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Astronomer Jill Tarter, former director of the Center for SETI Research, uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about extraterrestrial life. What if SETI found intelligent life on another planet? Would they keep it a secret? Did US fighter pilots really see a UFO?
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  • @WIRED
    @WIRED4 жыл бұрын

    To read more about Jill Tarter and her work, visit WIRED.com - www.wired.com/story/seti-astronomer-jill-tarter-swears-shed-tell-us-if-shed-seen-an-alien/

  • @tinab3001

    @tinab3001

    4 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @randomchance7796

    @randomchance7796

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are we worth contacting? NO we're that alien species that uses up all the resources and destroys life then moves on. We're causing our own extinction and that's gotta be a universal red flag.

  • @targanhunter1421

    @targanhunter1421

    3 жыл бұрын

    she's so lovely and knowledgable!

  • @marcmayeux2603

    @marcmayeux2603

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RoyalOps1222 l

  • @SkinnyBobUFO

    @SkinnyBobUFO

    Жыл бұрын

    Jill Tarter is the poster child for UFO denialism in the scientific community. Avi Loab dressed her down on a UFO panel one time calling her out on her dismissive disrespectful comments about the tic tac and pilots. it was glorious to watch Avi take her to task. We need more of that kind of pushback. People need to stand up to Jill and the other UFO denialists in the scientific community.

  • @kiandita
    @kiandita4 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine being her grandchild? I bet they're growing up with a ton of knowledge and interesting stories about the space. That's cool af.

  • @nicksurfs1

    @nicksurfs1

    4 жыл бұрын

    kiandita hanging out with these old school NASA peeps is awesome, but it’s also exhausting. I know one who is so supremely intelligent it’s creepy, but she is fascinating!

  • @shouzenozol5035

    @shouzenozol5035

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah fam Earths prolly gonna go boom boom

  • @BugsStuff

    @BugsStuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bikal - what’s that supposed to mean?

  • @BugsStuff

    @BugsStuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bikal - astrology is real! It’s scientific evidence! Lol I dont know how you could not believe in it. And of course they would, it’s their surroundings and what they’ve been around their whole lives

  • @BugsStuff

    @BugsStuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bikal - oooooh I’m sorry I got them mixed up. Yeah those are totally based on opinion

  • @heatnicoleher
    @heatnicoleher4 жыл бұрын

    "Play by their rules" That's the scary part.

  • @MRtacoslicous

    @MRtacoslicous

    4 жыл бұрын

    depending on their rules obviously.

  • @Boog_masskway

    @Boog_masskway

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't think there's a huge need to be worried. You'd expect that once you can surmount the technical hurdles to travel faster than light or to develop the AI that will scour the galaxy for resources, that you would have little need to devote attention to upending life on a nascent civilization's planet. It's just like an ecosystem at the bottom of the ocean, we know they exist and we could get to it, but the only way we'd really interact is that the by-products of our actions affect you. e.g. a ship sinks. Further, if your lifespan is equivalent to a few months most individuals would probably never see or remember an occurrence of a sinking ship.

  • @SevenEllen

    @SevenEllen

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MRtacoslicous Absolutely! We mustn't have fear of the unknown, that only leads to discrimination.

  • @afallin

    @afallin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im not scared. Obviously they will be superior to us. Resistance is Futile.

  • @devantaylor1494

    @devantaylor1494

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are some highly respected scientists that think we should hide our existence for that very reason. They think if we let aliens know we're here they will enslave or destroy us. Stephen Hawking was one of those people. It's based on the observations of humans. Almost every single time an advanced civilization came upon a less advanced civilization it didn't turn out good for the less advanced one.

  • @hellomydarlinghello
    @hellomydarlinghello4 жыл бұрын

    she's so lovely and knowledgable!

  • @uno23sleep

    @uno23sleep

    4 жыл бұрын

    She talks like the kindest grandma that you'll ever meet.👍

  • @soodamncolddisabled

    @soodamncolddisabled

    4 жыл бұрын

    Id love to have dinner with her heh

  • @soodamncolddisabled

    @soodamncolddisabled

    4 жыл бұрын

    Drinks too

  • @MOOMOO2728

    @MOOMOO2728

    4 жыл бұрын

    She has a nice way about her . Very approchable

  • @Emunuts

    @Emunuts

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Beatles. She doesn't know them. Accidentally said Bach several times. Poor Grandma ;)

  • @blackchoco_09
    @blackchoco_094 жыл бұрын

    "In 50+ years, we've observed only about one hot tub's worth of the ocean." Man, that's depressing.

  • @loveharrydaily

    @loveharrydaily

    4 жыл бұрын

    Axl John Tadle we need more scientists

  • @raver4lyfe16

    @raver4lyfe16

    4 жыл бұрын

    But the way to look at it with the way that tech is advancing, maybe by the end of our life times we will have searched possibly the size of a lake which could be promising

  • @reznovvazileski3193

    @reznovvazileski3193

    4 жыл бұрын

    You say depressing I say intriguing or motivating even. As a physicist myself I'd have more nightmares about the day we have nothing left to learn than the vast expanding universe of the unknown still ahead of us. Imagine how boring life would be if there was nothing left to learn, nothing to progress. Only then the question "what's the meaning of life" would really become relevant to me, until then I can answer that with, exploring life itself.

  • @Acekorv

    @Acekorv

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right, and based on that is what people draw their facts upon. ”-oh, I believe there might be some organisms on some planets”

  • @reznovvazileski3193

    @reznovvazileski3193

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Acekorv I think you have a severe misunderstanding of what the word believe means. That means they're explicitly stating it's not a fact but their own belief.

  • @jaimiedickinson788
    @jaimiedickinson7884 жыл бұрын

    Dear Wired, can you please invite her to do more videos about astronomy? She is so lovely and knowledgeable I can listen to her talk all day!

  • @afallin

    @afallin

    4 жыл бұрын

    I second that! This is inspiring. Not only because she is a woman, but because she is great. She would be a good ambassador of humanity.

  • @MaesReverie

    @MaesReverie

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@afallin just because she is a women doesn't mean anything

  • @nathanielmartin6093

    @nathanielmartin6093

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whats lovely may not be the truth

  • @lilaclizard4504

    @lilaclizard4504

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@afallin oh yeh, she is a woman isn't she. I hadn't even noticed until you pointed it out, I just noticed a great scientist giving great answers, same as I didn't notice her hair or clothing colour either, cause it's really not relevant to the topic is it

  • @TheAmbex

    @TheAmbex

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I agree

  • @caitlynnklawon4873
    @caitlynnklawon48734 жыл бұрын

    Met her at a symposium. She is the sweetest, most humble lady!!! She doesn't belittle you for asking silly questions and treats even the youngest, least knowledgeable people with the utmost respect. This isn't always true among top scientists. An amazing lady !!!

  • @mardeannaj5037

    @mardeannaj5037

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s probably because she to once asked those “silly” questions and wasn’t as knowledgeable as she was today

  • @caitlynnhamilton8016

    @caitlynnhamilton8016

    Жыл бұрын

    hey! we share the same name :) and love for science

  • @160p2GHz

    @160p2GHz

    Жыл бұрын

    I got really nervous meeting her and couldn't speak clearly and she was so understanding and kind.

  • @elgranespejo

    @elgranespejo

    Жыл бұрын

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@160p2GHz unfortunately she appears to understand very little about the ‘UAP’s’ which Congress are now taking a big interest in.

  • @jacksontaylor5476
    @jacksontaylor54763 жыл бұрын

    "if the dinosaurs had a space program, maybe they'd still be around." Now I'm just thinking about a raptor in a space suit talking with a trex with a headset at mission control

  • @nervousgestures6327

    @nervousgestures6327

    2 жыл бұрын

    Instead of "Roger that" over coms they say "Raptor that"

  • @sapphiresupernova

    @sapphiresupernova

    Жыл бұрын

    Major Ptom to Ground Controar

  • @Hydrocarbonateable

    @Hydrocarbonateable

    Жыл бұрын

    That shade was brutal and I loved it. She would throw down with a dino archeologist at a conference the way Marion Ravenwood outdrank Indiana Jones.

  • @DiRtYLaWs2007
    @DiRtYLaWs20074 жыл бұрын

    This is far too short. This lady is far too nice and super smart and we have so many more questions!

  • @emrahokumus2832
    @emrahokumus28324 жыл бұрын

    The thought of being alone in this vast cosmos sounds much more terrifying than the possibility of contacting an alien life.

  • @lightmeupper

    @lightmeupper

    4 жыл бұрын

    They walk among us. Its estimated that 20% are non humans

  • @benandmesser2885

    @benandmesser2885

    4 жыл бұрын

    Both are pretty scary

  • @FuckGoogle2

    @FuckGoogle2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then again it makes god a more plausible scenario, with time enough to listen to prayers and judge...

  • @ferny0825

    @ferny0825

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lightmeupper who estimated that? how did they? you're blowin' smoke, bud.

  • @NebulousWyatt

    @NebulousWyatt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Emrah Okumuş I'd rather not be harvested for resources by Alien Artificial Intelligence though :(

  • @skorpioflo
    @skorpioflo4 жыл бұрын

    This woman was the inspiration to create Jodie Foster's character in the movie "Contact", in fact they both coincided while the movie was taking shape. You're welcome ;)

  • @luked4043

    @luked4043

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s awesome

  • @jswx4393

    @jswx4393

    4 жыл бұрын

    There it is. I knew this comment would appear, therefore, I don't have to make it. :-)

  • @DejrouGames

    @DejrouGames

    4 жыл бұрын

    skorpioflo Katya would love that

  • @goodegrief

    @goodegrief

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean they both coincided while the movie was taking shape?

  • @taylorisaac891

    @taylorisaac891

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right on!

  • @Thedeville3001
    @Thedeville30014 жыл бұрын

    ‘‘Talk to my great-granddaughter. She may have an answer for you.“ Love that!

  • @kylieroth2326
    @kylieroth2326 Жыл бұрын

    I love the idea of “if THEY find US they’re a thousand times smarter than we’ll ever be”

  • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    Жыл бұрын

    Not an idea but rather a logical assumption.. Agree though🙂

  • @livh3065
    @livh30654 жыл бұрын

    love how she was so happy with all these questions "great question!" lovely woman

  • @angalarockz
    @angalarockz4 жыл бұрын

    Watching her speak and give her responses makes me realize how beautiful knowledge looks on a person. I just want to sit there and listen to her talk about the wonders of the universe for days on end.

  • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed! Beautifully said.

  • @Wendifur
    @Wendifur4 жыл бұрын

    It bothers me that UFO = aliens. UFO means unidentified. It doesn’t mean alien flying object. A pilot DID see a UFO. The question is did the pilot see an alien spacecraft.

  • @BreezyPlayz

    @BreezyPlayz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wendifur lol alright mate

  • @dgirl142

    @dgirl142

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the exact same thing.

  • @hantzleyaudate7697

    @hantzleyaudate7697

    4 жыл бұрын

    If humans have the ability to defy gravity like the UFOs, create their own anti-gravity, and propel an aircraft without any observable exhaust gases or engines, that’s scarier than aliens existing. To create a flying vehicle with that amount of power would mean that the creator of the craft can BEND TIME AND GRAVITY. You do not want humans to have that power...they could alter the space-time continuum.

  • @Wendifur

    @Wendifur

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hantzleyaudate7697 wtf lol we aren't talking about bending time LOL

  • @oryza_citrus

    @oryza_citrus

    4 жыл бұрын

    exactly...a flying object with weird shape that were created by a teenager can be called UFO if someone that saw it didn't know what it is

  • @jennalepczyk4943
    @jennalepczyk4943 Жыл бұрын

    Something about how she said “talk to my great granddaughter” was so heart warming. I hope she does amazing things

  • @mattymayhem1232
    @mattymayhem12324 жыл бұрын

    This lady needs to come back on the series. I think it was wonderful how she took ask the questions seriously and gave us her best answer.

  • @zappawench6048
    @zappawench60484 жыл бұрын

    That remark about asteroids was on point. There was a very near miss just today.

  • @Kinobambino

    @Kinobambino

    4 жыл бұрын

    Really

  • @emely3188
    @emely31884 жыл бұрын

    we need more information before we raid area 51 🤩

  • @SpiderSparta56

    @SpiderSparta56

    4 жыл бұрын

    NO...YOU MEAN TO SAY...WE NEED MORE INFORMATION SO THATS WHY WE ARE RAIDING AREA 51!!!!!!!!!NO...YOU MEAN TO SAY...WE NEED MORE INFORMATION SO THATS WHY WE ARE RAIDING AREA 51!!!!!!!!!NO...YOU MEAN TO SAY...WE NEED MORE INFORMATION SO THATS WHY WE ARE RAIDING AREA 51!!!!!!!!!NO...YOU MEAN TO SAY...WE NEED MORE INFORMATION SO THATS WHY WE ARE RAIDING AREA 51!!!!!!!!!

  • @nicolasmedina8207

    @nicolasmedina8207

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they really had aliens there would they just leave them there until the raid begins? Do you they they are more stupid than area 51 raiders?

  • @SpiderSparta56

    @SpiderSparta56

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolasmedina8207 maybe the aliens are in control of AREA 51 NOW!!! So yeah they would still be there when the raid happens!!! Duh

  • @SpiderSparta56

    @SpiderSparta56

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolasmedina8207 I mean how dumb can YOU be

  • @nicolasmedina8207

    @nicolasmedina8207

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SpiderSparta56 so you gonna face the area 51 and what like... punch the aliens with your humans hands? Dont make me laugh

  • @abkh7777
    @abkh77774 жыл бұрын

    “ITS JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS KIND OF THING A SECRET” that is what people would say if they were hiding aliens.

  • @JackoVanCleef

    @JackoVanCleef

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ab Kh I realy hope its a joke ahah

  • @theeverythingchannel7810

    @theeverythingchannel7810

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @abkh7777

    @abkh7777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jaccasto it is

  • @taylorisaac891

    @taylorisaac891

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @Acekorv

    @Acekorv

    4 жыл бұрын

    Us government been holding it as a secret since the 50s

  • @xxCrimsonSpiritxx
    @xxCrimsonSpiritxx4 жыл бұрын

    "Our interest is cyclical. We get really hyped up about it, somebody makes a claim, people discuss it. And then after a while, the Kardashians do something else and we lost interest." The amount of truth in that queue is actually depressing.

  • @hallierich7693

    @hallierich7693

    Жыл бұрын

    Not everyone cares about what the Kardashians do, thank God.

  • @blacksheep5183
    @blacksheep51834 жыл бұрын

    Her patience, knowledge, open-mindedness are perfect qualities for a teacher. A memorable one.

  • @TheSiddhiDesai
    @TheSiddhiDesai4 жыл бұрын

    Some of the questions were so interesting! And she dealt with the answers so well and wisely too! Loved this video, hope she can do more astronomy-related videos

  • @kayumust
    @kayumust4 жыл бұрын

    can we have a part 2 of atleast 2hours+ ;D i loved this and she is a lovely lady !

  • @charliej8104

    @charliej8104

    2 жыл бұрын

    Trying to get free granny asmr lol

  • @bxndo__

    @bxndo__

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@charliej8104 😂

  • @alarsenal10
    @alarsenal104 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing to watch. We need more videos like this one.

  • @meganb1725
    @meganb17252 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Wired, PLEASE have her back. I could listen to her talk all day. What an articular, fascinating speaker… she explained such complex and deep topics so beautifully and in a way that is easy for everyone to understand. Comfort with the unknown is the most rare thing human beings can embrace and she showed such comfort and grace with some of the most terrifying unknowns we could possibly try to wrap our heads around.

  • @ScrubsTheNewcomers
    @ScrubsTheNewcomers4 жыл бұрын

    I love that she takes all the questions serious and really thinks about them. I also love that you gave her a platform with such a long video!

  • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    @yevgeniyaleshchenko849

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not really a ''long video'', neither is the other one with her. It's just 14 minutes)

  • @Coastfog
    @Coastfog4 жыл бұрын

    What a chill and intelligent woman, could listen to her for hours

  • @fetB

    @fetB

    4 жыл бұрын

    *shill

  • @c0rtikoZteroids1

    @c0rtikoZteroids1

    4 жыл бұрын

    fetB DEAR LORD will this ever end, not every scientist is a government shill smh

  • @Burrick
    @Burrick4 жыл бұрын

    I love how people always automatically assume that aliens are out to kill all of us like in movies.

  • @EliDjahn

    @EliDjahn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humans and animals are always killing so its pretty stupid to assume they wouldn't just wipe us out

  • @rvoight92

    @rvoight92

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because movies of humans and aliens getting along don't usually sell as many tickets....

  • @Burrick

    @Burrick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rebekah Voight Which is the honest truth. I just find it funny.

  • @AshDub86

    @AshDub86

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's just the Daleks.

  • @bananasplitlady3045

    @bananasplitlady3045

    4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I hate that people assume that. It just makes it all the more likely that people will be afraid of aliens when/if they do land here. The aliens might just be curious scientists. Just because humans are violent and fearful doesn't mean other species will be. But because humans are violent and fearful, I'm afraid that somebody'll try to kill the aliens and that the _humans_ would be the ones to trigger some crazy intergalactic war that destroys the human race.

  • @walkerharris2043
    @walkerharris20434 жыл бұрын

    “If there were aliens would you tell us or keep it a se-“ “oF COURSE WE WOULD TELL EVERYONE WHY WOULDNT WE HAHAHAHA IS IT GETTING HOTTER IN HERE”

  • @Acekorv

    @Acekorv

    4 жыл бұрын

    She knows nothing I’m affraid and doesn’t have a majestic clearence

  • @AlphaAussies

    @AlphaAussies

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @Rafael-mh6yz

    @Rafael-mh6yz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whyd you put quotation marks arounf that like she said it?

  • @Schmorgus

    @Schmorgus

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for the _"tinfoil hatters",_ didn't have to look for long :P

  • @agostonbazmajer1100

    @agostonbazmajer1100

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Schmorgus You don't have to be a tinfoil hatter to see this. If we assume a government discovers alien life, it'd be the single most important piece of information to keep classified. Think about what sort of things the US classified. Technological details, troop movements, capabilities and limitations of their equipment, WMD technical info. If any of those went public it wouldn't cause the fraction of the problem that this kind of discovery would. It'd lead to religious conflicts, an unprecedented scale of panic, protests, wars, civil wars and basically the potential collapse of our entire infrastructure. If they ever discover aliens I really hope they keep it a secret because it would literally end civilization as we know it if this information became public knowledge.

  • @sjent
    @sjent4 жыл бұрын

    Is there an intelligent life in the universe ? Of course ! Why then it havent contacted us ? Because its intelligent !

  • @veloenoir1507
    @veloenoir15074 жыл бұрын

    No WAY we are going to keep it a secret!

  • @taylor3529
    @taylor35292 жыл бұрын

    This woman is so cool. I love how smart she is. I could listen to her talk forever.

  • @TheBarryedAlive
    @TheBarryedAlive4 жыл бұрын

    Think about the dinosaurs... If they had a space program... Maybe they wouldn't be extinct 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

  • @James-qp3ts
    @James-qp3ts4 жыл бұрын

    I love the way she says “great question”

  • @mephostopheles3752
    @mephostopheles37524 жыл бұрын

    "Did the fighter pilots see a UFO?" Yes. Because a UFO is an Unidentified Flying Object. "Unidentified" being the important word there. We literally don't know what it was.

  • @Diabolus1978

    @Diabolus1978

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah cause ufo dont automatically means little green men. Many believe ufo is always little green men.

  • @Kinobambino

    @Kinobambino

    4 жыл бұрын

    I do. It was an alien space craft

  • @mephostopheles3752

    @mephostopheles3752

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kino Can you prove that?

  • @Kinobambino

    @Kinobambino

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mephostopheles3752 I'm just goofing

  • @Kawdek

    @Kawdek

    4 жыл бұрын

    But isn’t the idea that there might not necessarily even be a flying object TO BE identified or not? So even if it’s unidentified, it might not be a flying object.

  • @sacredsiren
    @sacredsiren4 жыл бұрын

    Please, please, PLEASE have her back for another video! She was so interesting and presented this material in such an approachable way.

  • @casedistorted
    @casedistorted4 жыл бұрын

    I love her intelligent answers to all these questions. Made me a lot more optimistic about the vast dark cosmos than I was previously because of how much endless space is out there. I know there must be other life out there, but I feel like we will be long gone before we ever have a chance to reach or meet or even hear another civilization.

  • @sansnom5269
    @sansnom52694 жыл бұрын

    You heard here first, guys The Kardashians will hijack the Area 51 raid.

  • @idksorry5576

    @idksorry5576

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheZapan99 spoon heads?? Dude you got me rolling 😂😂

  • @cjay8087

    @cjay8087

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should have said folks instead of guys.

  • @DriedRoast
    @DriedRoast4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what she thought of Arrival!? She's knowledgeable and wise. Just delightful.

  • @grecoaj
    @grecoaj Жыл бұрын

    More of Jill Tarter, please!!

  • @SeabassFishbrains
    @SeabassFishbrains4 жыл бұрын

    She has a really nice/soothing voice, I would love to listen to her narrating audiobooks.

  • @emmelydewilt2937
    @emmelydewilt29374 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully there will be a part 2. Love Jill!

  • @edzejandehaan9265
    @edzejandehaan92654 жыл бұрын

    "If it's rogue...game over", I like her dark sense of humour....

  • @conormaloney126

    @conormaloney126

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think she was joking tbh lol, she's just saying that our AI is potentially dangerous and that hostile alien AI would be even worse

  • @ThePeanutGiant
    @ThePeanutGiant4 жыл бұрын

    Why do we assume ET life is dependent on the presence of water? What is the basis of life here could certainly not be the basis of life lightyears away.

  • @stonescorpio

    @stonescorpio

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not so much that scientists are assuming that all life must need water, but the universe is so vast that we really need to play the odds game. If you have a thousand unexplored planets and only a handful that have liquid water, it makes sense to look for life on those first. There could be some other life-sustaining substance that different alien species rely on (maybe a gas if they live on gas giants?), but for our purposes it makes sense to focus on a set of factors that we *know* can give rise to life rather than factors that we *speculate* could give rise to life. That's my take on it, anyway.

  • @Kinobambino

    @Kinobambino

    4 жыл бұрын

    Physics will always be physics in any reality or space. Their are certain components to life that no matter what you do or where you go will always be present. As far as water Idk.

  • @erikperhs_

    @erikperhs_

    4 жыл бұрын

    RIGHT?? I think about it all the time! They're always like "oh there's no life in Mercury because it's too hot" or "there's no life in Neptune because it's too cold", even if we KNOW that we don't know this other creature haha The truth is: they're not looking for life, they're looking for a planet where we can go when the Earth becomes no longer berable.

  • @jc.1191

    @jc.1191

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a great solvent is why. But of course, we don't know everything of chemistry.

  • @PangpondPhuketian
    @PangpondPhuketian4 жыл бұрын

    Love the way that all the astronaut answer the question, they are so lovely and informative and super lovely. Bring more please.

  • @netsong2239
    @netsong22394 жыл бұрын

    Think about this. Almost certainly on another planet there is something living. And almost certainly some living things out there are asking the same questions. They propably have thoughts like we do. They are vulnerable like we are. Who knows maybe even somewhere right now happens the first contact between two intelligent races.

  • @TinRapper

    @TinRapper

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah somewhere right now one specie is destroying another specie because they're like ants getting in the way of getting a new planet

  • @netsong2239

    @netsong2239

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TinRapper But we should also ask ourselves if we would do so.

  • @jm22186

    @jm22186

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes and in 13billion years many have risen and fallen like our empires here on earth just at a much grander scale

  • @jonnnnniej

    @jonnnnniej

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe there are already coalitions between different races because there were two habitable planets in the same solar system. We might never know..

  • @_clintt

    @_clintt

    4 жыл бұрын

    how do you determine its “almost certain”

  • @randomrangoon5476
    @randomrangoon54762 жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed this. She could have a regular series and I'd watch

  • @sandyago4735
    @sandyago4735 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you for your level headed observations. I'm glad I found you

  • @ryleighs9575
    @ryleighs95752 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love all of Jill's answers and perspectives on this topic

  • @davidkglevi
    @davidkglevi2 жыл бұрын

    Love that Bach/Sagan-reference. By the way, Jill Tarter shows us how education and research can make someone, not only smart, but wise.

  • @suxas9066
    @suxas90664 жыл бұрын

    WIRED got Alien Support just in time before the Area 51 raid

  • @yoellen1
    @yoellen13 жыл бұрын

    Probably the best video of this series that I've seen! She's fantastic

  • @Julie-mi1dz
    @Julie-mi1dz2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing video! Could listen to her talk about space forever. Thank you WIRED :)

  • @sergiotejadamoscoso8069
    @sergiotejadamoscoso80694 жыл бұрын

    We need more videos of her. She's awesome and smart :)

  • @beasthunt
    @beasthunt4 жыл бұрын

    This lady really needs to be the spokesperson between agencies and the people. She's amazing.

  • @Riky-jh2uj
    @Riky-jh2uj2 ай бұрын

    I've never seen someone takes 1 min straight to blink. Fascinating

  • @herzogsbuick
    @herzogsbuick4 жыл бұрын

    this format is wonderful

  • @andyarriaga4956
    @andyarriaga49562 жыл бұрын

    I would absolutely love to sit and talk with this woman about the universe

  • @mariagracia193
    @mariagracia1934 жыл бұрын

    i love how calm she is while she is saying like yeah maybe we can die if aliens come lmao

  • @connorb2112
    @connorb21124 жыл бұрын

    Its just refreshing to hear i dont know so often makes you listen to what they do know a little bit more

  • @mj9407
    @mj94074 жыл бұрын

    0:23 thats exactly what someone keeping it secret would say

  • @danniis9444
    @danniis94444 жыл бұрын

    This lady is brilliant. I love her.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    Жыл бұрын

    Wait until the Congress reveal that the intelligence services have been sitting on evidence of crash retrievals. Brilliant…NA!!

  • @ReFlectionsYT
    @ReFlectionsYT4 жыл бұрын

    She kept her eyes closed the whole time while saying they wouldn't keep it a secret lol

  • @rosalie_m7305
    @rosalie_m73054 жыл бұрын

    Wow these questions are really good, you can tell the people asking are very smart

  • @baitedlol6972
    @baitedlol69722 жыл бұрын

    "Are we alone in the cosmos?" That question alone gives me chills I've never felt before

  • @BlackWolf6420
    @BlackWolf64204 жыл бұрын

    Smart woman. I liked this video.

  • @nickwoods5637
    @nickwoods56374 жыл бұрын

    The real question: why does she close her eyes when aswering the question

  • @noah52_

    @noah52_

    4 жыл бұрын

    brain too big

  • @kikiaamaria2823

    @kikiaamaria2823

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nick Woods exactly ! Since the first question I’ve noticed that

  • @MRtacoslicous

    @MRtacoslicous

    4 жыл бұрын

    she's thinking

  • @BuckishDweeb

    @BuckishDweeb

    4 жыл бұрын

    People who like to be articulate will sometimes close their eyes to block out visual stimuli and focus on the sound of the words coming out of their mouth. It is a focusing technique, basically, especially when flooded with many thoughts at once.

  • @gustenhr

    @gustenhr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because she's thinking, trying to focus.

  • @raiahy
    @raiahy4 жыл бұрын

    Her voice is so calming I could listen to her speaking for hours

  • @ecrusch
    @ecrusch4 жыл бұрын

    It would be so cool to hang out with Jill and just kick this stuff around. She seems like a really cool lady. Thanks Wired.

  • @miakayuki1212
    @miakayuki12124 жыл бұрын

    Petition for her to view some ”human are space orcs” memes

  • @metryannm1936

    @metryannm1936

    4 жыл бұрын

    omg yes!!

  • @robertombricen7966
    @robertombricen79664 жыл бұрын

    She is so amazing... More videos like this

  • @martinskorulis8832
    @martinskorulis88324 жыл бұрын

    Loved each and every second of this

  • @Lemont321989
    @Lemont3219894 жыл бұрын

    Simple. Concise. Interesting. Perhaps the best vid I've seen on this channel

  • @theldun1
    @theldun14 жыл бұрын

    If they can reach our planet I doubt we would have any defense worth spit...

  • @mentoriii3475

    @mentoriii3475

    4 жыл бұрын

    theldun1 pretty much this, i assume they would be like 10000~ years ahead of us

  • @vikingjedi573

    @vikingjedi573

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're already here and have been for awhile.

  • @MaxM227

    @MaxM227

    4 жыл бұрын

    vikingjedi Hahahaha the chances of them being able to stay hidden for this long is insane. We would definitely have solid proof if they’ve intruded or arrived on earth

  • @afallin

    @afallin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Defense of what?

  • @vikingjedi573

    @vikingjedi573

    4 жыл бұрын

    No we wouldn't. They're so more advanced than us it wouldn't even be a challenge for them to stay hidden.

  • @JoseGarcia-vz9ux
    @JoseGarcia-vz9ux4 жыл бұрын

    You're not gonna keep finding intelligent life a secret...? Sure Jan

  • @L3GIQN

    @L3GIQN

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kappa

  • @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733

    @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733

    4 жыл бұрын

    jose garcia She wouldn’t. It would make her career and win her a Nobel prize. The government would, though.

  • @exdejesus
    @exdejesus5 ай бұрын

    Great information session. Thank you Dr. Tarter!

  • @ariajaydesalt
    @ariajaydesalt4 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome - love her vibe ❣️

  • @aliciascott3176
    @aliciascott31764 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this very much and can't wait to have my children watch. Thinking outside the box expands their little grey cells. My #4 is thinking he wants to be an astronomer. That or aerospace engineer. I think he would be great at either one! Thanks for a fun video.

  • @tysanborn554
    @tysanborn5544 жыл бұрын

    Super-interesting, and much respect to Mrs. Tarter... She's remarkably knowledgable with a great deal of sensibility, too (two things that most folks lack together these days)!

  • @MrBLAA

    @MrBLAA

    4 жыл бұрын

    Golly Gee Wilikers👍

  • @twylabrooks8263
    @twylabrooks82632 жыл бұрын

    Jill is amazing, so made my day to hear her perception ...

  • @shootsbraw
    @shootsbraw4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. More. Please

  • @jodidiehl487
    @jodidiehl4874 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool! Thank you Jill - you seem to be doing great things for humans!

  • @Chemson1989
    @Chemson19894 жыл бұрын

    2:52 pause the vid google "anthropocentrism"

  • @iont8172

    @iont8172

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't have to... I'm Greek! ;)

  • @loveharrydaily

    @loveharrydaily

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chem Hung based on what I know of etymology, I can tell it means the believe than humanity is the center of the universe.

  • @MichaelPohoreski

    @MichaelPohoreski

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anthropocentrism aka the Spiritual Teenager aka humans. Thankfully First Contact ~2030 will help us to (spiritually) grow up as a species. Every change of human development has always been a shift in consciousness towards a larger POV. Finding out we are the "ants" in the galaxy is no different.

  • @Sam-ul4zq
    @Sam-ul4zq2 жыл бұрын

    She has such a calming voice

  • @lacepaws499
    @lacepaws4994 жыл бұрын

    My goodness her voice is so calming confident, positive and honest. In this American world right now, this is such an amazing breath of fresh air!

  • @maripilicarrasco
    @maripilicarrasco4 жыл бұрын

  • @Ghorum
    @Ghorum4 жыл бұрын

    This was a beautiful QnA, I love to hear rational experts talking about their fields and this was a very good way of swatting down misinformation or wrongful assumptions

  • @susdoge222
    @susdoge2223 жыл бұрын

    Pls do this more

  • @claudia-ob2wv
    @claudia-ob2wv2 жыл бұрын

    I like her philosophical approach to answering these questions instead of giving a straight-forward “no”

  • @aquajuwel7098
    @aquajuwel70984 жыл бұрын

    I wish I was that intelligent and knowledgeable. By the way, she is 75! I thought she was like 55....

  • @Chemson1989
    @Chemson19894 жыл бұрын

    Aliens: "1+1=3" Kindergarten teachers: triggered

  • @MrFernando182100
    @MrFernando1821004 жыл бұрын

    Jill Tarter you are AWESOME!!!! Wired please bring her back!

  • @SolusBatty
    @SolusBatty4 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @vashok
    @vashok2 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone that knows that if an alien can get here, we're vastly inferior to them. No way we have one in Area 51 or something. And I love the protocol: if they actually got here, we just nod along and hope for the best.

  • @a59x
    @a59x4 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile I'm stuck with an incredibly racist Grandma. if she was my Grandma we'd be talking 24/7.

  • @donovanmitchell5195

    @donovanmitchell5195

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure Hun.

  • @DGRIFF

    @DGRIFF

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are probably one of the ignorant far left children who see racism in everything just to fit in with celebrities.

  • @candacebradleeowen

    @candacebradleeowen

    4 жыл бұрын

    DGRIFF! Uh oh, we got a racist over here

  • @Mushe94

    @Mushe94

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DGRIFF "Far left" assuming everyone is interested in politics.

  • @porby2032

    @porby2032

    4 жыл бұрын

    DGRIFF! The fact that you’re making assumptions like this is ridiculous. You don’t have to bring politics into everything.

  • @craig2100
    @craig21004 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic interview

  • @laluna5548
    @laluna5548 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to ask what she thought of the Arrival? I thought it was the most beautiful Sci-Fi movie I have ever seen. It is incredibly heart-felt..

  • @bend6727
    @bend67274 жыл бұрын

    She’s the Alien

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