Daniel is a professor of physics at UC Irvine, researching particle physics at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. He is the co-host of the podcast ‘Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe’ and the author of several books about physics for a general audience, including “Do Aliens Speak Physics?” and “We Have No Idea”.
In today’s episode, Daniel explores many questions, including:
- Would we recognize an alien message if we received one?
- If aliens landed in Central Park, would we be able to communicate?
- How can we catch a baseball if we ignore all the interactions at the quantum level?
- Why is even our best physics only an approximation?
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Greetings Earthlings!
ReplyDeleteWe've been here for a long time. It took us a while to figure out that you communicate by talking out of your asses, so we tried some butt stuff when we hosted some of you on our ships, but you didn't seem to enjoy it... Then you figured out nukes so we got excited that you were learning to speak physics! So we've been fiddling with your facilities to get your attention, but you still don't get it... Maybe we'll have more luck after your Singularity? It's been pushed up to 2030, so talk soon!