Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku confirms that the 3I/ATLAS comet is around 7 BILLION years old. Has a few anomalies but it “looks like an ordinary comet and behaves like an ordinary comet”. Says Avi Loeb’s speculation around the comet are “guesses”.
Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku confirms that the 3I/ATLAS comet is around 7 BILLION years old. Has a few anomalies but it “looks like an ordinary comet and behaves like an ordinary comet”. Says Avi Loeb’s speculation around the comet are “guesses”.
I noticed Avi Loeb doesn’t really contend with the age of the comet with all his speculation. How exactly is an alien craft supposed to be 7 billion years old? (almost twice the age of our solar system)
It’s worth pointing out that this is now the THIRD interstellar object that Loeb has started the hype for on the internet, even though he always caveats it as “most likely a comet”.
We will find out for sure within a few months what this object is, but Avi Loeb is quickly approaching Steven Greer status in my book.
blighty800 on
How can you tell it’s 7 billion years old without running sample test?
diabloredshift on
Random arbitrary guess, or did he do some weird scientist math?
Nuclear-Gigachad on
This so called smart physics professor, on drugs or something?
Superflyin on
When we study nature, we blend in with it, appearing like plants or rocks, so we don’t scare the animals away. I’m not saying it’s an alien ship, but if it were, with their level of technology, we probably wouldn’t even notice.
MayonnaiseCoffee on
How do we know what the atlas comet is made off so we can compare it to a comet. Genuinely curious how they found out about it and tested it
StrengthReasonable55 on
I didn’t understand his explanation of the “nickel, but no iron” content, which are always found together in nature. Because it’s been flying around for a long time and has accumulated a lot of garbage?
ilori on
Avi Loeb’s “speculation” is speculation, and he hasn’t claimed otherwise. He has however said (on jre) that we should hedge our bets and spend resources on trying to find intelligent life, and not just microbes.
nasum_shift on
ELI5 how can it not crash into something for so long?
3ebfan on
I trust him. Unlike NDT who has biases, and Avi who has biases, Kaku is open minded and just calls it like he sees it.
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Full interview: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0KbICUV6Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0KbICUV6Q)
I noticed Avi Loeb doesn’t really contend with the age of the comet with all his speculation. How exactly is an alien craft supposed to be 7 billion years old? (almost twice the age of our solar system)
It’s worth pointing out that this is now the THIRD interstellar object that Loeb has started the hype for on the internet, even though he always caveats it as “most likely a comet”.
We will find out for sure within a few months what this object is, but Avi Loeb is quickly approaching Steven Greer status in my book.
How can you tell it’s 7 billion years old without running sample test?
Random arbitrary guess, or did he do some weird scientist math?
This so called smart physics professor, on drugs or something?
When we study nature, we blend in with it, appearing like plants or rocks, so we don’t scare the animals away. I’m not saying it’s an alien ship, but if it were, with their level of technology, we probably wouldn’t even notice.
How do we know what the atlas comet is made off so we can compare it to a comet. Genuinely curious how they found out about it and tested it
I didn’t understand his explanation of the “nickel, but no iron” content, which are always found together in nature. Because it’s been flying around for a long time and has accumulated a lot of garbage?
Avi Loeb’s “speculation” is speculation, and he hasn’t claimed otherwise. He has however said (on jre) that we should hedge our bets and spend resources on trying to find intelligent life, and not just microbes.
ELI5 how can it not crash into something for so long?
I trust him. Unlike NDT who has biases, and Avi who has biases, Kaku is open minded and just calls it like he sees it.