Why we might be alone in the universe | Max Tegmark and Lex Fridman

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Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT.

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[mermaidinchina]

“We have to be humble – we have to be willing to acknowledge that everything we think is true might be very wrong.”

[brothershamus]

Shout out to all the aliens wondering if THEY are alone in the universe.

[rvanzo]

We are either alone or so far apart that it’s the same.

[SweetPappyJones]

“The dinosaurs spent over 100 million years stomping around here without inventing smart phones” 🤣

[koopsjunta]

Tegmark is a genius. He brings considered argument to every discussion. Great interview.

[edgenovese]

Man! Can you imagine this guy hosting a cooking show ? An hour later you still would not know what the meal was !!

[ETC_]

over the billions of years that the universe has been around it is fairly unlikely that we are alive at the same time as another advanced civilization and we are close enough to come in contact with one another. The question is how many civilizations have been around in the previous 14 billion years prior to ourselves.

[NTYALC]

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. People love quoting that line when it comes to religion, and rightfully so. When it comes to extraterrestrial civilizations, however, those same people get irrationally angry and assert that there must be tons of them out there. For me, the answer to the question will remain “nobody knows” until an extraterrestrial lands on Earth and makes open contact.

[craigthescott]

Are we alone in the universe? Yes. So there’s no other intelligent civilizations out there? No there are but they are alone too.

[ColbyBlack]

It also might be more common that life involves in water instead of above it on what is essentially mountain tops. Maybe more life evolves in all the various liquid states of the different planets. Maybe an octopus is the most abundant life form in the universe

[anonymous-ccnv]

meanwhile aliens are asking themselves the same thing

[philosophyextract]

Correct. Timing is everything. In all of space and time, intersection of coexisting organisms with culture, language, technology, or any of the above etc... Unlikely, based on our observations, so far. Currently, it is incalculable. Speculation is fun.

[BChandlerBaxter]

I'd put my money on the hypothesis of the universe teeming with life, and versions of it we are unable to even imagine at this point in our existence.

[chiefblackfoot]

Rogan would not last a whole episode with this guy!

[peterbroderson]

As Max Planck states: "I regard Consciousness as fundamental and matter as derived from Consciousness. We are not alone but just do not recognize all the consciousness around us
and seem to think we live in a non-living Universe instead of a gigantic living organism with multi levels of consciousness. Modern science is stuck in the dark ages till they accept this.

[imagain]

The universe and life around you only happens from your own personal perspective no matter what life form you happen to be.

[thomasriding]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

[goji]

That thought is simply the most frightening thing i can imagine

[geo]

We're not alone, we're being left alone, and with good reason. Earth is where the crazies' are.

[imagemotion]

the most important theory Ive heard yet, because it just confirms what a lot of sages have been saying for centuries, Raise consciousness through meditation, wake up and see that everything we need is inside of us and on this planet.