#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex - Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Drug_Researcher Matt's Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0800020/matthew-johnson Study Website: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:31) - Introduction to psychedelics (22:33) - Psychedelics expand the mind (25:44) - The priors we bring to the psychedelic experience (29:40) - Elon Musk and first principles thinking (40:10) - DMT (51:32) - Joe Rogan and DMT (57:40) - The nature of drug addiction (1:11:29) - The economics of drug pricing (1:17:44) - Should we legalize all drugs? (1:29:46) - What is the most dangerous drug? (1:32:20) - Does drug prohibition work? (1:36:14) - Cocaine and sex (1:43:15) - Risky sexual decisions (1:54:12) - Psilocybin helping people quit smoking (2:00:30) - Young Jamie (2:22:38) - Participating in a study (2:29:57) - Psychedelics and the human mind (2:37:20) - The future of psychedelics (2:40:01) - Neuralink (2:49:33) - Consciousness (3:02:15) - Panpsychism (3:12:20) - Aliens and DMT (3:22:24) - Mortality (3:32:12) - Meaning of life

14 Joulu 20203h 39min

Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free security camera - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 2 for price of 1 - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mlittmancs Michael's Website: https://www.littmania.com/ Michael's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mlittman PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:43) - Robot and Frank (10:02) - Music (13:13) - Starring in a TurboTax commercial (23:26) - Existential risks of AI (41:48) - Reinforcement learning (1:07:36) - AlphaGo and David Silver (1:17:15) - Will neural networks achieve AGI? (1:29:42) - Bitter Lesson (1:42:32) - Does driving require a theory of mind? (1:51:58) - Book Recommendations (1:57:20) - Meaning of life

13 Joulu 20202h 1min

John Clarke is a BJJ black belt and MMA coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Theragun: https://theragun.com/lex to get 30 day trial - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get free shipping - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get $200 off - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Broadway Jiu Jitsu website: https://www.broadwayjiujitsu.com Broadway Jiu Jitsu instagram: https://www.instagram.com/broadwayjiujitsu Please, Allow Me podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/please-allow-me/id1531735873 Please, Allow Me instagram: https://www.instagram.com/please_allow_me_podcast/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:25) - The great American road trip (25:54) - Martial arts and philosophy (28:55) - Real vs fake success on Instagram (39:40) - The brutal honesty of Mike Tyson (44:26) - Breaking your opponent in wrestling (52:32) - Genghis Khan (1:03:38) - It's okay to change your mind (1:08:15) - Why do politicians become inauthentic (1:14:52) - Greatness requires sacrifice (1:17:36) - Whiplash (1:25:44) - Relationships (1:31:21) - Greatest fighters of all time (1:39:02) - Greatest fight of all time (1:53:25) - Khabib Nurmagomedov (1:55:13) - Can Conor McGregor beat Khabib Nurmagomedov? (2:09:29) - Conor vs Khabib 2 (2:16:05) - Will there always be war? (2:17:41) - Future of civilization (2:19:52) - Kids (2:26:37) - The meaning of a "like" on social media (2:35:34) - Starting a podcast (2:54:16) - Book recommendations (2:57:46) - Keeping the independence of solitude

6 Joulu 20203h

Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/ Manolis Twitter: https://twitter.com/manoliskellis Manolis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKlJ5LHrE3C7fgbnPA5DGA PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:48) - Music and life (46:21) - The number 42 (52:22) - The question about the meaning of life (55:02) - Are humans unique in the universe? (1:00:46) - Human civilization (1:12:52) - Mars (1:14:45) - Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality (1:25:38) - Neural networks and intelligence (1:32:55) - Ideas as organisms (1:42:19) - Language (1:53:34) - Legacy (2:08:25) - Poems SONGS MENTIONED: [1] Dwros Gewrgiadis - An imoun plousios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI [2] Grigoris Bithikotsis - Ftoxologia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8 [3] Sto perigiali to kryfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw [4] Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc [5] George Michael - Careless Whisper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ [6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani - Pull Marine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk [7] Georges Moustaki - Le meteque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A [8] Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM [9] Sting - Englishman In New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk [10] Sting - Fragile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY [11] Pink Floyd - The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg [12] Pink Floyd - The Wall (One Of My Turns) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks [13] Sting - Russians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs [14] Joni Mitchell - Both sides now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I [15] Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY [16] Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Lucky One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc

30 Marras 20200s

Erik Brynjolfsson is an economist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Vincero: https://vincerowatches.com/lex to get up to 25% off + free shipping - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Erik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikbryn Erik's Website: https://www.brynjolfsson.com/ The Second Machine Age (book): https://amzn.to/33f1Pk2 Machine, Platform, Crowd (book): https://amzn.to/3miJZ76 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:23) - Exponential growth (12:51) - Elon Musk exponential thinking (15:08) - Moore's law is a series of revolutions (20:31) - GPT-3 (22:09) - Autonomous vehicles (29:11) - Electricity (33:40) - Productivity (38:47) - Why is Twitter and Facebook free? (49:03) - Dismantling the nature of truth (52:24) - Nutpicking and Cancel Culture (58:39) - How will AI change our world (1:04:40) - Existential threats (1:06:33) - AI and the nature of work (1:12:39) - Thoughts on Andrew Yang and UBI (1:18:30) - Economics of innovation (1:24:37) - Effect of COVID on the economy (1:33:50) - MIT and Stanford (1:38:23) - Book recommendations (1:41:28) - Meaning of life

25 Marras 20201h 45min

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get $200 off - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off annual sub - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (book): https://amzn.to/2Sp5ar9 How Emotions Are Made (book): https://amzn.to/2GwAFg6 Lisa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LFeldmanBarrett Lisa's Website: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:27) - Falling in love (25:10) - Love at first sight (39:49) - Romantic (43:48) - Writing process (54:32) - Evolution of the human brain (1:08:41) - Nature of evil (1:17:23) - Love is an evolutionary advantage (1:21:59) - Variation in species (1:27:41) - Does evolution have a direction? (1:45:19) - Love with an inanimate object (1:49:37) - Just be yourself is confusing advice (1:59:49) - Consciousness (2:06:26) - Book recommendations

20 Marras 20202h 21min

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get $200 off - SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/partner/lex/ to get a free month of Guru - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Andrew's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_D._Huberman Andrew's Website: http://www.hubermanlab.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:24) - Fear (14:36) - Virtual reality (18:20) - Claustrophobia (20:08) - Skydiving (21:43) - Overcoming fears (26:43) - Optimal performance (29:57) - Deep work (45:22) - Psychedelics (49:08) - Deep work (1:02:48) - Everything in the brain is an abstraction (1:10:06) - Human vision system (1:21:42) - Neuralink (1:49:12) - Science of consciousness (2:04:00) - David Goggins (2:21:04) - Science communication (2:28:36) - Man's Search for Meaning

16 Marras 20202h 36min

Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Yaron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yaronbrook Yaron Brook Show (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook Free Market Revolution (book): https://amzn.to/32H0oLb Equal is Unfair (book): https://amzn.to/32K3NsC PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:28) - Principles of a life well lived (14:35) - Free will (20:50) - Nature of reality (29:28) - Ayn Rand (1:01:11) - Objectivism (1:26:29) - Godel Incompleteness Theorem (1:31:36) - Capitalism (2:01:22) - Virtue of selfishness (2:11:27) - Win-win (2:17:31) - Anarchy (2:36:24) - Tribalism and division (2:40:42) - Objectivism and Jordan Peterson on personal responsibility

13 Marras 20202h 53min