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Criteria to Define the Best Scientist
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Astrophysicist Avi Loeb reflects on the importance of scientific pursuits, highlighting that it shouldn't be about recognition, but rather, discovering the truth. He also acknowledges that the possibility of aliens cannot be ruled out.
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The academic culture often promotes an echo chamber where students and postdocs repeat mantras to gain recognition, which may hinder exploration into unexplainable phenomena like alien life.
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The academic culture often promotes an echo chamber where students and postdocs repeat mantras to gain recognition, which may hinder exploration into unexplainable phenomena like alien life. Ignoring reality doesn't make it go away and we need to be open to seeing the unexplainable.
ChapterCriteria to Define the Best Scientist
Episode#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The purpose of science is driven by curiosity and figuring out from evidence.
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The purpose of science is driven by curiosity and figuring out from evidence. The focus should stay on the purpose of science and not on egos of tenured professors.