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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