Our fascination with aliens | Star Trek Part 4

Why do we create stories about aliens? And, what fascinates us about the possibility of finding aliens in space? In this episode, we talk about what drives mankind to look for aliens and whether we believe that we would be able to find aliens in the near future. We also chat about how, in recent years, the portrayal of aliens as a threat seems to have been replaced with AI’s as the main threats of science fiction.

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