Whale Song & Alien Intelligence with Dr. Laurance Doyle and Dr. Fred Sharpe
Stories of Impact ›34:26 | Aug 18th, 2020
Today’s episode features the collaborative exploration of Dr. Fred Sharpe, an expert in humpback whales and the Principal Investigator with the Alaska Whale Foundation, and Dr. Laurance Doyle, astroph...Show More
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benrempel recommended:Dec 16th, 2020
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mleecobb recommended:Dec 10th, 2020
This episode just won a gold Marcom award. Whales? Aliens? Hear what Scientists are learning about how these two relate.
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mm recommended:Dec 14th, 2020
This was soooo fascinating. The key to unlock extraterrestrial communication might be looking at how whales communicate in our vast oceans. Also, this made me rethink how we approach detecting intelligent life beyond earth. We assume they’re going to use the same/similar tech as humans but there cou...Show More
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benrempelDec 16th, 2020
@mm Just listened to this, what a great podcast, an informative look at the potential for improving SETI by better understanding whale communications, but as intriguing as that possibility is, the whales still steal the show as being among the most fascinating of non-human intelligences!
mmDec 18th, 2020
@benakimbo What I thought was super fascinating too was that it reminded me of how tech (eg AI) is built with the biases of the builders and why diversity is so important. We’ve built SETI on the bases that aliens will communicate and develop tech similar to us and have the cultural desire to explor...Show More
benrempelDec 18th, 2020
@mm That’s a really good connection I think - the biases built into AI and our thinking about non-human intelligence more generally. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series of those podcasts dealing with animal communications etc but was also thinking of similarities to The Daily’s recent Sund...Show More