Robert Epstein

I think it's possible that other species have connections like this. They're probably nowhere near as sophisticated, obviously, and they're not connected to the kinds of sources that we're connected to. But I think I'm more concerned about the alien aspect of this. Where are the aliens? What's that called? Fermi paradox? The Fermi paradox. Yeah. Where are they?

Well, it's possible that... In fact, I just read a very interesting book on this subject by a man named Miles, an evolutionary theorist. And it's very possible that this kind of leap that occurred with us maybe 20,000 years ago, it just... It just doesn't – it's so rare. It's so rare for exactly the right kind of connection to pop up. Because remember, it has to connect two different universes.

Well, it's possible that... In fact, I just read a very interesting book on this subject by a man named Miles, an evolutionary theorist. And it's very possible that this kind of leap that occurred with us maybe 20,000 years ago, it just... It just doesn't – it's so rare. It's so rare for exactly the right kind of connection to pop up. Because remember, it has to connect two different universes.

Well, it's possible that... In fact, I just read a very interesting book on this subject by a man named Miles, an evolutionary theorist. And it's very possible that this kind of leap that occurred with us maybe 20,000 years ago, it just... It just doesn't – it's so rare. It's so rare for exactly the right kind of connection to pop up. Because remember, it has to connect two different universes.

It's so rare that maybe – in fact, this book even predicts that as we actually get out there into the universe, we're going to find lots and lots and lots of species that kind of are like us, but they didn't get up to that next level. So they're all like chimps.

It's so rare that maybe – in fact, this book even predicts that as we actually get out there into the universe, we're going to find lots and lots and lots of species that kind of are like us, but they didn't get up to that next level. So they're all like chimps.

It's so rare that maybe – in fact, this book even predicts that as we actually get out there into the universe, we're going to find lots and lots and lots of species that kind of are like us, but they didn't get up to that next level. So they're all like chimps.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You only get to that next level if you can make this connection.

You only get to that next level if you can make this connection.

You only get to that next level if you can make this connection.

Well, this is something Darwin had a lot of trouble with because I say I reread that book recently. And he had a lot of trouble with this. He could not figure out how to get from the simple principles he introduced of natural selection, how to get from that to morality, for example. How do you do that? Right.

Well, this is something Darwin had a lot of trouble with because I say I reread that book recently. And he had a lot of trouble with this. He could not figure out how to get from the simple principles he introduced of natural selection, how to get from that to morality, for example. How do you do that? Right.

Well, this is something Darwin had a lot of trouble with because I say I reread that book recently. And he had a lot of trouble with this. He could not figure out how to get from the simple principles he introduced of natural selection, how to get from that to morality, for example. How do you do that? Right.

He couldn't even figure out how do we get to large groups because generally speaking, except for humans, organisms generally speaking live in, certainly primates, they live in very small groups and they can't function in large groups. What about ant colonies? Oh, ant colonies, they're much too much like us in creepy ways because they also, of course, have wars. Yeah. So ants, I don't know.

He couldn't even figure out how do we get to large groups because generally speaking, except for humans, organisms generally speaking live in, certainly primates, they live in very small groups and they can't function in large groups. What about ant colonies? Oh, ant colonies, they're much too much like us in creepy ways because they also, of course, have wars. Yeah. So ants, I don't know.

He couldn't even figure out how do we get to large groups because generally speaking, except for humans, organisms generally speaking live in, certainly primates, they live in very small groups and they can't function in large groups. What about ant colonies? Oh, ant colonies, they're much too much like us in creepy ways because they also, of course, have wars. Yeah. So ants, I don't know.

But I do know that we did seem to suddenly, rather suddenly, get to a higher level of functioning. And I have presented lots and lots of smart people in multiple fields with this challenge for years. How does the brain work? Tell me how the brain works without introducing a metaphor, like a computer metaphor. And I've never found anyone who could do it. Never.