Avi LoebThe Agony of Playing Einstein in Today’s AcademiaBy now, I have published over a thousand peer-reviewed scientific papers and four professional textbooks, chaired the Harvard Astronomy…1d ago41d ago4
Avi LoebWishing to Know More About Alien Intelligence (AI)The half day I was privileged to spend at the world’s largest philosophy and music festival “How the Light Gets In” in London UK, was…4d ago84d ago8
Avi LoebAn Off-World Mindset on Science and PoliticsThe beautiful snow-covered mountains straddled between blue skies with white clouds and vast green fields, looked like heaven when I…6d ago36d ago3
Avi LoebEncounters of the Biological-Technological KindIn a WORLD.MINDS discussion moderated by the brilliant Rolf Dobelli, I asked Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis, “In your latest Nature…Sep 183Sep 183
Avi LoebHow the Light Gets In: The Interstellar Expedition Paper Was Accepted for Publication in the…It took our team a full year to plan the expedition to the fireball site of the interstellar meteor IM1 in the Pacific Ocean. The location…Sep 176Sep 176
Avi LoebWhat if Aliens Are Not Vegetarians?Last night, I participated in a panel discussion at Harvard University, moderated by the guru Deepak Chopra, in the company of the…Sep 1610Sep 1610
Avi LoebSimulation Creators Live in a Reality Bigger Than Their ImaginationFor the past century, physicists derived a better understanding of the physical reality in terms of the relativity of space and time, the…Sep 158Sep 158
Avi LoebI think, therefore I understand why I existThe philosopher René Descartes published in 1637 his first philosophical principle which in Latin reads “cogito, ergo sum,” meaning “I…Sep 148Sep 148
Avi LoebBaking Spherules from a MeteorThe recipe for baking a cake does not involve only the ingredients. It also includes a prescription for how much heat to supply and for how…Sep 133Sep 133
Avi LoebWhat is the Largest Acceleration in the Universe?Fighter-jet pilots can survive an acceleration ten times larger than the gravitational acceleration on the surface of Earth, 10 g…Sep 115Sep 115