Are We Alone? Martin Rees on Aliens, The Fermi Paradox & The Fate of Humanity

You're listening to The Michael Shermer Show. All right, everybody, it's Michael Schirmer and it's time for, you know what, another episode of the Michael Shermer Show. My guest today is a legendary scientist, probably the most decorated scientist I've ever had on the show. He is Lord Martin Reese. He is here for the second time.

He's the astronomer royale, former president of the Royal Society, fellow and master, former master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He sits as a member of the UK House of Lords. He is the author of many bestselling popular science books, including On the Future, Prospects for Humanity, Just six numbers, the deep forces that shape the universe. Before the beginning, our universe and others.

Hey, there's others, okay. We'll have to talk about that. And our final hour, a scientist's warning. And his next book, it looks like is co-authored with Alan Leitman, coming out in September. We're recording this on July 2nd.

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