About this episode

The episode discusses the diversity of scientific thought in astrobiology with guests Kayla Smith and Prof. Patrick Anderson.

Guests: Kayla Smith & Prof. Patrick Anderson Astrobiology Kayla Smith and philosopher Patrick Anderson beam aboard to celebrate the diversity of scientific thought that goes into astrobiology, and how astrobiology can continue to grow by pulling on threads from outside of science too. They co-authored a paper called "Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology" with host Mike Wong. Kayla, Patrick, and Mike's paper "Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10838-025-09760-6 Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Kayla: https://bsky.app/profile/astrokayla.bsky.social

People in this episode

Host: Mike Wong

Guests: Kayla Smith, Prof. Patrick Anderson

Topics covered

• astrobiology
• scientific thought
• epistemic pluralism
• diversity in science
• philosophy

Keywords

• astrobiology
• scientific diversity
• epistemic pluralism
• philosophy
• life in the universe

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology

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