The Tricky Part of Finding Extraterrestrial Life

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Finding extraterrestrial life is a goal for a lot of space missions. Telescopes are analysing distant planets in search of biosignatures. We've spent a lot of time thinking about what it will be like to find life on other planets. But what if we don't? What happens then? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr Daniel Angerhausen
https://dananger.me

📜 What if we Find Nothing? Bayesian Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/adb96d/meta

00:00 Intro
02:03 Proving or disproving life
11:24 Agnostic factors to observe
21:08 Solutions for the Fermi Paradox
32:25 Current obsessions
38:44 Final thoughts

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