Your constraining yourself to what humans find interesting.

That's kind of cool but the aliens that would find us would have already found plenty of bacteria

@@bcward2 those aliens sound boring as fuck then. Imagine being an alien and being too cool to find other aliens interesting enough to observe.

@@bcward2 You're constraining in thinking one type of alien.

Lot of streched out metaphors in this podcast

If they're here, then they traversed interstellar space using something that we cannot even comprehend, don't expect to comprehend why it is our dumb cameras cannot capture it. The incident in Africa with the 200 school children in the 90's; those kids are now adults and they still tell the same story very consistently. The little beings got out of their ships and communicated telepathically with them, told them that we are ruining our planet and better change, and then left. Imagine at our current rate of innovation, what earth will look like 1000 years from now? Now imagine an alien that is 100,000 years beyond our current technological state. If they can get here, then they can likely mask reality from their direction to make it impossible to get a clear photo of them or their craft.

And a chicken farmer here and there growing them squiggles for hen food.

And those young children who treat worms as playthings.

when it rains you can literally see worms crawling on the surface

@@Warsie true one of the easiest means of harvest, but not as tasty as chanterelles.

He literally says right after "unless you're a wormologist" lol open your ears.

Thank you for admitting this.

He is an educator, not a researcher. And he always knows the latest mainstream stuff, as an educator should.

@@ricardosantos6721 No, he is not an educator. An educator is an academic, and he is NOT an academic. Not published anywhere, and shilling the mainstream view of physics takes no talent. He is a parrot with an afro. Period.

I see what you mean and there are definitely some elements of being full of himself, and this comes across more clearly on his podcast, but still I think he's got a lot of good ideas and info and he's a great communicator. I think the world is a better place WITH Neil than without him.

“Existing knowledge” is redundant, nonexistent knowledge is just an assumption or a lie. You either know something based on logic and observation or you don’t

NDT's wife: Please get on top NDT: Let me stop you right there

He loves to hear himself talk

Perhaps one of his kids will become an actual scientist

Good thing he lectures for a living.

He sounds like my dad. Not really listening just waiting to speak and lecture you his view.

Carl Sagan is rolling in his grave.

Blows my mind every time

Can I get a list of bullet points rather than spending 52 min. of my life?

Neil Denial Tyson is still living in Denial of the US Navy UFO evidence. True science is exploring All the Evidence no matter where that leads

Aliens = the speed of stupid squared, multiplied by the ever expanding ego of a blowhard know-it-all, minus any new information, plus the square root of the hypotenuse of the base diameter of Neil Degrasse Tysons head. And 70.

Agreed. I don't think he gave a straight answer to a single one of Sam's questions. He just went on tangents.

This has always been Neil's way of communicating. Smart guy, but he likes repeating his stories. Even if everyone has already heard them.

He likes to hear himself talk

World of academia makes professors feel like they are on a pedestal.

Yep! It sucks. I've think he's really become so full of himself over the years. Did you notice he didn't even identify his Star Talk co-host Chuck Nice (or any others). He just says, "a comedian." Used to really love him, but the narcissism got in the way.

There was this one guy in COSMOS who was speculating about something strange found in one of their astronomical pictures (images that were new at the time), and I remember Sagan smiling and responding to him, without an ounce of patronizing intent-yet at the same time sort of conceding with his smile to be humoring the guy for indulging in some unlikelihood-by simply saying "maybe." To me, Sagan became the scientific ideal: a person of cautious speculation, who was honest, but non-judgmental.

I think fame has inflated the ego just a tad bit.

There's just no way to guess what an alien civilisation would find interesting or worth their time. Not a very good argument. It more or less assumes that greater intelligence and development leads to a lack of interest in anything lesser. That could easily be the opposite, perhaps a vastly more advanced alien society would be even more interested and understanding of our situation. It's going too far to seriously argue whether or not aliens would pay attention to us. I haven't heard his take on this yet, so I don't know the context, but I've heard others make this argument seriously. I hope he doesn't.

I used to look up to Neil, not anymore. His premises are wrong, and I don't have to have his education to notice.

Yes. Thank you. I suspect when or if life becomes suitably advanced to travel to the stars, their ethics would no doubt include the experience of "lower" life forms. We study ants for heaven's sake, why wouldn't an advanced species be interested in us? I think it's utterly ridiculous to think we, a species that have created endless civilisations, wouldn't be interesting to an alien species, regardless of how advanced they are. Especially when you take into account how rare life is. We would get excited if we found microbes on Mars; why would aliens be any less excited to encounter us? Tyson is so myopic on this point.

You mean come down

@@TwiztedDezign exactly

That’d be nuts!!

I want that when the Alien Parade officially begins!

@@alexalexis7899 “Alien parade” … lol that’d be interesting, but I think we should see those 5 people in one room before that happens 🤔

We need Joe Rogan episode interviewing Joe Rogan

No, we don't.

xD "we need to travel back to our dimension give us the dmt" aliens .....it will be awesome if aliens r as dumb as some people

@@pumpuppthevolume if they're as dumb as elon ... :D

Aliens, having knowledge of English grammar, would say: "...'take' us to your DMT. Sorry, but I feel so much better now.

@@dimbulb23 I doubt an extraterrestrial civilization which spans the galaxy is so invested in pedantics, especially when the original sentence actually is grammatically sound. English is a versatile language. Look up the UKposts video titled "Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language"

I hope Neil would smoke DMT.

lol

I was thinking “yikes” when he said that lol.

@@slickmullet3891 until Neil said it’s written that way for a purpose.

He's suffering from the Michio Kaku syndrome. Ask him a question and he plays one of his prerecorded answers. And he's gotten so arrogant and filled with self-importance. There was that famous episode on Joe Rogan where Neil talked constantly and wouldn't let Joe get a word in edgewise.

Glad you’ve noticed. He is awful, I can barely stand listening to him and his phoniness.

@@liljes34 A legend in his own mind.

Really? I felt the opposite. I felt more intellectually stimulated by him in this conversation than I ever have or the most I have in a long time.

@@nancyrobertson9256 Even more recently he was on bill maher show real-time and he was so rude to bill maher while bill was just complimenting him. This guy has gotten too arrogant and boring. I do still listen to his youtube podcast with his co-host chuck but im getting annoyed by him on these interviews being unapologetically arrogant and boring.

It's a mistake to think it is not both. (talent and effort)

Just bumping this in case you missed it. Email him and he’ll give you his content for free.

Completely agree. I thought he was just obnoxious but maybe it’s just a front

Dude, im thinking the exact same while listening. Half the reason I clicked was because of the interesting title, the other half reason was to see if he'd get douchey with someone as smart as Sam

Me too bro

Sams decorum doesn’t allow much room for NDT to do his antics

Great marketing tho. 💯

Completely same feeling

All I get is zit popping vids

why r u searching for stuff completely opposing your mood ....now that would be impressive

yep

It is certainly found everywhere in this podcast.

It is his wheelhouse.

I would guess Sam might like 'Ubiquitous', but he might favor 'ambiguity' as a favorite, the spelling is easier.

You're obfuscating the truth

And Neil’s take on CCC

I'm always looking at beaver ...

That's how good teachers communicate.

Mister Rogers The Alien Welcomes You To His Neighborhood [DeepFake] -Alien Symbology

Where is that conversation? I only listened to the other one on this video.

Well, you'll certainly enjoy the other episodes then! This is probably the most boring one of them all. At least the quest is easily the most boring :D

I just had the same thought. I was like “noooo! Not yet” We’ll played, Sam.

You don’t have to pay. Just request a free subscription

Marketing?? I guess Sam Harris is not so pristine as I previously thought.

Left it on a cliff hanger as click bait and the subscription fees are extortionate. So glad that scientists put knowledge above capital gain, well some do anyway.

Classical save your money.What do you want to know?Do you know the odds on probability that we homo sapiens are here today were trillions to one.Not billions but trillions.To understand how we came into being we have to go back to the beginning of our solar system.If one thing was different when our earth was forming we wouldn't be here.What if the dinosaurs didn't become extinct.We wouldn't be here.So do you know the minimum mass of s planet to produce intelligent life?What kind of atmosphere must be present to produce intelligent life?Let's not forget the oceans and let's not forget life started in the oceans.A life form must leave the ocean in order for there to be life on land.Then billions of years of evolution to produce an intelligent life.

I have no idea why Joe keeps bringing him on lol

Sam is cool, ndt can be overwhelming..

NDT is a puffed up ignorant on the subject of UFOs

It's unfortunate because I admired his intellectualism before I discovered he would speak dismissively with such confidence on something he is blatantly ignorant about and admits to being unwilling to research, even dismissing navy radar data.

@@EpicWarrior131 Well said I couldn't agree more, a shame.

@@EpicWarrior131 Yes, he is a perfect example of scientific dogma. It makes no sense because he will consider ideas like string theory but has zero tolerance for UFOs and he has clearly put no time looking into the subject.

Curious your reasoning for this

@@dylon2372 I think it’s because Neil has been very clear that he thinks aliens visiting earth is a silly notion

Is it really beyond you? He’s the guy the public looks at to explain space shit. It’s pretty simple.

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iZtnqXdqaqFllJ8.html

Thanks. I was going to bail at 19 minutes because I was tired of listening to NDT continue to throw out reasons why everyone else is so stupid and only he gets it. I have high hopes that Sam can challenge him. (I prefer listening to Isaac Arthur) I'll stay with this one for a while longer.

I hate Atheists, but all Harris had to do was ask Tyson, Is there any evidence for us being alone? (Trick question Tyson's ego wouldn't dodge.) It's would lead to a compare & contrast on religion, Atheism & belief in aliens. Belief in God requires faith; same with aliens.

@@greggstrasser5791 Do you really hate all non-believers or do you just want them to shut up? It seems really unfair to hate someone because they lack belief in the supernatural. Some of us are just not wired that way. I went to Sunday School as a kid and it never clicked. Religious childhood indoctrination isn't 100% effective. Nothing happened in my life shifted me one direction or another. Science was always more interesting to me than magic.

@@JRudy17 My fault for not being clear. If you've been to Europe, especially the Balkans, you'd have a better idea. I hate using internet terminology you don't hear in common audible speech, but "New Atheist" is probably a way to narrow it down. It's very odd that someone would wrap so much energy into something they claim doesn't exist. It's like saying "I stand against the Easter Bunny." If one says "their is no evidence of God, therefore X," they should apply the same standard to aliens. Saying there HAS TO BE aliens [based on faith] is the same as claiming there has to be aliens... based on faith. Bayesian statistics are no more "science" than Einstein's thought experiments.

@Ian W Sure.

UFOs are intrinsically uninteresting. Fuzzy photos are content less.

@@sentientflower7891 Why are UFOs instrinsically uninteresting? I'm interested to know.

@@TheAjrclark because 1) UFOs are just blurry photographs and 2) UFO proponents have excessively low standards of evidence.

@@sentientflower7891 They're on radars too! The military say they exist, but that they don't what they are. Only one guy really thinks otherwise - or has made somehting of it - West. His analysis has quite a few flaws. Plus, he's not an expert so

Also, UFO are not blurry photos, they're UFOS! Blurry photos are what u might call weak evidence for UFOs (albeit i don't agree because of radar evidence). That doesn't make the phenomena of UFOs - intrinsically - uninteresting. Ur response thus doesn't explain why u think that.

If there was life it’s gone now so yep we are probably alone.

@@garethde-witt6433 ;Not possible

@Ian W so you're not really consuming the knowledge, it is just your entertainment "in the background" ?

Yeah, i like Sam's movies more than his books too...

Excellent idea.. I imagine cartoon sketches when I listen to Sam, and would love to see animation incorporated into one of his talks.

@Ian WWrong... Plenty of people watch content online🤣🤣 Plenty of podcasts have live and recorded footage... Plenty of Sam's debates are recorded and can be watched online. Like on UKposts! The place where people watch podcasts!? 🤔🤤🤣

@@marcokalle2452 You're listening to his podcast on UKposts 🤣🤣🤡

Yes. Not at all. Woke culture and politics believe it or not. Really disappointing, if you ask me. Mostly because Neil dances around things quite a bit, provides broad/indirect answers. It’s all good though, the first half was good.

@@rick15666 what did Neil say about the far-advanced tech stuff Sam mentioned right at the end?

@@Yowdy121 it’s been a month man I’d have to listen to it again, any specific question? I recall recommending against anyone paying for the remainder of this podcast as I was thoroughly disappointed with Neil’s non-answer answers. It’s coming back to me now, including his response to the Pentagon released video of UAP’s. The trouble is, Neil is just too prominent of a figure in terms of being an individual that many folks can relate to, and trust, to get them interested in science. I think he just has to be too careful with sharing his personal opinions publicly, if they’re anywhere remotely outside the watered-down non-answer answers. Which is a shame cause he’s a friggin astrophysicist, I’d be nice to hear his true thoughts, it is my opinion that he has been specifically told to avoid some things, to remain in his spot as a public figure, narrating space series and stuff, you know?

Tyson is a generic science salesman. He hasn’t contributed a single original idea in his entire career. Not even sure why Sam bothered, unless it’s for views. Not criticizing you…just offering solidarity.

@@winstonsol8713 Yeah.... He's appears to more of a science populariser than a mover in his field. I too was surprised that Harris had him on. To be honest I wasn't much interested in what he had to say about these UFOs....

@@winstonsol8713 I think nothing wrong with that. To get people enthusiastic about science may then lead to scientists contributing new ideas. That seems more likely than coming from other influencers who eat tide pods or scream about diversity everywhere.

Tyson’s a novice and scientific shrill but he has a nice cadence to his speech and he articulates himself quit smoothly so he’s easy to listen to. Even if you disagree... Sam could have pushed him further but saw it was a feeble endeavor to try because of tysons defensive nature. Akin to the recent joe Rogan podcast with Tyson on ufos 🛸 . Joe won that shit

Tyson plays a very solid verbal game.

"My loves the type of thing you have to earn and when you earn it you don't need it"-bo burnam

I've never understood this form of species-level self deprecation. Do you honestly believe that humans are not "interesting enough"? Talk about not being easily amused.

@@ebendaggett704 Well, if I’m being serious and not just making a silly joke, let me put it this way: When was the last time you stopped along the road to have a conversation with a worm? A worm can’t even understand the most basic human sentences like, “Do you want to go to the store with me?” And that’s a creature from Earth that we have DNA in common with. And it may be that there are other beings in the universe that are even more advanced than us than we are to a worm, so we might not even be able to understand their most simple ideas, let alone have a conservation with them.

@@ebendaggett704 Then again, the keyword here is “might.” There might be more advanced aliens, there might be aliens that are comparable to our intelligence, there might be animal-like creatures on other planets, or there might be nothing. We just don’t know yet.

@@robomop9711 People spend their whole lives studying worms, ants. This argument is moot. There are billions of barren lifeless planets, ours is teeming with intelligent life. We're interesting.

Sam, perhaps if you watched the whole Floyd video instead of the minutes with the knee on the neck, then you'd have more insight to the situation than complete bafflement.

In a yellow submarine

@@daheikkinen which is encapsulated in an entirely boring and normal metaverse; why do any of you even think there is something special about us? We are nothing. NOTHING. Naaaaaarrrrrrrfin. Stupid humans and their stupid ideas. Not like me…. I got it all figured out…. We’re narrrrrfin.

@@ricardosantos6721 Fentanyl and meth is dangerous, he was complaining about choking before the police used force.

What has even happened in this comment thread

Exactly, this is the perfect topic but neil is too much for me

Why? He's a passionate talker with well thought out opinions.

@@seanwhitehall4652 He doesn't know how to engage in conversations, he tends to just lecture. he's also incredibly dismissive and egotistical. There's a lot more but those are the first two things that come to mind

@@lnAmberClad I guess I've only found him dismissive of things where it makes sense, and tend to find it's just an exaggeration of him being a passionate talker. Though he has admitted he doesn't like debates, he likes to stick to topics that are largely settled and where education the best approach. I'm generally not turned off by people being slightly rude; substance matters more.

This is not possible for him, hes programed to do only this. Like a robot.

You must be really fun at parties

That is Neil , spot on hahah but he’s great for it !

@@brisclan7813 This is the most low IQ insult ever. I don't even waste my time at "parties"

Lmao, perfect description

uhhhh, starbucks?

Thanks

My guy

You're the hero i was looking for

Best post

too bad so much of this topic is missing here... fuck paywalls

Id like to see him annex Alien Hybrid Lord Isaac Arthur for a Chat about the State of Earth.

Why?

Uh oh...we've got a live one, folks!

@@seanwhitehall4652 To hear Sam's thoughts on it and perhaps gain new insight on Bob's story.

He has to have some, first.

To busy plugging his books. Gotta run the sales pitches

He says he intentionally trained himself to have sound-bite answers to questions. It’s actually operationally smart and efficient,but yes-is repetitive if you’ve listened for a few years

Maybe. Maybe not.

Maybe both

He's always been condescending.

yep u can sign up for free and get the rest of the episodes

Lmao me too dude. Sam is a sneaky ba****d.

You can't honestly answer most of these questions with a yes or no. All you can do is gain some understanding of the possibilities and our current knowledge of them. Analogy's are useful for that.

@@entelin - totally agree; just saying sometimes it would be nice....

@@thulyblu5486 - Absolutely! He's great.

Use my mods or Satan will get you.

Joe Rogan warned him beforehand

He respects what Sam has to say

@@um8778 What happened with Rogan? I'm out of loop

@@dickmcwienersonIII Search for "if you value mountain climbing" or any interview between them. Neil keeps interrupting Joe every 5 seconds 😅🙈

@@um8778 hahaha, thank you.

Sam brings up Trump and how he ruined America and the conversation goes off the rails unfortunately

@@martymcfly88mph35 Thanks. Now I am confused... I expected that Neil made a clear statement that these UFO theories are of course nonsense. Ok, media and Trump plays a role indirectly, because all ratings of TV stations etc. are down because people are just sick of all the useless "Trump said xyz on Twitter - world will end soon" type of news. So they are happy to look for new outrages stories... but I can not believe that any person with some understanding of science thinks that there are actual UFOs flying around because of that footage.

@Alpha Centauri Correct. I think that's a better word.

♪ We're sharing a drink called loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone. ♪

You're obviously depressed...

@@thelastsoad no but I understand why you would think that. I do know of a good few people who are tho which is why I made the point.

No, im sure he has, but to acknowledge this info is blasphemy

Neil is one of my least favorite guests on any podcast

I for one is glad to hear from someone outside the echo chamber.

@@mars6829 He is a 1man echo chamber