Avi Loeb: Balancing Controversy and Scientific Rigor in the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

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Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb heads the Galileo Project to search for extraterrestrial intelligent life and directs the Black Hole Initiative, while exploring how controversial ideas can be pursued with rigorous science.

One scientists search for alien life... and the controversy it has sparked
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One scientists search for alien life... and the controversy it has sparked

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is on a mission to prove aliens exist. His peers say hes chasing sensationalism. He reflects on his status as an academic pariah and whether controversial ideas can coexist.