Where Are They, All Those Aliens? | Episode 305 | Closer To Truth

All this talk of no evidence. Our search for life in the universe is like wading into the ocean with a shot glass, scooping some water, and inspecting it with your eye and concluding the ocean must be lifeless. Our search has not even begun.

If a super advanced civilization hundreds of millions of years older than us wanted to keep Earth isolated as a zoo, blocking out all signs of their existence in the universe would be easy. Like draping a curtain over a birdcage..

The first step in learning is to admit that you don't know. The 2nd step is to declare that I want to know.

Imagine if they are already millions of years ahead in terms civilization... i think they could not even be bothered with our own existence...

Can I just say you do a fantastic job covering some really difficult to talk about subjects, thanks it’s brilliant!!

Much of this search for aliens reminds me of a family leaving New York City for the Grand Canyon. They're not even out of the driveway when the kids start demanding: "Are we there yet?"

About 4 years ago I was watching something on cable about this subject. A woman scientist made a very revealing observation. She said, if anyone walked up to the edge of a lake, river or ocean and took a glass full of water and looked to see there were no fish in the water, should they conclude there are no fish in the lake, river or ocean? This is the stage that we are at as exploration and understanding of the universe goes. And actually, I think we might not even be at that stage of looking at a glass of water to use an analogy. Another thing, many humans seem to think that there could be no intelligent life like us out there. Who knows we in comparison to other living entities could be really, really primitive and unadvanced. We humans have to stop our understanding of this subject matter from our very, very narrow limited perspective. There could be living entities out there that were at the stage we are now during our Stone Age. And they managed not to destroy themselves and they are out there now.

Mr. Kuhn has such an ASMR voice. Friendly, calm, inquisitive. Really enjoy listening to him and the fascinating people he talks to.

This show is the best on YouTube. Neurologist curious about human consciousness leading him to search for other life and answers to our own existence. Brilliant ! Then he interviews the smartest people on earth about our future. Great program . Thank you.

Closer To Truth is broadcast on PBS stations. You can also watch Closer To Truth online at CloserToTruth.com or on our YouTube channel. This is Episode 5 of Season 3, first aired on PBS stations in 2009.