Lord Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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0:00 – Introduction
0:52 – Understanding the universe
9:22 – Human limitations and AI
18:18 – Dark matter
25:38 – Vast universe
33:19 – Alien life
47:12 – Space exploration
1:11:35 – Future technology
1:22:57 – Newton and Einstein
1:26:59 – Black holes
1:40:40 – Cosmological threats
2:07:44 – Advice for young people
2:10:14 – Mortality
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