Adam Frank
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Professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester, who works on star and planet formation, the search for technosignatures, and the astrobiology of…
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24 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The 2,500-year-old argument about whether planets are common is settled: every star in the night sky has planets. (opens korrents.com)
“In which case, those kinds of collisions are so rare that you would expect one in a trillion stars to have planets. Instead, every star in the night sky has planets.”
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The universe has run ten billion trillion habitable-zone experiments, so we are the first technological civilisation only if every single one of them failed. (opens korrents.com)
“And so, what we found was basically that there have been 10 billion trillion habitable zone planets in the universe. And what that means is that those are 10 billion trillion experiments that have been run. And the…”
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The burden of proof about alien civilisations has shifted: it is now on the pessimists. (opens korrents.com)
“But I felt like what this paper showed was that the burden of proof is now on the pessimists. So, that's why we called it the pessimism line. Throughout history, there's been alien pessimists and alien optimists, and…”
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The 2,500-year-old argument about whether planets are common is settled: every star in the night sky has planets. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Eon (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is the plot actually of a great science fiction book called Eon by Greg Baer”
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (opens rcmnd.app)
“Harris's book shows us there are really interesting conversations to be had in this new territory where you're not forced to choose between spirituality and science.”
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The Martian (opens rcmnd.app)
“#1. The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir. This book is a complete surprise.”
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Eon (opens rcmnd.app)