
[Interview+] How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?
Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2026 · 59 min
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<html><p>BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o" target="_blank">youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o</a></p><p&… Spacetime video: <a href="youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo</a> <br/>Professor David Kipping's channel: <a href="studio.youtube.com/channel/UCGHZpIpAWJQ-Jy_CeC…; target="_blank"> @CoolWorldsLab </a> </p><p>We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good was it? Did we look hard enough or deep enough? Is it too early for conclusions? Could do a better job? If so, how? Figuring out in this interview. </p><p>🟣 Guest: Dr. Ben Zuckerman </p><p>📜 Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: a New Strategy To Find Nearby Alien Civilizations <a href="arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333" target="_blank">arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333</a></p>&l… Intro </p></li><li><p>01:36 SETI </p></li><li><p>05:07 How deep did we look</p></li><li><p>24:12 What could we have done differently</p></li><li><p>36:57 Most satisfying answer to the Fermi Paradox </p></li><li><p>43:25 BONUS PART: pollution of white dwarfs </p></li><li><p>53:01 Current obsessions </p></li><li><p>57:14 Final thoughts</p></li></ul><p></p></html>