Silvano Colombano Wonders If We're Doing It Wrong—S2 Bonus Interview
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April 28, 2026 · 27 min · Season 2 · Episode 19
About this episode
Silvano Colombano discusses erroneous assumptions in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Wild Thing is re-releasing its bonus interviews! Silvano Colombano, a long-time NASA scientist, argues that the search for extraterrestrial life makes some erroneous assumptions. We talk to him about what those assumptions are, why they might be wrong, and how we might think differently about the search.
People in this episode
Guest: Silvano Colombano
Topics covered
- extraterrestrial life
- NASA
- scientific assumptions
- search for life
- space exploration
Keywords
- extraterrestrial life
- NASA
- Silvano Colombano
- scientific assumptions
- space exploration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA
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