Sara Seager: Search for Planets and Life Outside Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #116

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• LE

  @lexfridman · 6 years ago · pinned

  I really enjoyed this conversation with Sara. Here&apos;s the outline:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y">0:00</a> - Introduction<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=332">5:32</a> - Falling in love with the stars<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=595">9:55</a> - Are we alone in the universe?<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=927">15:27</a> - Seager equation for number of habitable planets<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=1668">27:48</a> - Exoplanets<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=2084">34:44</a> - Earth-like exoplanets<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=2443">40:43</a> - Intelligent life<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=3154">52:34</a> - Number of planets per star<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=3309">55:09</a> - Space exploration<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=3456">57:36</a> - Traveling to Proxima Centauri<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=3652">1:00:52</a> - Starshade<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=4054">1:07:34</a> - Using the sun as a gravitational lens<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=4184">1:09:44</a> - Starshot<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=4365">1:12:45</a> - Rogue planets<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=4544">1:15:44</a> - The Smallest Lights in the Universe<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=5415">1:30:15</a> - Book recommendations<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=5868">1:37:48</a> - Advice for a young person<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA2ABHBc6Y&amp;t=5969">1:39:29</a> - Meaning of life

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• LO

  @LoveVibez · 6 years ago

  Lex, your podcast has quickly become one of my favorites to tune into. I love multi-tasking while listening in and broadening my intellectual horizons. Cheers and keep up the great work, much love from Colorado

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• DI

  @Divine_R · 6 years ago

  You know it&apos;s a good episode when Lex is frowning whenever he formulates a question

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• CO

  @comlaterra · 6 years ago

  I watched many of your interviews. I must say this one is absolutely exceptional. <br>Thanks for your great work.<br>Keep it up, please.

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• KE

  @keerah · 6 years ago (edited)

  Sara totally reminded me of Ally from Contact. This talk is so touching, profound, mindblowing. I am so grateful to be able to listen to and to understand you, Sara and Lex, thank you! With love from Russia

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• AR

  @artigraphmultimedia1489 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Love Sara Seager. <br>I love seeing interesting, original thinkers &nbsp;so thoroughly in their element. <br>Lex, you are one of those.<br>In the last 2 months your Podcast &nbsp;has become a part of my YouTube rotation .<br> Great conversation Lex.<br><br>Thanks 🙏

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• LA

  @Laederon · 5 years ago

  I can&apos;t sleep enough because of Lex&apos;s podcasts...

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• DH

  @DH18591 · 6 years ago

  One of the best podcast i have ever listened to.

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• JO

  @JohnnyNismoGTR · 6 years ago

  Sara is one of my favorite scientists. This was a great interview, Lex. You touched on everything! Astronomy is a topic that many people can identify with because stars are so ubiquitous to the shared human experience.

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• PA

  @pacervault3350 · 6 years ago (edited)

  The Giver! &nbsp;It was so cool that you discussed a book I have read. &nbsp;It made me feel even more connected to the conversation. &nbsp;Very good stuff Lex and Sara.<br>And as a person who was fortunate enough to find something I love doing that I was blessed with the ability to do very well (over time, with persistence), and make a decades long career of, I agree that is the best way to live life and obtain meaning from it.

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• EL

  @elidames6889 · 6 years ago

  The Giver, and 1984 are two of the most profound books I have ever read. Something about both of those books did something to me.

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• BR

  @brendanmcdonald306 · 5 years ago

  This is one of the best in your series, Lex. I have found it challenging to find people to talk to about many of the topics that you and Sara covered - particularly the finiteness of life and how we spend it - and listening makes me feel a part of the conversation. Thank you!

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