Avi Loeb

And dandelion flowers are still around.

And it was a successful strategy for nature to send the DNA in those directions that the wind takes them.

And we can do the same thing and send a lot of seeds in many different directions and sort of play the role of an interstellar gardener.

This is why I hope they're working on gravity and solving that problem because if you create that drive, then you don't need a generational ship.

You can just...

Oh, we'll see what's over here.

Ah, that wasn't great.

Let's see what's over here.

When you say they, do you mean aliens or government?

I meant scientists, but it's probably the government.

Yeah, well, if other extraterrestrial scientists did it already, then we can get a shortcut.

It would feel like cheating in an exam where you look over the shoulder of a person next to you and get the answer.

Are you saying they don't cheat in Harvard?

I didn't say that.

Now there is a big issue about grading, because everyone gets an A at Harvard.

Oh, yeah, that endowment's important.

Well, yeah, but then how do you reward exceptional students?

Totally agree.

The point is it's just unjust.

Yeah, so one way is, of course, to put a cap on the fraction of students that get an A, which is being proposed.