Alien Gods, Mars Civilization, Asteroid Impact, ET Life, Extinction - Dr. David Kipping | BSP 28

David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel. EPISODE LINKS: David's X Profile: https://x.com/david_kipping David's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCGHZpIpAWJQ-Jy_CeCdXhMA Cool Worlds Lab: https://coolworldslab.com/ 0:00 - 1:49 - Intro 1:49 - 8:15 - Science Communication 8:15 - 13:30 - The Downfall of Space Exploration, Fermi Paradox 13:30 - 17:43 - Mining Asteroids, Economic Reward of Space Exploration 17:43 - 23:00 - Are we alone in the universe? 23:00 - 30:32 - Rare Earth Hypothesis 30:32 - 37:32 - How do we search for extraterrestrial life? 37:32 - 43:29 - How would we Terraform Mars? Really good! 43:29 - 50:41 - Ethics of Colonizing Space 50:41 - 52:30 - Antarctica 52:30 - 59:22 - What came before the Big Bang? 59:22 - 1:06:32 - Agrippa's Trilemma, God, Religion 1:06:32 - 1:11:55 - Alien Gods, Theology 1:11:55 - 1:17:40 - Existential Threats 1:17:40 - 1:24:17 - Increasing Longevity, Short-term thinking 1:24:17 - 1:30:15 - Shape of the Universe (Really interesting) 1:30:15 - 1:35:30 - Singularity, Time relativity (Really good) 1:35:30 - 1:42:00 - Writing Science Fiction 1:42:00 - 1:49:40 - We're probably not living in a Simulation? (Very Good)