Conversation Culture Weekly: Are we alone in the universe?

The discussion question for this week will be: Are we alone in the universe? Is there alien life out there?

Some resources

- "Are we alone in the universe?" Sam Harris and Neil DeGrasse Tyson discuss the possibility of life on other planets: https://samharris.org/podcasts/252-alone-universe/

- Tim Urban on The Fermi Paradox; why is it that we cannot see life out there? https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

- The Dawn of Life; A piece I've written on how there has come to be life on earth, which may give clues as to what to look for on other planets: https://sashinexists.com/letter/the-dawn-of-life

- SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, our leading efforts in search for life beyond: https://www.seti.org/

(If anyone has any more relevant materials please post them in the comments section)

We will use this to spark interesting conversation but we are free to talk about whatever we wish.

Come talk about philosophy, science, politics, culture and what you believe the problems of the world are.

Feel free to bring your own discussion topics and questions to the group.

- What makes life worth living?
- What is right and wrong?
- How do we best run society?
- What does it mean to make cultural progress?
- What are biggest problems in the world and how do we fix them?
- How do we know what's true?

These are the kinds of questions we love to discuss. If you have any suggestions or requests, please leave a comment!

This is a weekly event held at Molly Malone's Irish Tavern at Central every Monday at 6pm.

See you there!