‘Do Aliens Speak Physics?’ with Daniel Whiteson
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‘Do Aliens Speak Physics?’ with Daniel Whiteson
Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Thursday, November 13
Carl Sagan famously said that alien civilizations may be alien in their biology, culture, and language, but we are likely to have physics and math in common with them. Today, many physicists are confident that alien intelligence will do physics much the way we do and that we can use it as a mental bridge if they ever visit. Such a tempting thought, however, requires skeptical inquiry.
Join us on Thursday, November 13, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with physicist Daniel Whiteson. When aliens arrive, could we find common ground with them? Could we use physics to establish communication? Do aliens even have to do science to be technological? Whiteson will address these and other pressing questions—with a more skeptical view than is traditionally taken—featured in his new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics?, aided by clever drawings from coauthor Andy Warner.
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Daniel Whiteson is a professor of physics at UC Irvine, researching particle physics at CERN and hoping to figure it all out before the aliens arrive. He is the cohost of a top-rated science podcast, Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe, and the coauthor of several books about physics for the general public, including his latest, Do Aliens Speak Physics?