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.
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