My Search for Proof Aliens Exist | Avi Loeb | TED

[@Celeste-in-Oz]

“I do not have a footprint on social media, I enjoy nature” … I was expecting applause but the silence was deafening.

[@dreamfall77]

The SETI project is waiting for a call, he is not waiting for a call at all. The truth is in the middle.

[@masteronionnorth2341]

Because only an alien wouldn't have a social media foot print. 😋

[@PolarisClubfan]

Emotional shock 😂

[@PolarisClubfan]

Can a scientist lead a country better than a politician ?

[@dreamfall77]

@@masteronionnorth2341 This is only if the purpose of the mission is not to make contact.

[@DerStreuner]

"Science is better than politics." Applause. 👍

[@trappedkitty5335]

And yet scientists are beholden to politicians for funding.

[@danielmartin7838]

Science has always been political, that’s the irony

[@tor2gonzio]

And here he is

[@tonydisibio4236]

Politics is the lowest form of life on Earth

[@j.w.r3730]

Science is unlimited freedom. Politics is about punishment.

[@Purified-Bananas]

"We are not the pinnacle of creation. There's room for improvement."

[@turinturambar6770]

Would suggest that anyone unfamiliar with the bipartisan UAP Disclosure Act of 2023, proposed by the Senate majority leader as an amendment to the FY24 NDAA, should go read the language in that document. That bill would have conveyed eminent domain over any recovered NHI materials, as well as created a nine-person civilian review board which would oversee the release of government documents relating to UAP. That bill passed the Senate, but was stripped of those crucial provisions in the House during conference.

[@loffarenerik2914]

tell Trump that

[@tonydisibio4236]

Who thought we were ? We The Children

[@bob2ride]

Senate majority leaderin 2024 was a scientist? Don’t think so. He believes in Bigfoot too. 😂

[@tonydisibio4236]

@@bob2ride DUDE Seriously, If YOU do not Know about Sasquatch ( bigfoot to you ) NOW in 2024, your Way behind and have to Catch way up. Got it, and besides that, there's a lot of other Secrets that the GOVT Has Kept from US. Dude Your Behind - Get it.

[@416pp]

I stopped watching TED talks like 8 years ago.. this popped up on my feed for good reasons.. what a great talk!!

[@stickmanlives]

Same ...and I am so happy also to have bumped into this presentation !

[@ETSpaceRocks]

@@stickmanlives Me too in a same team thank you

[@rjswas]

Same here.

[@HiAdrian]

Same!

[@michi9816]

in the introduction he says to see 100 billion stars. they might exist, but can not be seen looking up into the sky.

[@ThorPalsson]

Avi doesn't deserve that hate he has received from the scientific community Since when does science not allow curiosity and wonder? He is asking questions that are absolutely fundamental to our existence

[@JoeyP946]

I'm watching a Ted talk with the title "My search for proof aliens exist". I might as well be watching the history channel

[@shadw4701]

The problem is that he's always jumping to conclusions

[@hllok]

His isn’t wonder and curiosity. He continues to make claims without evidence, like omaumau and the spheroids.

[@Anomaly_Files18]

@@hllok How is that not evidence? What is evidence to you? Them landing on the White House lawn?

[@blueabattoir]

@Anomaly_Files18 That would be strong evidence.

[@cotystiehl7260]

Wow, this was refreshing to listen to.... It's too bad the few people at the top are more concerned with power and greed, and the the rest of us suffer for it.

[@Cyclopsonlyseeshisdeath]

I loved his take on the Fermi paradox, “Single people ask this a lot, but you have to leave your house to meet people”

[@Probabilityislife]

All bs. Ets are here. The world is run by a group of small unelected people who already know all this.

[@mateusb09]

That doesn't make anything better at all. You can fit 30 planet earth between us and the moon. The universe is big but at the same time it is so empty and everything is too far away. Fermi paradox: maybe we can't see anybody in the night sky because everything is just too far away to be detected.

[@ms0824]

My planetary comparison would be this. Imagine a single human being at the north pole on earth, and a single human being at the south pole on earth. How long would it take for them to utilize tools, create technology, be curious enough to explore, have the idea of not being alone, and find each other? A likely answer is never.

[@prodromosregalides3402]

We need to first start moving around the solar system . We can do this at the very least. It will greatly enhance our understanding of the universe. But not when we compete for matters the showcases of which is Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Niger and so on. Not when the excuse is a religion or ideology we do not actually believe in. Wanna be Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Environmentalists and so on, being so vocal about their agenda while in reality their only concern is money. We need a humanity with self-awareness.

[@ETSpaceRocks]

@@Probabilityislife My Man Love you for kind words respect! There is still smart people left in this world Amen

[@annphillips3704]

Avi has been going where many scientists refuse to go for a long time. He is taking the community on one interview at a time. His enthusiasm is wonderful. Tumbling like Oumuamua he is joining forces with the likes of Gary Nolan etc ( minds too great to not take seriously.) It is amazing how much resistance he is encountering from within. . He needs our support Bravo. 👏👏👏

[@oldionus]

It's not resistance. It's demand for proof, which is sadly lacking. The idea that technology at an interstellar level would be hard to detect, rather than really, really obvious is completely implausible. Of course it's possible, barely, but there is just no good reason to believe it to be true, or even spend a lot of time speculating about it. Advanced technology will not be stealthy. It will be readily apparent. And it ain't here. Maybe somewhere, but not here, not now. Until someone produces a single small sample of material that could not have been produced by human technology as it currently stands, which would demonstrate the existence of an extraterrestrial technology, the conclusion that the extraordinary evidence necessary to back up an extraordinary claim is simply lacking remains unassailed. I would be absolutely excited beyond compare if alien technology were proven to exist, but with only blurry, ambiguous photos and a lot of tortured logic and speculation, I say, like a Missourian, show me. Show us the PROOF. It just doesn't exist. Yet.

[@justicewillprevail1106]

He's absolutely right. He's never claimed he knows something for sure. He just simply says there are possibilities. Many science channels I watch refuses to even consider the possibility of intelligence from another galaxy. I find those channel rather close minded. Dr. Lien is much more accepting to new ideas and possibilities.

[@DarthQuantum-ez8qz]

Yes, there are possibilities. There are also possibilities for fairies and leprechauns - just no DATA.

[@beenaplumber8379]

That's an important difference between science channels and scientists. A scientist cannot simply dismiss the work of someone who rigorously follows the scientific method, no matter what questions they're addressing, and I've never seen that happen. To do so puts the critic outside the realm of science. The actual problem, as Avi alluded to, is funding. Scientists cannot dispute someone who follows the scientific method, but granting agencies are less likely to fund projects that have a lower probability of success. The question of extraterrestrial life has been studied very carefully (e.g., with every Mars lander or rover), and the accumulation of negative data makes it hard for funders to give massive amounts of money to continue studying a question that has yielded so much negative data. I think most scientists would be delighted beyond expression if extraterrestrial life were to be found, particularly intelligent life.

[@njones420]

@@beenaplumber8379 beautifully put!

[@galaxia4709]

@@njones420 but it's wrong what he says

[@dreamfall77]

@@beenaplumber8379 Well, I think it's time for scientists to take a closer look at the fact that the Mandela Effect clearly does not fit into the strict framework of a purely psychological phenomenon.

[@jeffmosesjr]

The world needs more curious farm boys. Gods speed Dr Loab!

[@dreamfall77]

In fact, what he said about the farm boy and the adults in the room clearly indicates that he is at least one of the candidates, but how can he be told about this if he is not on social networks?

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

The owners of pecan farms in israel arent really the same thing as some poor hick buddy of yours from Iowa dude

[@JamesTaylor-on9nz]

@@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965 You think a member of God's chosen would do that? Get on a stage and tell lies?

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

@@JamesTaylor-on9nz antisemitism aside, when confronted at the very end, "yes or no question, will we find evidence of extra terrestrial life in the next ten years" Not only does question reveal that what Avi found last year IS NOT a sign of extra-terrestrial life, he quickly answered YES knowing full and well he is lying to his audience for clicks. So just because this "adorable farm boy" from Harvard doesn't have a social media presence like joe rogan, doesn't mean he isn't selling the same click bait for a future podcast deal.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

@@JamesTaylor-on9nz but yeah, he's using flowerly language to manipulate simple ppl into buying his trash points.

[@jacobbarr9569]

"There is room for improvement" Amen!!!!

[@tonydisibio4236]

For the human race, I don't know, all I can Do is Hope.

[@appsenence9244]

He meant that if we are god's creation then god is flawed. It's basically a saying watching science that we can't have been engineered, there's too many flaws with the human body and brain. You saying amen to this is truly ironic.

[@kennethnyhus1337]

Amun*

[@riir1893]

@@appsenence9244 There does exist quite a few Christians, Jews, and Muslims who do believe the universe is ~13.7bn years old and that we, like the rest of life, has been formed via natural selection, though. According to them it's the soul we've been gifted that's perfect and indestructible, not our physical bodies themselves.

[@appsenence9244]

@@riir1893 ok?

[@uapReX]

"4 trillion dollars a year on military budgets" Insane :(

[@grilledslug7647]

Everything we know and have known as a species, every event in our evolution and history happened on this pale blue dot. When you think about it, it is imperative that w fight to the death for every square inch of it.

[@mrtienphysics666]

@@grilledslug7647 with who?

[@MiB1313]

@@mrtienphysics666 Why our Ancient Alien overlords, OfCourse.

[@0_3_6_9_0]

Thank you! Perfect.

[@BearOnTheMoon]

@@grilledslug7647 That's the whole point that you lot always miss. I mean it's right there in front of your own nose and you still can't see it. Even a portion of that '4 trillion dollars a year' would INCREASE the size and number of 'every square inch' you insist we need to fight over. Even a school kid can understand this simple notion. Why can't you?

[@cloudie_s]

"And I say, if I go down the street and I see a weird person, and after that I see a normal person. It doesn't make the weird person normal." .. lol .. I am going to add this to my list of grandiose quotes. 💚

[@SgtGuarnereDD]

Avi is taking the risk that was needed by many scientists in the past leading to incredible discoveries for mankind. I'm not going to assume he's right, but I admire his curiosity and stubbornness and just hope for him to get his breakthrough in time. It'd be the discovery of a lifetime.

[@bigdopamine9343]

He’s a grifter that pretended he found an alien space ship.

[@SgtGuarnereDD]

@@bigdopamine9343 you obviously know nothing about science. He's never stated he found an alien spaceship, nor did he claim that aliens exist beyond any doubt. He's researching the potential for Oumuamua and the objects he's found to be extrasolar and their likelihood to be of technologically advanced alien nature. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@mandogundam5779]

Not saying you are wrong, your comment is appreciated. Just beware the Dunning-Kruger effect friends, its pretty prevalent these days.

[@bigdopamine9343]

@@SgtGuarnereDD no he literally declared that he’d found pieces of an interstellar object that could not have been produced naturally. Turned out to be industrial waste. I do understand the scientific method and know that he did not employ it. He’s considered a clown by his contemporaries.

[@cgpsj2194]

I could listen for hours to this captivating genius

[@brianwatson9687]

I had enough after three minutes.

[@Jacobsoetsrto3211]

​@@brianwatson9687 i could listen for 40 hpurs for professor avi the genius

[@DQ-su6qf]

Nothing new here…

[@cgpsj2194]

@@DQ-su6qf ?

[@ycroniyael1976]

Professor Avi Loeb is one of the most brilliant mind scientists in the world. I always enjoy hearing him.

[@simpsimpson5175]

are you serious? he is a handled Mossad asset

[@cameronbutton2573]

Nice talk - I’m glad there’s a scientist out there brave enough to put it all on the line for something we all want answers too

[@beenaplumber8379]

The only bravery required is the risk that funding might be hard to come by. That can limit the amount of work a scientist can do. There is no loss of respect for pursuing any research question. Scientists pursue knowledge for its own sake, not because it's in some socially correct field. Funding and urgent social need do influence which questions scientists will study, but there is no ostracism of scientists who study unusual ideas. (Extraterrestrial life is by no means an unusual subject of scientific study. NASA continues to spend massive amounts of money on the question, as do scientists working in universities around the world. It's not a fringe idea in research, and it never has been.)

[@CensoredComment-os8py]

Science will tell you if youre being visited or not. And right now? Nope. Life in the universe? Sure. I'm 98% sure there is. If it was just 1 life form PER GALAXY or even 1 per 100 galaxies, life would still be abundant in the Universe. But coming here in space ships? NOPE.

[@Rotwang72]

Plenty of scientists are looking for ET. But most are looking for them, not saying they are there first.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@Rotwang72 Yeah, saying they are there and then looking for evidence to support that claim - that's something non-scientists struggle with. It's easy to support any claim if you say it's true and then look for evidence in favor of it, but that's how we come up with fringe ideas that appear to non-scientists to have solid evidence to support them, when what we really have is unchallenged evidence that is often misunderstood, and claims that remain unsupported.

[@TAPATIOPLEASE]

We have the answers. Other beings are here, it's a matter of identifying them and knowing their intent.

[@BearOnTheMoon]

Thank you for choosing to give a TED talk worth listening to. Shame the management didn't have the decency to let you finish in peace. Hope the next generation gets a chance to hear and understand what you were trying to convey. GOOD LUCK on your next hunt.

[@dr.michaellittle5611]

What? Are you joking? He provided no evidence of anything other than space debris.

[@BearOnTheMoon]

@@dr.michaellittle5611 Didn't understand the message huh?

[@RobBouch-q3t]

@@dr.michaellittle5611 DUH......DUHHH...Blip....click....Click......DUHHHHHHHHH

[@ETSpaceRocks]

@@RobBouch-q3t All negative comments are bots themselves... making new accounts to comment lol

[@mikemann2053]

What an incredible human Avi is. He has restored my faith in humanity that we haven't all become certifiably insane.

[@JupiterLicorice]

@@mikemann2053 he believes God was an alien and that the coming Messiah is an alien too.

[@yngviifromspace]

@@JupiterLicoriceexactly ! Like the old texts describe , they translated it on purpose so we believe in a god that is far from the truth

[@JonnoPlays]

The only paradox is why people keep quoting Fermi.

[@ETSpaceRocks]

people know too simple

[@mrmathews3670]

The same reason why people think nobel prize winners are experts in every single field of science. Fact is Fermi was a nuclear physicist not an astronomer, astrophysicist, astrobiologist or cosmologist.

[@ETSpaceRocks]

@@mrmathews3670 I deserve Nobel prize lol

[@warriorofice33]

@@mrmathews3670 His reasoning was fine though, since the milky is much older than earth and our sun, where are they? they would have had time to go everywhere if they only had say 1 million years ahead of us.

[@dreamfall77]

@@mrmathews3670 The important thing here is that others have picked up on it. It's quite common for an outside observer to notice something that the submerged have missed because he have a fresh set of eyes. Beginner's luck is a well-known saying.

[@wade8130]

A scientist who is more concerned with his reputation than with searching for answers is of little use to the world. Too many of those. Dr. Leob is a scientist who isn't afraid, and that's refreshing.

[@nithienbadal6733]

@@wade8130 owing to his extra terrestrial claims he has risen in popularity. I think he is a populist

[@bob2ride]

If you leave the house and it takes 100 lifetimes to get next door ya never meet anyone either

[@MikeViker]

@@nithienbadal6733 That's right, he is only a cheater.

[@bigdopamine9343]

He claimed he found an alien spaceship. He did not, he’s a lying grifter.

[@Unknown17]

@@bob2ride This talk is just full of stupid illustrations and examples that can be popped like a balloon with a pin. "I welcome all nature," he says. What if he opened the door of his Manhattan apartment and a Bengal tiger was standing there with a knife and fork? HA!

[@gustavoantonio194]

Avi is a great speaker, those 18 minutes felt like 18 seconds but I absorbed every word

[@RockStar-vx8ec]

Love the curiosity to ask and find evidence inside the realm of human imagination and outside of modern science boundaries ❤😊

[@silvio5266]

I wish there were more scientists like Avi Loeb

[@brianwatson9687]

I'm very glad that there are not. We have too many crackpots.

[@silvio5266]

@@brianwatson9687 lol crackpot for what? Because he is researching what for you is covered by stigma?

[@brianwatson9687]

@@silvio5266 Because he is delusional.

[@silvio5266]

@@brianwatson9687 ok kid, go crying somewhere else

[@Just_Sebastian]

I'm so happy to have him on 'our' team. Scientists swimming against the current is what we need more of. Of course he's not the only one. Professor Jacques Vallée, Professor Garry Nolan, Professor Diana Walsh Pasulka, etc., etc. Many good people unafraid of following the evidence, even if the evidence is something completely unexpected. All the scientists calling BS on the UAP/NHI question haven't even tried to look into the data. They dismiss it at forehand, which of course is very UNscientific. Thank you Prof. Loeb! ✨🛸🌟

[@sarcasticnews1195]

All of the best discoveries are unexpected! Avi will be remembered as an extraordinarily great scientist -- and all of the naysayers will be quickly and easily forgotten in the dustbin of history.

[@DarthQuantum-ez8qz]

WRONG. There is NO EVIDENCE for alien civilizations and , YES, we HAVE looked at the data .

[@ETSpaceRocks]

They got to fallow principle the GODE or you wont be Scientists after braking the CODE... some of them seems to have found the way around interesting!

[@njones420]

"All the scientists calling BS on the UAP/NHI question haven't even tried to look into the data" I've tried, at length ... I ai-upscaled the first video the pentagon released...which is without a doubt 100% just a goose flying over water (on my channel with all the calculations). If you look at the _actual_ data (like the onscreen avionics telemetry) it's clearly all a joke, there's no way any real scientist would take it seriously, very surprised more people haven't realised and publicised it. Sorry, but the data is all either badly interpolated (like all the _trans-media_ wild-claims), just missing, or completely misinterpreted (like the goose). I've been into this stuff for 35+ years, working in aviation/avionics for 20 years, and doing astrophotography for 20+ years...I used to believe it, until i was working in the field. Most scientists just don't waste their time with UAPs, as most of it is "anecdotal evidence" which is the lowest form of evidence and has zero credibility. Provide actual data (like they do constantly with potential dyson-sphere's etc in cosmology, and the scientific community will objectively look at it.). The same reason scientists don't waste their time with stories of ghosts.

[@sandypandy67]

It’s about time TED Talks started addressing the UAP issue. For so many years, they have ignored the subject, even though there are many interesting and important stories and lessons to be told.

[@appsenence9244]

Wtf?

[@Uniblab9000]

Interesting stories, yes. They have nothing to add to science though because there is no evidence to study, only interesting stories to tell and crappy photos...unless you count the amazing photos of flying saucers taken before the advent of ubiquitous pocket-sized digital cameras.

[@andreated]

Do not be afraid of the unknown. We have come to the progress we have today because of continuous exploration and the open-mindedness of many scientists who have dedicated their lives to being accepted by their scientific community by addressing questions that were destabilizing to the logical minds of their day. What is known, is already known! It is only by investigating what one does not know or understand that one will know! We can learn many new technologies and cure all physical and mental illnesses and solve war without killing anyone. Everything is possible, be optimistic and have hope!

[@MiPDarnok]

The problem with Dr Loeb is not that he is trying to find other possibilities for some questions. It's the fact, that he sees an asteroid and says "it must be alien!" and is not interested in any other explaination. I see a lot of people commenting how he "thinks outside the box" and "trying to expand borders of science" - the problem is, that he is not. If he would not stick to his alien origin but start to think outside the box, he would be able to uncover the real origins of the Oumuamua and spherules. But he didn't. Instead, he tries to dismiss people who did real job around these topics.

[@darrenscriven3963]

The actual problem with Dr Loeb is having to put up with what seems to be nothing else but critics' insecurities. This world needs many more curious farm boys like Dr Avi Loeb.

[@AkiraYuki5150]

Not a problem. He is not being fraudulent with his assessments and conclusions. He's just not closing the door on non-standard possibilities. He might discover he is wrong - he is still following scientific procedure. Let him do his thing.

[@MiPDarnok]

@@darrenscriven3963 It's not insecurities - look at the history of Oumuamua and how he was gaslightning every explaination. It's literally oposite of what you (and others) write here. I know it's way easier to just watch youtube video and apploud. Truth is harder.

[@tirthachakrabarti5912]

Have you read his works? Where have you come up with this notion about his approach from?

[@darrenscriven3963]

@@tirthachakrabarti5912 is your question directed at me?

[@DeAlpineBro]

'Oumuamua Finally Explained Using a Brilliant Analysis by Anton Petrov “as someone once said, keep your mind open but not so open your brains fall out”.

[@dreamfall77]

I looked. There are no answers to the questions of why Vega and why now.

[@dg-ov4cf]

"My Search for Proof Aliens Exist" (with no interest in any other outcome) is quite a telling summary of the whole field of UFOlogy

[@dreamfall77]

Even assuming that we are the only ones in the entire vast infinite universe now, there will still be a question about time travel. Another result is impossible.

[@malakiblunt]

you cant prove they dont exsit

[@roseg2239]

Some UFOs are alien and we will find this out one day.

[@kyjo72682]

Yes, typical pseudo-scientific approach. Start with a conclusion and then selectively search for arguments that support it. :)

[@dreamfall77]

@@kyjo72682 Not pseudo-scientific, but innovative. Since birds can fly, that means people can too, we conduct experiments and voila. Since people fly into space, that means aliens can too, we conduct a series of experiments and voila. By the way, Chicago psychologists discovered that the Mandela Effect lies beyond the scope of psychology. Here is the evidence you are looking for.

[@aaZhan]

Excellent talk, Avi Loeb! Thanks TED for giving the platform! 👏👏

[@alejandravillanueva2292]

I'm always way more intrigued by someone's work when others are trying to silence them.

[@darthvader6109]

As a human from planet 200million light years away from earth, i can confirm this guy is looking in correct direction

[@nerobaal6655]

Darth Vader is a cyborg.

[@jonatan01i]

For the metallic droplets found, have you done a control search at other places as well to see what should be considered "normal" far enough from the meteor explosion?

[@ajvxlii]

No, the Harvard scientist didn't think to include a control in their study. 🙄

[@jonatan01i]

@@ajvxlii lol xD

[@keyserxx]

pfft this is a TED talk, science is optional.

[@jonatan01i]

@@keyserxx I would die to compare to know how it looks elsewhere.. not for science but for myself if I were him, at least that's how I feel, but who knows what info I don't get from the part where he talked about he is running from his colleagues..

[@serenerhapsody]

@@ajvxliimaybe he didny have the budget. Thats what hes asking for. The right resources to do the research.

[@marcoathayde42]

What a lecture!

[@13thravenpurple94]

My worry is that the "Smarter kid" in the block normally does colonization. I think we must also assume that not all aliens would be friendly a happily exchange knowledge, after all at our current age data is the new oil. Therefore IMO knowledge would be the new oil in the inter-galactic age

[@roseg2239]

They’re already watching and have not harmed us. It’s safe to say they are not hostile.

[@kyjo72682]

This is in fact a clear argument against the existence of advanced alien life. Since all forms of life are "colonizing" by nature - all life expands into available ecological niches - the same should be assumed about a possible alien life. If there was an advanced alien civilisation anywhere nearby (that could have reached Earth) this would have already happened a long time ago. And since it didn't happen - because WE are still here - it is quite safe to conclude that there most likely isn't any such civ anywhere near.

[@AnnaNaan-j3f]

Wow, simply mind-blowing and thought-provoking. I remember Carl Sagan's line from Pale Blue Dot, "The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

[@PROTAGONIST_48]

I once posted on social media saying how it is mathematical impossible that we are alone in the universe and to my surprise there were people who were throwing remarks at me stating how I was ignorant to believe that, heck one person said "ignorance is bliss huh?". I mean we are literally in a universe with trillions upon trillions of galaxies with each galaxy potentially having millions of Earth-like planets. Some people are just ignorant beyond belief.

[@RockinRobbins13]

It isn't mathematically possible or impossible. The odds are 100%. Either alien civilizations 100% exist or 100% don't exist. There is no middle ground. There is no way to calculate an absolute. The honest thing to say is we don't know. And the people doing 100% of the research are targeted by the science denialists like Avi Loeb, who abandoned the scientific method long ago. Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman would be ashamed of Loeb.

[@ETSpaceRocks]

word

[@mikel2934]

Or maybe the sceptics have a good point. The earth seems pretty unique for intelligent life to have developed. If it exists In other places, it would be so far away we would never be able to have contact with them. That may be for the best seeing how things have gone on earth, we should keep quiet and hope they don't find us. Thinking that some benevolent alien will save us is kind of like a religion. Like a preacher he needs more money for his insteller ministry.

[@tims.2832]

Are you aware of the time-component of space? The amount of stars and planets you are referring to with you mathematics are not only far away. I doubt you really understand how breathtaking long ago they are.

[@PROTAGONIST_48]

@@tims.2832 Oh trust me, I am fully aware of that. In regards to your point of stars/planets being very far away, not too long ago humans took weeks-months to travel to countries by boat and now we can travel far faster by airplane. Don't be surprised if there is a way to travel in interstellar space far faster and more efficiently. Perhaps there might be a way to manipulate space/time. I'm fully aware that light takes a long time to reach us due to the incredible vastness of the universe, heck there could be some stars that we can currently see that no longer exist anymore but I don't really understand why you brought up that point.

[@davecorry7723]

Actually super nice from Amazon to put 1 billion into the show, so that Ryan can put this entertaining 7 minute video together, which is clearly the only and intended purpose of the whole project.

[@nancykraus5127]

Most of these talks are usually only 15 minutes. I think he went iver his time. The Delaware Art Museum hosted a TED talk event and they were on a tight schedule one speaker after another.

[@fernandizo]

U know hes a man of high intellect when he loves to learn like a child. That level of simple logic, humble excitement, and curiosity is the hallmark of an academic titan like Einstein and Newton. Thought experiements and imagination is so underated in academia but is absolutely crucial to understanding the natural world

[@vabexhistory]

Nice last words of this beatiful speech! I hope humanity will stop killing each other and start working together instead...

[@nerobaal6655]

That would be nice

[@nerobaal6655]

Are you sure humans are the ones pitting eachother against one another?

[@srmxe417]

I have no problem being in awe of cosmic phenomena. Great talk!

[@MMbyAlexander]

I believe i saw an alien disguised as a mannequin in the audience. At 4:18

[@StrobeFireStudios]

avi is a legend for bringing up these topics. he is opening himself for ridicule from his fellow peers, but he's steadfast in his approach and findings. good luck to you Avi Loeb. you are a real one.

[@kobusvanstaden3388]

Professor Leob, you should create a fund project where all the citizens of Earth can donate funds towards your truth seeking mission. Any one should be able to donate any amount from a one dollar upwards. Maybe a nice website with your details and findings as you find new updated evidence on a regular basis to have everyone glued to it. Regards- Kobus (South-Africa).

[@Unknown17]

I wouldn't give a DIME to anybody who puts down fellows, colleagues, and other important scientific inquiries (particularly SETI). He talks like someone who is upset because he's not getting enough telescope time.

[@kobusvanstaden3388]

@@Unknown17 they should give him unlimited telescope time, anywhere on the globe and pay all his expenses free of charge.

[@Unknown17]

@@kobusvanstaden3388 Oh, please. There are hundreds if not thousands of other deserving candidates and missions out there.

[@franciscoalvarez659]

I can listen to this man talk all day

[@Janeane-o4c]

This man is honest and finally speaks out. He deserved the standing ovation ❤ Thank you for your research and not letting the government shut you down.

[@Uniblab9000]

He's been speaking out, petulantly, for a few years now.

[@aljoschalong625]

The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert writes, "It seems a good deal more likely that [Loeb's book about this topic] will be ranked with von Däniken's work than with Galileo's"

[@KF-bj3ce]

Avi Loeb certainly thinks outside the box. Thanks

[@timphillips9954]

He just uses logic, can think for himself and has not been brain washed by our educatores and leaders. I would have more hope if he was working for a Europian university.

[@jjn6914]

I love Dr. Loeb. He's so witty and intelligent. I so appreciate smart, imaginative scientists like him who can distill complex concepts to digestible pieces for the masses. We need more curious scientists like him, as Einstein said once, "imagination is more important than knowledge".

[@aafsterlife9647]

Excellent talk! I wish he could've gone on another 17 minutes! He's a wonderful speaker.

[@Getsmore]

These objects are moving so fast around the world that you only get a glimpse. So even with cell phone cameras, if you do slow motion and scan the skies, you might actually find something.

[@mohinderkumar7298]

4 trillion $ per year. 1000s of elements in other stellar world. Truly aliens. More alien than bizarre alienating Capital.

[@DamnSamBam]

The Capital that WAS STOLEN by the left!!!

[@mrmathews3670]

The Fermi paradox really should be called the Hart-Tipler paradox as these were the people that first proposed this question. It has very little to do with Fermi who never actually asked the question given in this paradox. Fermi asked in 1950 over lunch with colleagues whether or not interstellar travel was possible, he never mentioned alien life, it was Hart that first asked this question in a peer reviewed paper in the 1970s, and this question was extended by Tipler later on.

[@karih9592]

"You do not need to go to another world to realize you live in a Greater Community, for the Greater Community is at your doorstep. It is looking into your windows. It is in your neighborhood. It is here." [Greater Community Spirituality, What is the Greater Community?, October 20, 1993]

[@RobertsDigital]

Solid evidence is better than speeches.

[@Fafafafoolin]

I would just like to point out that a large number of us have seen evidence right here on earth so it might be a good idea to keep looking locally too

[@blueabattoir]

Ha ha, no you haven’t. There is nothing to be found.

[@highpriestofseti]

@@blueabattoir I was a witness during the well documented Belgian U.F.O. wave from 1989-1990, look it up, even pilots and the those days belgian airforce commander talked about it and there's even radar proof.

[@bratis99]

having witnessed some of that mind-blowing evidence I'm convinced we have neighbors

[@lukintagi]

Me too, I'm one of them

[@streetsurfer420]

Sure you have bud

[@frinoffrobis]

that blew 😳 my mind.. so much hope and emotion .. may we find some one

[@jaggerlags]

He didn’t just want a yes or no, he wanted a yes.

[@moemoney7773]

What if jupiter has been directly influencing smaller celestial object more than we thought? Are your models correctly representing the pull of jupiter and the many objects around it and how their fluctuating waves may affect incoming interstellar objects?

[@otorishingen8600]

Thank you sir for your brave attempt to get rid of the stigma surrounding this topic - definitely a video I will show the "know-it-alls" I meet

[@Xingqiwu387]

This is probably THE BEST Ted talk I've ever heard. Phenomenal insights, delivered in a clear, straight-forward manner with humility and humor. THANKS YOU!

[@punkdigerati]

What is with the title? Is it his search for if aliens exist, as in "my search for proof that aliens exist"?

[@LuffNarChigo]

You can never disprove if aliens exist as there can always be somewhere you haven't looked. So the only thing you can do is search for any evidence that they exist which can obviously go on forever if they don't exist but since you can never be sure you have to keep looking!

[@jayrovers]

Avi to alien: what happened before the big ban? Alien to Avi: the big what????

[@lassereden1574]

The Spanish Inquisition is in the chat again. With those people science can't evolve, they know already everything. 🙉🙊🙈

[@Wokerati]

@@lassereden1574 what scientists have claimed they know everything as you said ? Can you name them ?

[@sirduke2684]

@@Wokerati English not your first language? or is comprehension hard - he didn't say scientist know everything read again please

[@danielmartin7838]

Don’t poke fun at Yoda’s vernacular

[@RobBouch-q3t]

@@Wokerati Neil De Greasy Tyson, Brian Keating, Brian Cox...I could go on.....

[@thekaiser4333]

Judging from your comment I suspect that you have no idea what the Spanish Inquisition actually was and was all about… And with such people as yourself I will deliberately ignore facts in this case deny and misrepresent historical facts, science has no chance to evolve at all. Worse, it has no chance to prevail.

[@Raptorman0909]

Avi is a science influencer, albeit a knowledgeable one. He pumps out paper after paper on a very wide range of topics almost like he wants his name next to all these issues.

[@jasongauthier8567]

Mr Loeb is such an interesting individual

[@VicTheFigGuy]

I love his book. I am happy to see scientist having courage to breakaway from the science establishment to ask the hard question and do the work. I didn't realize how funny he can also be. Lol

[@andyhoughtaling6319]

There are roughly 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. There are roughly 300 million planets per galaxy that land in the "Goldilocks zone". That means that there are roughly 30 quintillion potentially habitable planets in the observable universe. Some unknown percentage of those planets likely contain life. If we assume that 1% of the habitable planets contain life, that means that there are 300 quadrillion life-bearing planets in the observable universe. These planets have an average age of roughly 6 billion years, which is slightly older than our planet. On Earth, complex life existed for half of a billion years, and then in a matter of only a couple hundred thousand years, we suddenly have extremely advanced technology. Life on Earth was complex enough to do this hundreds of millions of years ago, but by completely random chance, it didn't. With 300 quadrillion planets potentially having life, which has also likely evolved for hundreds of millions to billions of years on those planets, it seems almost certain that some of those life-bearing planets would have life that was at our level hundreds of millions of years ago, and has continued to evolve for hundreds of millions of years past where we're at now. The implications behind that level of controlled evolution is beyond comprehension. They might have a completely detailed map of every planet in the universe, with a full catalog of every species of life in the entire universe. They might be able to travel hundreds of lightyears instantly. They might have lifespans of millions of years. Their entire existence might completely transcend physics as we know it. Anyway, my point behind this rant is that the idea that aliens may have visited Earth is actually pretty plausible. There could be this kind of life surrounding the very closest star to our Sun for all we know.

[@stateazure]

Nothing plausible about that which you stated at all. It's equally as likely, probably more so actually, that Earth is an extreme fluke of the universe, and intelligent life is even more rare than that. We have one sample to go on, and that's it. If you have to invoke magic/fantasy that allow aliens to travel around the universe instantly with some kind of physics beyond our reality, then you're already well outside the realm of plausible

[@andyhoughtaling6319]

@@Natty1620 I'm sorry that I can't represent an idea this complex with a "bro+💀" comment.

[@kyjo72682]

_"If we assume that 1% of the habitable planets contain life"_ might be huge overestimate though. Habitability is a necessary condition for abiogenesis - not a sufficient condition. The odds of abiogenesis even on a habitable planet may still be astronomically small. Same with many other critical evolutionary steps afterwards each of which may further slash the odds by many orders of magnitude. The combined odds on the path towards a working multicellular brain of our type may be so small that it could easily dwarf even the huge number of potentially habitable worlds. In fact the odds may be even infinitesimally small but thanks to our survivorship bias we would still find ourselves in one of those extremely rare places where all the conditions were right and all the critical evolutionary events happened.

[@astyanax905]

i always love to hear from this guy. Professors at Harvard generally speaking know exactly what they're talking about

[@brianwatson9687]

This is the exception that proves the rule.

[@sophiapukhrambam7340]

"A smarter kid on the block that may provide a better role model than our politicians" That's something we wanted

[@slaval6087]

How can he be so sure that the Neighbours will be friendly? And will share share technology with us, instead taking advantage and use us?

[@Dodomba]

same reson ai wont kill us

[@kyjo72682]

Probably the same reason he is so sure they exist in the first place. He starts with a conclusion and then works backwards from there.. :)

[@raymarshall2995]

I was following your research, the day that your crew set out to locate the objects. I was most pleased that you found some of the things that you had hoped to find. I'm surprised that the items were not much grander in size. There should have been bowling balls down there. I appreciate your work, and lecture! 😊

[@Novilicious]

A true scientist 👨‍🔬 who can think outside of the box 📦 Please keep doing this great work and keep pushing the envelope ✉️ doc!

[@PlaceofDeepRelaxation]

"I do not have a footprint on social media, I enjoy nature" 1. He’s already leaving a footprint on social media with this video and other videos. 2. If he doesn't like social media, why did he feel the need to speak at tedx?

[@PhotonWanderer-f5r]

He is evidently a curious individual who wants to share knowledge with others. He might have spoken on TedEx, but so what? While I didn't watch the video (yet), if he said he doesn't have a footprint on social media, evidently he meant he doesn't use social media. Indeed, the footprint of this video belongs to its uploaders.

[@JohnAdorjan]

Ted Talks are still a thing?

[@Joytotheworld3941]

You are either in bad faith or paid by the CIA to misinform or mock those who dare to talk about aliens

[@alexrecort]

10:06 when you go to Morocco and the hash is good

[@youtubecommentor4480]

Great presentation Avi. Keep it going! Thank you!

[@rianamohamed300]

'It would be arrogant to think otherwise' What an emotional and unscientific argument.

[@TenthCrane2788]

Of course there are advanced alien civilizations. The universe is huge. The problem is they don't want to talk to us.

[@blueabattoir]

The problem is that they are too far away.

[@TenthCrane2788]

@@blueabattoir I'm thinking an advanced civilization will know how to manipulate space/time. It would be a shame to have a big universe and not explore it.

[@energizers8047]

They are already here

[@TenthCrane2788]

@@energizers8047 Aliens might be here already but they don't want to talk with us.

[@annickcecile]

Talk no they already make contact with us they are among us.. we advance so much technologically.. 1 true statement they exist and they know the meaning of life.. And they should have acknowledge life forever... Just help us to evolve

[@doublebass1985]

Thank you for mentioning radiation spectrum on Joe Rogans podcast now I remember the video I saw of Nasa from the 1960's had radiation in the title of the video.

[@thanatosor]

Even when it land on your backyard, Gov will still say it's air balloon 😂

[@Uniblab9000]

When what lands on your backyard?

[@ETSpaceRocks]

kind of

[@AmigoAmigo-w5p]

Most of the audience can't even comprehend what a number billion means. Let alone grasp the vastness of space

[@nerobaal6655]

Let alone understand that most of their understandings are unproven and remain theoretical.

[@MK-pn2oy]

I suggest a business model. planet will be yours if you sponsor to search for it :)

[@DQ-su6qf]

Absolutely, alien life must be everywhere …however probably not here…

[@nerobaal6655]

That’s hopeful thinking.

[@GooogleGoglee]

Who knows the title of the Netflix movie they are doing and he mentioned?

[@nuibita]

I think The 3 Body Problem

[@GooogleGoglee]

@@nuibita no, because they were talking about an expedition on the ocean floor to retrieve pieces of an meteorite that impacted the Earth

[@GooogleGoglee]

Found it: ALIEN WORLDS it is a Netflix documentary series

[@GooogleGoglee]

@@Natty1620 what does it means "mid"?

[@ant1her0]

@@GooogleGoglee not good, not bad - just ok

[@kajcsapapa]

Science > war. Great talk

[@emom358]

Fascinating talk, thank you Dr. Loeb.

[@LaboriousCretin]

Drake, expantion and probability matrix. Crazy big probability from factors. Phosphorus and habitable zones and planets/moons, time distances, ect.. Why go looking for aliens when humans are already so alien from each other?

[@jimwallington437]

He doesn't know. You don't know. I don't know. What a surprise. If anyone had detected irrefutable evidence of aliens pretty much everyone would know.

[@ETSpaceRocks]

we have

[@jimwallington437]

@@ETSpaceRocks Who are we and where is the evidence?

[@FabioT.]

😂😂😂😂

[@FabioT.]

Put 1000 trillin and we find

[@jimwallington437]

@@FabioT. Just to put it in perspective, NASA's budget is $24.875 Billion. The U.S. Space Force budget is $30 Billion. WTF

[@gianpaulgraziosi6171]

Avi, raise your vibration.

[@paulcantu2]

Love this man’s work and dedication!!

[@letuinchi]

Love Avi. Amazing presentation, thank you.

[@tryscience]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

[@blueabattoir]

There will never be any evidence. The aliens are too far away from us.

[@sarcasticnews1195]

"Extraordinary" is in the eye of the beholder. To me, the claim that we are the only life in the universe is a claim so extraordinary as to require quasi-religiosity to believe it. The sun does not revolve around us, and neither does the universe. Avi will be remembered as an extraordinarily great scientist -- and all of the naysayers will be quickly and easily forgotten in the dustbin of history.

[@livefree1030]

One must investigate and find the Evidence

[@tryscience]

@@sarcasticnews1195 science is not baseless speculation. The fact that the universe is vast may warrant creating testable hypotheses, but it does not warrant conclusions about alien intelligence. It could well be that intelligence and rapid technological advancement, leads to self-destruction after a few centuries. We don't know. What we do know, is that stars are so far away, that even if a technology can go close to the speed of light, it would still take years to arrive at another system, and the odds of that system being capable of supporting life, are extraordinarily small. When you are dealing with galaxies hundreds of thousands of light years across, It may not even be possible to detect their existence because radiation intensity falls with the square of the distance.

[@dreamfall77]

@@tryscience It requires, if you want to find them, positive assumptions, and not something like yours about self-destruction as a result of development. Otherwise, the SETI project looks like nonsense. There is a lot we don’t know yet, but we already know that the closer the movement is to the speed of light, the more relative time becomes. And that someone is changing reality right before our eyes, making the unlikely, like an incorrect copy of a famous painting masterpiece for a famous movie, exist.

[@dionisioss.4008]

Enjoyed his talk, I could listen to him for hours.

[@chrislee4744]

Avi I wish more were like you. Made your $$, and use for humanity.. 1 in a multi million. Appreciate you.

[@lanatrzczka]

I thought I was alone in thinking that AI is "BS". This talk gives me hope.

[@psylocyn]

I’m glad that an institution like Harvard still has enough respect left for academic freedom (at least outside the humanities) that they let someone as outside the mainstream as avi continue in his position.

[@brianwatson9687]

He has tenure. They can't fire him. But they could give him an office the basement of the sports complex.

[@aaqidmasoodi]

Consciousness is extremely rare. Extremely rare.