Cosmic Queries – Take Me To Your Leader

About this episode

Neil deGrasse Tyson and guests discuss the implications of an alien asking to meet Earth's leader and explore related scientific concepts.

What would you actually do if an alien showed up and asked to be taken to your leader? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Mecurio, and astrophysicist Charles Liu explore fan questions about physics of near-light-speed travel, Dark Forest Theory from The Three Body Problem, and whether the universe itself might be conscious.

People in this episode

Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Guests: Paul Mecurio, Charles Liu

Topics covered

• alien encounters
• near-light-speed travel
• Dark Forest Theory
• conscious universe
• physics

Keywords

• alien
• leader
• Dark Forest Theory
• near-light-speed
• conscious universe
• physics
• Three Body Problem

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Three Body Problem

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