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Coast to Coast - July 17 2017 - Cosmology & Space Exploration - Communicating with Horses
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DATE: Monday - July 17, 2017
HOST: George Noory
GUESTS: Chris Impey, Rosalyn Berne
In the first half, Astronomy Professor Chris Impey discussed the types of life
that may exist beyond Earth, and how we may find it, as well as issues in
cosmology, and space exploration. In a recent interview, he suggested that
extraterrestrial life will likely be detected within 10 to 15 years, though it
will probably be microbial rather than intelligent in origin. Among the most
promising sites for life, Impey named the Trappist-1 system, which is thought to
have five inhabitable planets, and within our own solar system-- Jupiter's moon
Europa, and Saturn's moon Titan, which both have liquid oceans. If Titan's cold
ethane-methane oceans contain life, they would be of a novel biochemical
composition, not found on Earth, he added.
Looking to our future, Impey speculates that humanity will venture off Earth,
with colonies on the moon, Mars, and beyond. Over the next thousand years, such
colonies would start to deviate from us genetically, as well as use genetic
engineering, and machine parts to almost become cyborgs, he added. The Dalai
Lama has in recent years been bringing out teachers such as Impey to lecture at
their monasteries to keep the monks and nuns attuned to the latest scientific
developments. Interestingly, he noted that Buddhist religious traditions relate
to modern notions of cosmology such as the multiverse, and the idea of many
worlds. Regarding interstellar journeys, right now interdimensional travel
remains science-fiction, but "the best bet...is to get near light-speed travel
to make something like teleportation work," he cited.
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Professor Rosalyn Berne is an expert in the social and ethical implications of
newly developed and emerging technologies. She has also become known for her
work with animal-human communication, particularly with horses. She recalled how
about seven years ago, she was riding a horse on a trail in Costa Rica, and fell
off and landed in a river. "I got up and something had changed. I hopped up on
that horse, wet from head to toe, and I heard that horse talking," she
disclosed. The horse communicated to her in a kind of telepathy, expressing
surprise that she had fallen off, and worry that he was going to be in trouble.
He also asked Berne to relay to his owner that he didn't need any more training,
just occasional breaks from the trail rides. This shocked the owner who revealed
that they had just discussed in the previous week the possibility of retraining
the horse.
As an "equine empath," Berne subsequently became close with a mare named Beauty,
also located in Costa Rica. The mare shared concerns with her over the state of
humanity, and said the Earth was on the brink of a possible shift in which it
would no longer be able to sustain the human race. "We have just a little time
left to figure out how to be here in a way that is not so destructive to the
whole," Beauty warned her. Berne also addressed her research into nanotechnology
and ethics, and the social responsibility of scientists in these kinds of
fields.
News segment guests: Mish Shedlock, Seth Shostak, Steve Kates
WEBSITE(S):
chrisimpey.com
rosalynberne.com
whenthehorseswhisper.com
BOOK(S):
Beyond: Our Future in Space
Dreams of Other Worlds
Waking to Beauty: Encounters with Remarkable Beings
Nanotalk
When the Horses Whisper
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