Which Alien movie would be easiest to survive? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer Cosmic Queries about aliens in film alongside Jake Roper, host of the YouTube channel Vsauce3 and their series “Could You Survive The Movies?”Originally aired January 13, 2020.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-aliens-with-jake-roper/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Hey, StarTalkians, Neil here. You're about to listen to an episode specially drawn from our archives to serve your cosmic curiosities. Check it out. Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk. Cosmic Queries edition. Chuck. Hey, Neil. People love them Cosmic Queries. They do. We have a lot of inquiring minds.
That's a good thing. That is a good thing. Plus, actually, in Cosmic Queries, we bring in other people who are the experts, and I just get to sit and listen. Ah. And I learn, too. So there you have it. Who knew you were still capable of learning something?
What kind of...
The man who knows everything? No, I've never said I don't know everything. Okay. There's very, well, okay. Today's subject. Aliens in film and TV. Oh. Big subject. That is a big subject. Big subject. Huge subject. For something for which there's no data. Aliens. Now, I got my own thoughts about aliens, but there are people out there who are more alien fluent than I am. All right.
Before we get to our alien fluency, do you believe in aliens? It's not about a belief. No. Okay. Do you believe that we are alone in the universe? Is that one of the questions? No. I just ask. I'm asking you personally. Okay. I... It would be inexcusably egocentric for anyone to suggest that we on Earth are alone in the universe.
Given how old the universe is, the prevalence of the chemistry that manifests in life, we see that biochemistry, that organic chemistry all across the universe, and how long it took life to show up on Earth and pretty quick. About 100 million years sounds like a long time. Short compared to the span of the Earth. And of the universe. So it would be astonishing if we were alone. Okay.
That's all I'm saying. All right. Very diplomatically placed without actually saying yes or no. But I know exactly what you mean, so it's great. That's all I'm giving you. That's a good answer. That's all I'm giving you. All right. Well, who we have here is the one and only Jake Rober. Jake. What? Jake.
Jake.
Dude, I got your resume here. Host of Vsauce3 science channel on YouTube. Vsauce. Could you guess that? He's got a YouTube pillow over his left shoulder. Good for him. Okay. And you host the YouTube series, Could You Survive the Movies? That is a brilliant concept. Putting people through what goes on in the movies. Right. Right? That's a brilliant concept.
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