edge with Carl Zimmer: https://youtu.be/s8B4eHcsWKQ
- Lee Cronin assembly theory: https://youtu.be/aC8yIU7gE5w
- Sarah Rugheimer extrasolar planets with a particular focus on atmospheric biosignatures :https://youtu.be/w5DxU-lPYK4
- Sara Seager: Life in the Galaxy search for exoplanets the smallest lights in the univ.: https://youtu.be/88FMsX745rs
- Paul Davies the Goldilocks enigma what is life: https://youtu.be/KgK0RW5GeoA
- Sara Walker is deputy director of the pioneering Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science:https://youtu.be/0Iklfzmqz88
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Einstein famously thought Quantum entanglement was impossible and called it spooky action at a distance.
Dr. Friedman was a Principle collaborator on an experiment of such galactic scale that it was the subject of a PBS NOVA Feature documentary, Einstein’s Quantum Riddle.
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As a testament to Andy’s vision and science acumen, since this event, Andy’s collaborator, Anton Zeilinger shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Clauser and Alain Aspect, for experiments with entangled photons, further establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science. Their results have cleared the way for new technology based on quantum information profound implications.
The Paper:
Cosmic Bell Test using Random Measurement Settings from High-Redshift Quasars
https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.05966
PBS NOVA Special: https://youtu.be/068rdc75mHM
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