6M views · Jan 14, 2021 · 2:43:51 · 2 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2021–2023
Lex Fridman interviews Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb about the interstellar object Oumuamua, aliens and black holes. Loeb lays out his argument that it may be an artifact rather than debris.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a good, non-sensational presentation of Loeb's actual argument, usually linked in Oumuamua threads.
“There's a good interview with Avi Loeb on the Lex Fridman podcast about this very topic.”HN comment, 2021
“Lex Fridman had a really good interview with Avi Loeb about Oumuamua, among other things, about a week ago. Highly recommend!”
Good interview with Avi Loeb about Oumuamua
Lex Fridman had a really good interview with Avi Loeb about Oumuamua, among other things, about a week ago. Highly recommend! this video
“There's a good interview with Avi Loeb on the Lex Fridman podcast about this very topic.”
Loeb's actual argument is compelling and not sensational
There's a good interview with Avi Loeb on the Lex Fridman podcast about this very topic. His actual argument is fairly compelling and doesn't really sound sensational at all, IMO. this video
“has been on several podcasts including Lex Fridman's, where he has discussed these issues further”
Author discussing these issues further on a podcast
The author of this article has been on several podcasts including Lex Fridman's, where he has discussed these issues further: this video .
“He has an interview with Lex Fridman here”
Loeb discussing looking for alien visitors
He has an interview with Lex Fridman here: this video I haven't listened to the whole thing, but he seems to think that aliens visiting our solar system is likely enough that it makes sense to look for. He falls short of the confident certainty I usually expect from cranks though, he's talking about investigating possibilities. I think he's eccentric, but I wouldn't call him a crank.
Background on researcher Avi Loeb
For context, this is a paper by Avi Loeb [1,2], the "Oumuamua is an interstellar spaceship" researcher. In this paper, Avi explores a possible interstellar origin meteorite. He used data from US air defence senors that had tracked a highly unusual atmospheric entry nearly a decade ago. This object was theorized as a possible extrasolar trajectory meteorite when it had entered the earth's atmosphere. [3,4] Avi recently chartered a research expedition in an attempt to dredge up samples of this meteorite from the sea floor. [1] link [2] this video [3] link [4] link
