BFA Podcast #2 The Modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Channel: Edgar Mao
Date: 07/06/2021

Three old friends ramble about the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) effort in the modern context. From philosophical ideas to astrophysical research, we explored a variety of SETI related topics and had a grand old time.

Reference Page: https://edgarmaomaoenda.wixsite.com/bfa2-info-page

(This edition of the BFA podcast is a video podacst project dedicated to the UCSB course WRIT 105M in Spring 2021.)

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0:00 Introduction
6:36 On the public narratives related to extraterrestrial intelligence
16:39 The public and academia philosophy toward science and SETI, and how they influence each other
27:33 Astrobiology? Biology!
39:53 Introducing the information page
41:19 The limitation of human cognition in the SETI context
47:08 SETI's meaning to humanity
54:50 SETI's future and SETI's present image in popular culture
1:05:49 Concluding remarks and space truckers
1:12:29 What is BFA?




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