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By Neil deGrasse Tyson

A Cosmic Conversation with J. Richard Gott III

S15 E64

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Published November 05, 2024 12:00am

Why haven’t we found evidence of alien civilizations? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with astrophysicist J. Richard Gott III to talk chess, tachyons, and what the Fermi Paradox and Copernican Principle say about humanity’s place in the cosmos. Plus, they rank super-genius movies. 

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