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(05:10) - Habitable exoplanets
(15:30) - Alien life in our Solar System
(27:20) - Starship
(31:28) - James Webb Space Telescope
(44:47) - Binary planets
(55:04) - Exomoons and Kepler-1625b
(1:08:34) - Discoveries of alien life
(1:22:15) - Aliens
(2:08:43) - Oort clouds
(2:19:30) - Future of astronomy
(2:32:45) - Alpha Centauri
(2:45:03) - Kardashev scale
(2:56:41) - AI and space exploration
(3:13:37) - Great Filter
(3:24:51) - Colonization of Mars
(3:31:35) - Simulation hypothesis
(3:43:48) - Advice for young people
(3:48:06) - Meaning of life

#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds

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(32:19) - Aliens
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(2:24:49) - Limits of science
(2:29:34) - Mindscape podcast
(2:39:29) - Einstein

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

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(52:54) - 1984 Olympics
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(1:37:12) - Training in Japan
(1:52:51) - Jiu jitsu
(2:03:59) - Training
(2:27:18) - Advice for beginners

#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

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(42:40) - Noam Chomsky
(1:26:46) - Thinking and language
(1:40:16) - LLMs
(1:53:14) - Center embedding
(2:19:42) - Learning a new language
(2:23:34) - Nature vs nurture
(2:30:10) - Culture and language
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(2:52:16) - Animal communication

#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs

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(2:51:59) - Aliens

#425 – Andrew Callaghan: Channel 5, Gonzo, QAnon, O-Block, Politics & Alex Jones

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(2:31:10) - Joe Rogan
(2:33:07) - Joe Biden
(2:37:33) - Putin
(2:39:21) - War
(2:44:17) - Hope

#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds

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