How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?

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We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good was it? Did we look hard enough or deep enough? Is it too early for conclusions? Could do a better job? If so, how? Figuring out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Ben Zuckerman

📜 Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: a New Strategy To Find Nearby Alien Civilizations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333

00:00 Intro
01:36 SETI
05:07 How deep did we really look?
24:12 What could we have done differently
36:57 Most satisfying answer to the Fermi Paradox
43:25 Current obsessions
47:35 Final thoughts


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