How To Know If It's Aliens

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There’s one rule on Space Time: It’s never Aliens. But every rule has an exception and this rule is no exception because: It’s never aliens, until it is. So is it aliens yet? And on today’s Space Time we’re going to examine all the best case scenarios for life beyond Earth.

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[henry]

“Your idea is so good that some very smart people have already thought of it” one of the greatest compliments ever

[Bassotronics]

I Love Antón Petrov!
He’s a wonderful person!

[nyandayo]

I love hearing that Anton is being mentioned by PBS Space Time! He is most definitely my favorite science creator and he gets way too little recognition for how much work he does

[jhcoverdrive]

It’s awesome that Matt gives wonderful person Anton Petrov a shout out...what’s equally or more awesome is how many people in the comments know who he is and are all happy he got the call out from a bigger channel.

Matt, Anton and all the rest here are truly wonderful people!

[HylanderSB]

Nice shout out for The Wonderful Person, Anton Petrov. He will be so excited!

[BaioWithMayo]

Aye the call out for Anton was great! Seems we have a lot of wonderful people here too!

[leerv.]

"Is it aliens yet?" No
"Is it aliens yet?" No
"Is it aliens yet?" Look, if you keep asking I'm going to turn this universe around!

[sammyk]

Thanks for mentioning Mr Petrov and his channel. He totally deserves the recognition. And it makes you a wonderful person too :)

[danieldeneve]

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman

[JanicMilan]

You know you succeeded in life when pbs cites you. Congratulations to Anton

[FantasticallyFred]

That should be the next t-shirt: "Is it aliens yet?"

[andersjjensen]

Nice of you to give a shout-out to Anton Petrov! :)

He covers a wide range of space and science topics, and he's not afraid to admit if he makes a mistake. A truly wonderful person :P

[Nomida]

Petrov getting the shout-out is awesome! Dude puts in the work, great to see the recognition.

[d.]

Shout out to Anton Petrov, the hardest working man on the tube. Nice one Matt!

[amphilochusofmallus]

I feel like I speak for most people when I say I want it to be aliens, but only if it's actually aliens. Great video, guys

[TheBlueBmber]

A shout out for Anton! I think that makes Matt a wonderful person 👍

[MauriceM.]

„Hello wonderful person, this is ... PBS Spacetime. ... ahh, what?!“ :D Love Anton! Awesome to see him mentioned here!

[hckNo]

Once you eliminate the impossible, you are left with all the things you didn't think about.

[BBrinckmann]

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, is all the things you didn't think about."
- youtube-comment that I read somewhere else at some point in spacetime

[sam]

Thanks for the direct to Anton, he is an absolutely amazing presenter and, on top of it, he is a wonderful person.