SETI scientist reacts to UFO sightings | Nathalie Cabrol and Lex Fridman

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GUEST BIO:
Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe.

PODCAST INFO:

SOCIAL:

[LexClips]

Guest bio: Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe.

[Kikino]

"I dont want to believe. I want to know." Love that quote!

[sisko]

I love how Lex thinks more about how science interacts with common people instead of just thinking about the science itself, like what he said about riding the wave of people's interest in the topic. He has a much more humane view than the average scientist.

[deanwilliams]

I mean, would you not be pissed if you spent all of your life looking at the stars, and sending radio signals only to find out that aliens have been flying around some deserts the whole time.

[relativerust]

She's expressing resistance to lex's observation about how scientists have a tendency to be resistant and close minded. She proved his point.

[thatisabsolutelykooooge]

*The best scientists are the ones that entertain EVERY possibility by knowing that we have limitations as observers*

[squamsh]

I appreciate this take. Everyone else just says “Universe BIG, Aliens PROBABLE.”

[catdeerduck]

Please bring James Fox. He’s possibly the most knowledgeable journalist on this topic outside of Leslie.

[boukmn]

You need CHRIS LEHTO on this channel NOW Lex. Former fighter pilot with a channel dedicated to answering this

[jdogsful]

"i think scientist can be close minded and bad at connecting with the public"
"i disagree, and we always allow to the public to view our papers"...

[ulabosha]

I think people should daydream more about things like that it keeps you creatives

[MrStrife]

While I can respect the response of getting people to think a certain way about these things, it would have been a much more interesting response to talk about the ways in which they investigate things like this. I know she said they don't, but it would have been great to get her two cents about some of the details and things they look for.

[mexicanmuslim]

Invite Jimmy from Bright insight to the podcast. You need him here

[JGKorny]

It is very naive that that any advanced civilization would use radio waves as a means of interstellar communication.

[thompson]

"I don't want to believe... I want to know" powerful as fuck

[galacticfederationambassad]

The percentage speech sounds alot like Stanton Freidman

[pedrole]

1 time i hear a seti member talk about UFO thank to lex

[llttrr]

Like talking to a self obsessed brick wall.

[fredconner]

I feel that it’s almost opposite of what she’s saying. I think it’s the folklore that’s kept this subject alive.

[FreeWVson]

Gary nolen is a cia defense scientist he just said roseell was real....