Play It Forward Episode 587 With Avi Loeb Author Of The Book Interstellar

Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 587 With Avi Loeb The Author Of Interstellar "[We] are living in the first years of new era, one in which humanity steps into its interstellar future. We have never been so close to scientifically valid proof that life on Earth and human civilization are not alone in the Universe. I am convinced that we are tantalizing close not only to learning that terrestrial life is not the only life in the Solar system, and that human civilization is not the only civilization to exist or have existed. I am also convinced that most of humanity is not ready." -From the Introduction to Interstellar In his New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, then Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a bold idea that shook the scientific community: our solar system had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened minds to the vast possibilities of our universe, including the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained: if we become aware of the existence of extraterrestrial life, what do we do next?