This episode is with Martin Rees. Prof. Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University  and  co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. He was  President of the Royal Society. His latest book is 'On the future: Prospects for humanity'. In this conversation we talk about the evidence for big bang, aliens,  threats to humanity, space travel and how to envision the future of  humanity?  

More about Martin's work: https://www.martinrees.uk/ 

Follow Martin on twitter: https://twitter.com/LordMartinRees  

Timestamps: 

00:00:00 Introduction 

00:00:55 Progress of humanity so far!  

00:01:53 Contribution of science and technology to the future of humanity  

00:04:40 What is science and technology?  

00:06:16 Debates on science and religion 

00:07:20 Copernican revolution  

00:08:55 Our place in the universe 

00:12:26 How complexity arises from matter? 

00:13:23 Is everything deterministic?  

00:14:28 Predicting effectively 

00:15:46 How will we go extinct?  

00:18:09 Issues with globalization  

00:20:03 Why can't we resolve the issues of climate change? 

00:22:50 Should we be alarmed about genetic engineering? 

00:27:21 Artificial intelligence and it's future impacts 

00:29:29 Silicon-based future of humanity  

00:31:26 Humanity beyond earth  

00:33:25 Humans exploring the universe 

00:37:13 Space exploration advantages 

00:39:30 Other species for humans survival