Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - True Classic Tees: https://trueclassictees.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get free trial - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Nathalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shasta721 SETI's Website: https://seti.org In Her Orbit (article): https://nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-nathalie-cabrol-searching-mars-life-on-earth.html PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:47) - Working in extreme environments (11:26) - Water and life on Mars (19:31) - Origin of life (37:00) - Complexity (40:37) - AI (49:23) - Extinction (57:06) - Fermi Paradox (1:10:48) - SETI research (1:13:39) - Diving in volcanic lakes (1:32:57) - Surviving an earthquake on a volcano (1:43:37) - Resilience of life (1:51:31) - Life below the surface of Mars (2:00:26) - Depression (2:04:08) - Mortality
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The following is a conversation with Natalie Cabral, an astrobiologist and scientist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe.
Chapter 2: What extreme environments does Nathalie Cabrol study?
She explores some of the harshest places on Earth, including freediving and volcanic lakes, all in the pursuit of understanding living organisms beyond Earth.
Chapter 3: How does water relate to the search for life on Mars?
For this, she holds the woman's world record for diving at altitude, both scuba and freediving.
Chapter 4: What insights can we gain about the origin of life?
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Chapter 5: How does artificial intelligence intersect with astrobiology?
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Chapter 6: What is the Fermi Paradox and its implications?
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Chapter 7: What role does resilience play in the survival of life?
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Chapter 8: How do volcanic lakes serve as analogs for Martian conditions?
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Is there anything better than a great black t-shirt? I'm not sure if there is. And now I'm reading through the T-shirt Wikipedia, which, again, is amazing that there's a Wikipedia article on all the basic objects and things and concepts in this world.
So yeah, there's an interesting history based on the garments in the 19th century, but now there's a big picture of Marlon Brando wearing a T-shirt. In the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, I guess there is a phase shift at some point where people started wearing them. By the Great Depression, that t-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores.
Of course, it's the cowboy thing. So first you start at the farm or the ranch, and then that takes over because that's where all the cool people are. And they define the fashion of the rugged American individual. And then it looks like in 1960s, printed t-shirts gained popularity for self-expression as well as for advertisement protests and souvenirs.
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And I will likely be using it, or I should really use it, when I finally get my lazy butt to start doing merch. It's something that a bunch of people ask for, and I do myself enjoy wearing t-shirts for things that I'm a fan of. And then when people notice, it's kind of like a nod of acceptance to each other. I was just wearing a Metallica t-shirt yesterday. Which one was it?
I think it was Master of Puppets. and I used to have that T-shirt many years ago, and it got so worn out because I would wear it everywhere, and it just got worn out. And I just saw it. I was somewhere. I think I was in Boston. It was the souvenir shop, and I saw that same shirt, but it was all crisp and nice, and I had to have it.
But obviously Metallica is a giant band, but I think this applies to even small things like podcasts and so on. I'm just a huge fan of podcasts, a huge fan of a lot of things, like audiobooks. I wish there was more merch for individual audiobooks. Maybe that's what I'll do. I'll do merch for books I love. Books on tape, but it'll be books on shirt. Anyway, lots of ideas.
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