Brian Cox

Everyone who's listening to this knows that the world means something to them. So I would argue that if this planet is the only planet in our galaxy where complex biological systems exist at our level, then it follows. It's the only place where meaning currently exists in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And therefore...

Everyone who's listening to this knows that the world means something to them. So I would argue that if this planet is the only planet in our galaxy where complex biological systems exist at our level, then it follows. It's the only place where meaning currently exists in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And therefore...

Everyone who's listening to this knows that the world means something to them. So I would argue that if this planet is the only planet in our galaxy where complex biological systems exist at our level, then it follows. It's the only place where meaning currently exists in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And therefore...

I would argue just for that very basic point that we have a tremendous responsibility in some sense. Because, by the way, I gave a talk, a little video thing at one of the climate summit, the COP climate summit in Glasgow in the UK a few years ago. And they asked me to do a little video to the world leaders. And I think they thought I'd say, you know, welcome to Glasgow, have a nice meeting.

I would argue just for that very basic point that we have a tremendous responsibility in some sense. Because, by the way, I gave a talk, a little video thing at one of the climate summit, the COP climate summit in Glasgow in the UK a few years ago. And they asked me to do a little video to the world leaders. And I think they thought I'd say, you know, welcome to Glasgow, have a nice meeting.

I would argue just for that very basic point that we have a tremendous responsibility in some sense. Because, by the way, I gave a talk, a little video thing at one of the climate summit, the COP climate summit in Glasgow in the UK a few years ago. And they asked me to do a little video to the world leaders. And I think they thought I'd say, you know, welcome to Glasgow, have a nice meeting.

But I made this little argument as fast as I could. I said, it's possible, at least, that this is the only place where complex biology has emerged in our galaxy. If that's true, this is the only island of meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And you are responsible for it because you are the world leaders.

But I made this little argument as fast as I could. I said, it's possible, at least, that this is the only place where complex biology has emerged in our galaxy. If that's true, this is the only island of meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And you are responsible for it because you are the world leaders.

But I made this little argument as fast as I could. I said, it's possible, at least, that this is the only place where complex biology has emerged in our galaxy. If that's true, this is the only island of meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns. And you are responsible for it because you are the world leaders.

Therefore, if you destroy it through deliberate action or inaction, then each of you would be personally responsible for destroying meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns, potentially forever. Now go and discuss that, was my intro to Glasgow. Now, we can all argue, because people will be listening to this going... Nonsense. How can it be? We can all argue about whether that's true.

Therefore, if you destroy it through deliberate action or inaction, then each of you would be personally responsible for destroying meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns, potentially forever. Now go and discuss that, was my intro to Glasgow. Now, we can all argue, because people will be listening to this going... Nonsense. How can it be? We can all argue about whether that's true.

Therefore, if you destroy it through deliberate action or inaction, then each of you would be personally responsible for destroying meaning in a galaxy of 400 billion suns, potentially forever. Now go and discuss that, was my intro to Glasgow. Now, we can all argue, because people will be listening to this going... Nonsense. How can it be? We can all argue about whether that's true.

What I would say is, given that, as far as I'm aware, we don't have any good evidence to the contrary, which goes back to your previous question, it's a reasonable working assumption. So why don't we just operate on that basis? And then, you know, yeah, if someone lands tomorrow, as I said, I'd be very delighted because then what I just said would be false.

What I would say is, given that, as far as I'm aware, we don't have any good evidence to the contrary, which goes back to your previous question, it's a reasonable working assumption. So why don't we just operate on that basis? And then, you know, yeah, if someone lands tomorrow, as I said, I'd be very delighted because then what I just said would be false.

What I would say is, given that, as far as I'm aware, we don't have any good evidence to the contrary, which goes back to your previous question, it's a reasonable working assumption. So why don't we just operate on that basis? And then, you know, yeah, if someone lands tomorrow, as I said, I'd be very delighted because then what I just said would be false.

And we could relax a bit and go, it doesn't really matter if we destroy ourselves to some extent. But so I think it's worth taking seriously the idea that civilizations are very rare. Now, and by the way, I used to say, so probably last time I was on, actually, I used to say that in the far future, then the complex life will cease to exist.

And we could relax a bit and go, it doesn't really matter if we destroy ourselves to some extent. But so I think it's worth taking seriously the idea that civilizations are very rare. Now, and by the way, I used to say, so probably last time I was on, actually, I used to say that in the far future, then the complex life will cease to exist.

And we could relax a bit and go, it doesn't really matter if we destroy ourselves to some extent. But so I think it's worth taking seriously the idea that civilizations are very rare. Now, and by the way, I used to say, so probably last time I was on, actually, I used to say that in the far future, then the complex life will cease to exist.

So it probably doesn't matter on a global scale, but it matters locally because of this idea that meaning emerges from complex biological systems. So if you don't care about that, what do you care about? But actually, I read a book. Have you had David Deutsch on the show? David Deutsch is a really interesting physicist. I don't believe I have. He's one of the founders of quantum computing.

So it probably doesn't matter on a global scale, but it matters locally because of this idea that meaning emerges from complex biological systems. So if you don't care about that, what do you care about? But actually, I read a book. Have you had David Deutsch on the show? David Deutsch is a really interesting physicist. I don't believe I have. He's one of the founders of quantum computing.