AccentExplorer #10: Avi Loeb on Aliens, UFO, Space and Time Travel, and Trip to Alpha Centauri

The Accent Podcast

In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Avi Loeb, the longest-serving chair of the Astronomy department at Harvard University, the best-selling author, and one of the most influential people in Space (according to Time Magazine). We discussed Alien life, Interstellar objects visiting the Earth (Oumuamua), the limitation of the multiverse, time travel, and A.I. astronauts. We also discussed Dr. Loeb’s exploration projects, including Galileo Project and Starshot initiative that is working on a technology that would allow sending probes to Alpha Centauri and reach it within our lifetimes. Watch this episode with visual aid at www.YouTube.com/theaccentpodcast.

Dr. Loeb's books: Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth https://amzn.to/3mPCScc

Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life https://amzn.to/40A3Wts

My Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/theaccentpodcast

TIMESTAMPS

01:00 Are we alone in the Universe?

04:45 Oumuamua

10:40 Galileo Project

12:10 Mainstream pushback against the alien origin of Oumuamua

26:50 Fermi Paradox

32:45 Biggest challenge for human space travel

38:30 Multiverse and String Theory

45:00 Reconciling Skeptics and String Theoreticians

54:00 Starshot Project (Alpha Centauri)

01:01:50 Time Travel

01:03:25 Dreams