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Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?
Astrophysics, Astrobiology and Bayesian Statistics podcast with David Kipping
The Joy of Why, Hosted by Janna Levin
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David Kipping considers how to reason about extraterrestrial life when evidence is scarce. The discussion covers promising places to search, the interpretation of possible biosignatures and the role of statistical inference, alongside questions about habitable worlds and moons beyond our solar system.
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Extraterrestrial lifestatistical inference
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