Our Galactic Center - Reinhard Genzel (SETI Talks) edited

[@ianpettman1955]

Many thanks, sooo much better than the initial offering. Possibly the most important talk of the past few years. I wont take any bets against this being Nobel Prize material.

[@Acvatron]

Very good, thanks for the audiofix and thanks to Reinhard Genzel.

[@leshatcatski5089]

Oh, great, thank you very much for fixing this talk! I was quite frustrated when the first version was released, as the subject is extremely interesting. I thought the originally missing audio was irrevocably lost, that would have been very disappointing. Anyway, thanks again, SETI, for this talk and all the others!

[@橋本絵莉子]

That was awe! Got now a new point of view on Blackholes.

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

Very interesting lecture, thank you for uploading!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Very good talk, thank you!

[@TechNed]

Although not at the galactic centre, it's nice that gravitational wave detection of a black hole merger has been made decades earlier than Dr. Genzel's 40 year estimation (if that's what he was referring to). For me, the EHT project is one of the most exciting and anticipated results I look forward to.

[@markyoung8613]

Beautiful place to visit, especially the gravitational lensing effect. Many great views on the way there. Sag A

[@RyanTheScar]

Even better than the first edit!

[@willywol4097]

Great info, great talk ... thanks btw, sorry for my previous complaining

[@nemesis4785]

What does SETI, a real world lost cause, have to do with practical science and reality ? Oh never mind, Genzel's talk is very interesting.

[@Raydensheraj]

Why do you think SETI is a lost cause? Obviously they receive private funding - meaning that certain individuals with money think otherwise. NASA also is working again with SETI concerning Biosignitures of Exoplanets and how to properly detect them. They are doing quite a lot of restructuring and it's not only concerning Radio Astronomy... Personally I think it's something we should never give up... trying to detect extraterrestrial life.

[@nemesis4785]

@@Raydensheraj 2.1768*10^36. The number of microarcsecond points that a signal can originate from, projected on our celestial sphere, if pointed directly at Earth. Factor in ETI signal power transmission requirements (likely to be in the septillions of yottawatts if over a billion LY distant, and equivalent to the total EM output of an entire galaxy), signal absorption, the inverse square law, signal to noise ratio, potential bandwidth slice and boundaries, signal diffraction, cosmic time scales and data interpretation. How can SETI possibly detect ETI ? I'm sure ETI's were/are/will be there, but SETI has a close to, and effectively, zero probability of detecting any. For sure, we are not alone but proving it may be impossible. Just my opinion.

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

SETI simply is not serious about determining the reality of UFO's and their presence today, let alone throughout human history. If one is genuinely interested in learning the truth about other civilizations visiting Earth, there are three places from which to begin begin. First, the archaeological record which is crystal clear, from our earliest petroglyphs all the way up to today - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXaxpZuKnZV5npo. Second, the Intelligence and Defense agencies, as well as top Defense contractors. Since the 2001 Disclosure Project, the reality of special access programs, crash retrievals, and reverse engineering is now well documented and self-evident. Third, go to any high traffic area such as Washington State, Nevada, and a myriad of other areas worldwide, spend time outside at night, and look up. This is precisely what many of us have been doing for years now, and the amount of directly observed, video documented evidence available on the Internet alone is staggering. Once one begins to directly observe these craft and other related phenomenon, belief/disbelief no longer applies, and the question is answered definitively and incontrovertibly. SETI is merely a front of distraction and disinformation whose purpose is to mislead the populace into reaching false conclusions.

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

"The inner most region is completely random". I'll help this guy out a bit and suggest he replace 'Random' with 'not yet understood'. Random does not exist.

[@elijaguy]

"this guy" co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

@@elijaguy Impressive resume. Nonetheless, random only stands until future understanding eventually unfolds. Be Well Eli.

[@elijaguy]

@@anonaki-mt6xb I have no say about "random", I just hint at perhaps the possibility of calling him something like Dr Genzel, or similarly. Be well you, too, I have no cats in the race.

[@anonaki-mt6xb]

@@elijaguy Guy is a perfectly respectable surname...enjoy your weekend friend.

[@elijaguy]

@@anonaki-mt6xb This I wanted to hear from you explicitly! Thank you, keep safe!

[@FumbleFinger]

Some irritating audio dropouts, but looking at other comments we should be grateful for what we've got. nice presentation though.