Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang, Lex Fridman Podcast, 305

Lord Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University and cofounder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Lambda: InsideTracker: to get 20 off Indeed: to get 75 credit ExpressVPN: and use code LexPod to get 3 months free Onnit: to get up to 10 off EPISODE LINKS: Martin s Twitter: Martin s Website: Martin s Books: If Science is to Save Us: The End of Astronauts: On the Future: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 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 SOCIAL: Twitter: LinkedIn: Facebook: Instagram: Medium: Reddit: Support on Patreon: