2020 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Alien Life
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, hosts and moderates a lively discussion about how life might have formed on Earth and explores what alien life might look like elsewhere in the universe. What criteria do we use to classify life as we know it? Should the criteria be revised as we look for life on other worlds?
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In 2020, the Museum is celebrating the legacy of Charles Hayden, whose vision made the Hayden Planetarium possible and brought the universe to New York City.
2020 Asimov Panelists:
Nathalie A. Cabrol
Director, Carl Sagan Center for Research, SETI Institute
Vera Kolb
Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer & Institute Fellow, SETI Institute
Carol Cleland
Director of the Center for the Study of Origins and Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado
Max Tegmark
Director of the Foundational Questions Institute and Professor of Physics, MIT
The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and supporter of the American Museum of Natural History. In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate-generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers of Isaac Asimov and his work-bringing the finest minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery. Proceeds from ticket sales of the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates benefit the scientific and educational programs of the Hayden Planetarium.
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So happy we've still got the assimov debates! It seems like its been forever, we need multiple assimov debates per year, please Neil!
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Get it?
Yes. You spoke what I was thinking
@@bootstrapperwilson7687 Of course you're right, but please, don't be an as about it.
This is the best side of youtube. Great minds drawing from their vast experience to wrestle with the biggest questions we as humans have.
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I hope you aren't referring to DeGrasse Tyson. He thinks he figured everything out decades ago and ignores any contradictory facts. He's a smug, close minded, asshole
Agreed. These intellectual panel discussions are by far the best content TH-cam has to offer. The polar opposite of TH-cam shorts.
This forum gives me a new appreciation for Mr. Tyson. He really handles the moderating well while contributing to the discussion. I'll be looking at all of these. Thanks all.
Isn’t he great?
Shows a side of him I never appreciated during his tv appearances.
They are all worth looking at
He interrupts way too much. He doesn't know when to stop talking
I really can't stand Neil but I am very interested in a lot of the topics he discusses so I tolerate him. He's not an idiot by any means. The best way I can describe it is I don't like his persona. Seems very egotistical at times like he has to be the smartest person in the room. Constantly interrupts often right when someone is concluding their point to ask a question that prevents us from getting a full understanding
This was fascinating! I've already watched it 3 times. Please make more of this!
If you haven't seen our previous Asimov debates, there's a whole playlist to dig into! th-cam.com/play/PLrfcruGtplwGKzxDI_Ne06NlpOKt-yonZ.html
These kind of discussion really make me miss my science college and highschool classes....and yes Star Trek.
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There's more Star Trek than ever!
Star Trek TNG.
Plenty of online courses on TH-cam these days!
These types of discussions make me excited for the future. Amazing job everyone here, intellectual endeavors seem to take a backseat these days to political rambling. These are so refreshing.
a fantastic place as a young man living on long island we took field trips to the planetarium it very inspiring place . WE ARE NOT ALONE
In all probability, we are totally alone, at least in our galaxy. The barriers to the emergence of life are incredibly difficult to overcome.
Extraterrestrials also began from the primordial soup ? and from the billions of specie that had evolve, from their world, one or more alien species attained consciousness.
@@raphaelklaussen1951 I'm curious not confronting...if we are alone who or what is zipping around our battleships which they have on radar and video of sorts
Of course we are not alone. One question that must be asked is why the huge of amount of distance to discourage of from visiting other stars? If we alone, there would not be any need for such humongous distance. There is actually a planet on the southern sky where there are humans but that planet is obscured by the inter planetary dust and gas . We are unable to se it even with our telescope and radio astronomer instrument. . I said in our back yard.
Nice, I was watching these months ago and was hoping these would continue. I think these types of discussions/debates should be far more widespread
Why a video with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Isaac Asimov at the same time has only 500 likes. Unacceptable!!!
its because its crap.
I just added my 'like', and it looks like another 1.4K thumbs up clicks have been tapped since you wrote your message originally above.
I found this accidentally, while watching Isaac Asimov give about a half hour talk on his early days of science fiction writing, [which was recorded in the 1970s.] That video brought me then to this video. I now have just learned to see that they have these yearly talks on Asimov, as a dozen or so years now streamed down the page, and listed them year by year, so I picked the most recent one here and I'll work my way back over the years.
You know a topic like this will be owsome.These types of topics/ debates are always the best.
These debates are always the best.
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If it wasn't because Seth is so funny, I wouldn't be watching my 768th Is There Life in the Universe? video. But here we are.
Yepp, he's the reason to watch.
He really is funny
He looks like Richard Dawkins lite.
So glad to find out they decided to do this online!! Such a legendary tradition
I have been patiently waiting for the new panel debate!
The long wait is finally nearly over! 8D>
s. d.
finally a new episode after so many months 🙂
Yup
You're in a simulation right now buddy Bob the Creator.
Thanks for doing this again ... This is always a fun interesting conversation ... SO COOL YOU GUYS !! Never stop doing it !!
This conversation is just delightful!
And we're back!
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This was absolutely fascinating and wonderful!
I love these "debates". Thank you for doing it over the years.
A year later and I'm still watching!
So thrilled to see this happening this year! An intellectual light in the darkness. Wonderful as always. Thank you for providing this platform!
Many thanks for putting subtitles on!
I can't get enough of you guys!!!!💖💖💖🧬🧬🧬
I AM SO EXCITED
It is nice to see scientists addressing the existence of other intelligent life in the universe and enjoy each other's company in the process.
Loved every second of it. We need more of debates like this one. Standing 👏👏👏👏👏
If our internal biome affects our mood, are we individual organisms that are alive or a thinking community of various lifeforms? If we cannot survive without many other life forms, what is alive? Individuals or the system? Maybe we are just part of a living planet, not actually life ourselves, in the eyes of other planets at least...
@Joe M. It makes sense to me. I’ve had the same idea for years. You have microbes in your gut that without them you’d have a much shorter lifespan. You don’t produce the oxygen you need to survive so trees and algae are a functioning part of our collective respiratory system. Just sayin it can be a useful thought experiment to contemplate what you consider your “self.”
"Individuals or the system.."
I'd say that we are Individuals who are apart of the system. We cannot survive without the "system", so we must be apart of it if we are to exist. But the system does not need us for its own existence. Remove us from the system, and it will continue to exist and function without interruption, almost like we were never here at all. We need it, but it does not need us. So in that sense, I say that we retain our individualism while being apart of the system.
I dont know, maybe that doesn't make any sense at all lol. Thats just my own worthless opinion on it that no one asked for🤷♂️
So excited about this!!!!
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Always one of the best things on TH-cam! Each year is just so entertaining and enlightening.
Please don't send carol on the first contact mission lmao.
Have patiently been waiting years for this! I would just like to thank you all for your time and providing us all an opportunity to expand our horizons
Anyone else still patiently waiting for this year's assimov debate? 😇🙏😬
Best definition I have yet heard to define life as we observe it in all its states
'Life is chemistry with memory'.
If life began as soon as the earths crust cooled down, then maybe the theory of panphysicism is a possibility. That life/consciousness exists at the very fundamental level and expresses itself and becomes more complex as soon as the right conditions arise. Who knows!
This was a great panel and great topic. I hope to be able to attend in person one day!
We hope so, too! So glad you enjoyed.
سلام به خدمت همه استادان به خدمت شما برنامه گدار محترم
600 books! A bounty of original and collaborative achievement. What a legacy. And here we are to push on. And here we go.
I think I've read 10 of them so far.
When is Mr. Tyson doing the Isaac Asimov Memorial panel in person (offline)?
Is it next year?
we don't know what life is, we don't know what intelligence is, what we've learned in the last 500 years?
Vera is such a legend! Loved the way she explained concepts and her arguments! Would've made a great teacher. Big kudos
I think we need to appreciate the question that we ask when we ask if there's life. Because I think what everyone wants to know is if there's intelligent life and that's a whole different question. This an awesome debate 👏
Another great debate. Many thanks.
omg ive been looking for this for the last year or two...woopee!
Neil should take a page from journalists. When the Panel challenged Max's assertions, Neil didn't give Max a chance to defend himself. That's not how you conduct a real debate.
Yes although the talk was overall very enjoyable, that was a little annoying and ruined it a bit for me. Especially that Max clearly indicated he had something to say in return, and at some point Neil even said "we'll get back to this in a bit" and never actually does...
I wanted to just say that I just found this channel, and I am really appreciative of what you’re doing. I also appreciate women panelists who are on this panel. As a younger woman in STEM, it is so nice and encouraging to see women included in these panels. ❤️💫☄️🌎👩🏽🔬👩🏻🔬
Best avent guard book on the subject is Edgar Mitchell's "Beyond UFOs: the science of consciousness and contact with non-human intelligence volume 1" - written by scientists interviewing thousands of contactees to findvtge commonalities.
It really bugs me that these so called scientists have sold their inquiring minds to the powers that be and just avoid the topic of the aliens that are already here as exposed by many other scientists and people who have either seen or have seen the evidence of aliens and who will not be silenced by those that wish to control what we know. Many intelligent and credible people have now come forward with their experiences with alien technology and/or alien life forms so please let's not keep pretending that they don't exist because it's insulting to our intellect and shirks our responsibility to tell the truth. We could be using all kinds of advanced technology that would help us to stop damaging this planet but because they want to sell us stuff for as long as possible so they get richer we have lies shoved down our throats and some of our smartest people are bullied into silence so they tow the BS line.
Very enlightening! I learn a lot of new things about life. Thank you!
I can't believe I'm 10 months late to see this considering I've binge watched the entire series back in 2019
thank you thank you thank you! Since my community college & university days, it's difficult to get my fix for intelligent discussion! My major in philosophy instructs me that a definition of life isn't a reasonable beginning, after only investigating the life on one planet, and my computer science minor instructs me that the first important step from "pre-life" chemistry to life is "encapsulation" to create the principle of homeostasis, and my minor in mathematics tells me that life on different planets could simply be similar to mathematical fields - completely dependent on available chemistry.
seeing humans discussing complex matters in a civilized way, that's alien to me
Discussion starts at 11:29.
My crush on Max Tegmark just grew even stronger ♥
Wonderful just far to short...
More plz
I am fascinated by this conversation while watching this on my new galaxy Z Fold 2 phone in tablet mode.
I absolutely loved this conversation... Deep thinking without constraints.. well one.. which will go unmentioned.. 5 stars
This type of debate needs to be had on current political party issues. How can we be less divided. How can we cooperate for the betterment of humanity
Each generation thinks they have the basics wrapped up and just details are needed to fill in a few pieces. But that’s what the ancient Greeks thought also. They couldn’t dream of what we know. And we must look ahead the same distance and imagine things of which we can’t even dream.
Considering how interesting Vera is, I would definitely ask her to marry me, too. 😁
These people are wonderfully unboring, btw. 🙂
I Always look forward to these talks
Thank for sharing your time .
Amazing that the absence of an audience doesn't seem to crimp their discourse. In years past I recall polite chuckling from the gallery but these pros can keep slinging ideas and slipping into and through each other's fields despite not only having no crowd but also each sitting in separate locations. I miss having good conversations. Love my dog and all but she isn't much of a conversationalist.
@1:21:44 the best way to explore the universe would definitely be to seed it. also an efficient way of long distance space travel.
What a wait, after 30yrs the #memorialdebate returns!
They should have taken questions from viewers like they usually do in the Q&A half of the debate
Thank you for posting this, I missed it very much last year. I could listen to those kind of discussions for hours
@Joe M. "2020 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Alien Life"
a sure thing we can assume about 'life': It's a property of our universe. Given the proper chance, 'life' will emerge and evolve.
Emerge yes, evolve...debatable.
It has been conceived that at some point an ecosystem can achieve such a symbiosis it essentially becomes "perfect" and life will no longer evolve because it doesn't need to, though it will continue to exist
@@drewg4323 Well, I think evolution its tied to replication, and as no such 'perfect' conditions existis in our universe, evolution is only a natural course.
@@feliperamedeiros Evolution has nothing to do with replication...Evolving is literally the opposite of replicating.
Also a) you have no idea if this world exists in our universe, and b) Just because it isn't in the observable universe doesn't mean it's objectively false.
Based on all science today...yes, an ecosystem can absolutely reach a point where evolution is no longer necessary, and life would indeed just become replication.
@@drewg4323 ok man chill out ;D
@@feliperamedeiros
...Huh? I am chill, this is a basic scientific discussion...
Ugh, humans...🤦
Ask Max a question!!!!
My word ! I am born 1959 and had family that worked on the lunar excursion module that went to the moon. I have always been inquisitive , often found in the library reference section (Google in the 60s and 70s when I was a lad ) if I was cutting classes. Classes bored me , the reference section ... now there were answers and questions yet to form !
These panelists and Neil are so driven , they are accomplished and still pushing ! I can only dream of that fire driven quest they have , and perhaps I too had ... once. Must visit 200 central Park West !
We really appreciate the IAM Debates, and the technology of video conferencing. But, hey, nothing beats live sessions, with all Neil's humour!!!!! Damn Covid!!!!
Love Neil, but he could do without the explanation each year. Most folks are long time listeners and the rest are intelligent enough to figure it out.
Max hits the nail on the head.We need to behave like we are the highest intelligence in the universe even if someday we find more advanced civilizations in the future before we destroy ourselves.
Thanks everybody for this.
Amazing discussion.Intelect of those people is outstanding.I would love to meet those people in person.Those Asimov Memorial debates are all S klasse.HUGE THUMBS UP,keep up the good work !
Neil always go to carol when she raised her hand, but when Max does he rarely give him a chance....
"Silicone life coughing sand", ha ha, golden
Thank you guys! :)
Our pleasure!
I'm here just appreciating the fact that as a common person get to hear scholars, experts of their fields talk about ideas that would have never passed my mind in a lifetime if the conditions we as was before where such knowledge was available only to the aristocrats.
Awesome bravo!!!! Still love going to the museum and the park that’s Neil for remembering Issac Asimov and his legacy 👌🏾🙏🏾
Thanks neil👍🏾
pick up a stone anywhere on this planet and you will find life in many, many different forms , from the top of the tallest mountains to the deapths of the oceans , life always finds a way and so it goes for the univearse .
Intersting and very diverse panel. Thanks Neil in bringing these folks together. What really caught my interest was Max Tagmark who started to talk about artificial intelligence as an extension of life. Unfortunately, after Carols reaction to Mr. Tagman's thoughts, Neil took the discussion in another direction before Max could fully respond. Oh well. I would have love to hear. Then at the end, when favorite movies were on the table, interesting films were mentioned. However, I'm surprised that no one thought of the Spielberg/Kubrick film "A.I." which took the idea and implication of artificial intelligence a step further. The film challenged me to think... "What is (intelligent) life, actually?"
First Asimov debate video for me. Reading Asimov's Foundation series at the moment too. Really enjoying listening to you all. Edit: Love Vera! Edit: I'm with Seth, the alien from Alien is my fav. I just wouldn't want to be on the same planet with it!
Same! First one for me too!
Thank you to the host and panel
Damn I heart this. Gonna listen to this again undivided attention with a dram of Redbreast 12 and a notepad with all these tangents going everywhere in my mind.
Hi guys ex guest by the way,y can't we have these discussions about saving the planet. And start right away shuttting big polluters down!🤖
Never gonna happen. $$$ owns politicians
Carol goes off...Nathalie covers mouth and Seth smirks:)
Great alien movie besides what is mentioned in this video in my opinion would be Life (2017) and Prometheus.
This is the best Asimov debate to dare. I can say this because you just made me binge all the deabtes so thank you for that :)
Alien Life... I'm already here. 😊🌎🖖🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
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They are already here😎
"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere" - Isaac Asimov. .
Seth looks like Richard Dawkins. Great video 👍✌️
So a unique entity that couldn't make copies of itself wouldn't be life? Seems like it would be one of the most interesting kinds of life possible.
from the life all forms of the lives appeared...therefore the life has always been
Only Vera impressed me here. I will read her books eventually.
When will the 2021 debate be ? will it be live ?
"if you know instantly that the candlelight is fire, then the meal is already cooked"
Max is right. If you define all the necessary factors for the evolution of intelligent life, calculate their individual probabilities and find the odds of them all happening on one planet, the universe is not big enough for more than one intelligent lifeform.
I’m surprised they didn’t mention K-pax near the end. Such an underrated alien movie with no real depiction of what an alien ought to look like.
I wish they'd let Max talk more. Whenever he started on a good idea, they cut him off.
Great series and fascinating topic. Most of this discussion is on the macro level which assumes a more complex definition of life. On the chemical, molecular level, it would seem that supramolecular organization that holds design information so that it can reproduce itself would be the basis for “life”. This implies that there have to be moieties or structures that can perform work at a molecular level - e.g. enzyme or protein and a chemical disequilibrium to drive chemical reactions. Colloidal dispersions are very efficient at creating these assemblies and therefore can exist on a aqueous or non-aqueous dominated planet.