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Friday, May 22 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm
How to Talk to Aliens

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The idea of intelligent extraterrestrial life is an extremely popular theme in science fiction.  In terms of current real-life science, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence currently focuses on finding any intelligent aliens.  But how could we communicate with any aliens that may exist?

I'll review what we can currently say about where aliens may be. Then I'll move into investigating examples of the various schemes humans have invented for talking to aliens, and discuss which ones are the most likely to be understood.
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Michael Busch

Michael received his BS in physics and astronomy at the University of Minnesota in 2005.  He went to Caltech for grad school, completed a PhD in planetary science in 2010, and did postdocs at UCLA and at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory under the Jansky Fellows program... Read More →

Friday May 22, 2015 3:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
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  Science and the Future

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