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A Cosmic Conversation with J. Richard Gott III
Season 15 · Episode 64

A Cosmic Conversation with J. Richard Gott III

Why haven’t we found evidence of alien civilizations? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III to talk chess, tachyons, and what the Fermi Paradox and Copernican Principle say about humanity’s place in the cosmos. Plus, they rank super-genius movies.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, J. Richard Gott III

November 5, 20241h 34m

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Why haven’t we found evidence of alien civilizations? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III to talk chess, tachyons, and what the Fermi Paradox and Copernican Principle say about humanity’s place in the cosmos. Plus, they rank super-genius movies. 

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