Extraterrestrial life

Associate professor of economics at George Mason University and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. Known for work on idea futures and markets, involvement in the creation of Foresight Institute's Foresight Exchange and DARPA's FutureMAP project. Inventor of market scoring rules like LMSR used by prediction markets.

Holder of a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia. Founder of Reasons to Believe ministry in 1986.

Regius Professor. Scientist, Chemist, Inventor & entrepreneur. Fascinated & in a state of confusion & optimism. Trying to digitize chemistry & make alien life.

Physics and astronomy researcher with a focus on theoretical models for the emergence of biomolecular homochirality. Holds a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy from Dartmouth College.

Author of 13 books, TV host, podcaster. Latest: Extra Life. Newsletter: http://adjacentpossible.substack.com/about. Speech inquiries email: wesn at leighbureau dot com

Creator/Editor-In-Chief of The War Zone @ The Drive. Gizmodo Media Group and Time Inc. alum.

Immunologist, academic, inventor, and business executive. Holds the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor Endowed Chair in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Founder of biotechnology companies and author of medical research papers.

Movie director

Senior Staff Writer at Vice. Before: Jezebel, Village Voice, Dallas Observer. Author of REPUBLIC OF LIES. Tips: anna.merlan@vice.com. DM for Signal.

Anti-physist technology brother. Problems soluble, potential to improve invariant. #bitcoin @web_spaces, @MozillaHubs

His ideas have been widely criticized and rejected by scientists, academics, historians, and anthropologists. Critics argue that his work is pseudoscience and pseudohistory, citing flaws in methodology and mistranslations of ancient texts.

Marc Kaufman is the author of two books about space: “Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission” and “First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Search for Life Beyond Earth.” He is also an experienced journalist, having spent three decades at The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer.