Lisa Munroe
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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
I'm curious what you'd think of microscopic aliens visiting earth? Other than bacteria or viruses catching a ride on a meteoroid to us, this idea may only be realized in the realm of science fiction. Still I think it's an interesting thought that a microscopic earth life form might have the scientific advances of another civilization shared with it while humans are too busy on their phones to realize it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
In a way, the COVID virus was a microscopic alien. Leading me to post this tweet on March 6, 2020: https://x.com/neiltyson/status/123607...
Below a certain size, aliens are not building space-ships. Their technology would be too susceptible to forces that would overwhelm their existence. I go there briefly in this 15 min StarTalk Explainer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqa2d...
You're right, however,. the subject is ripe for Science Fiction. the 1961 Twilight Zone episode titled "The Invaders" brilliantly went there. So did the 1962 episode titled, "Little People." But neither accurately represent the fact that physics is not scalable to any arbitrary size.
Thanks for your interest.
-NDTyson
Below a certain size, aliens are not building space-ships. Their technology would be too susceptible to forces that would overwhelm their existence. I go there briefly in this 15 min StarTalk Explainer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqa2d...
You're right, however,. the subject is ripe for Science Fiction. the 1961 Twilight Zone episode titled "The Invaders" brilliantly went there. So did the 1962 episode titled, "Little People." But neither accurately represent the fact that physics is not scalable to any arbitrary size.
Thanks for your interest.
-NDTyson
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Ramya
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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
Google announced their latest quantum computing chip, 'Willow,' with Sundar Pichai stating on Twitter that 'Willow solved a standard computation in less than 5 minutes, a task that would take a leading supercomputer over 10^25 years.' My question is: can we expect this kind of computation to reach the consumer market soon? Is this the future of computing?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson:
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Poncio Pulido
asked
Neil deGrasse Tyson:
Would you ever consider writing a fiction book, based on your wrestling experience? A story featuring the emotions felt when you started, the challenges you faced, and a day to day perspective of how it was apart of your schedule. Similar to how authors will write a fiction story, with protagonists sharing there experiences, but as a fiction story.
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