Ep. 34 Harvard Astronomy Chair Avi Loeb Explains the Physics of Black Holes, and Why Aliens Might Have Sent the Strange Space Object ‘Oumuamua
Bob brings on special guest Avi Loeb, who is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and Chair of the Astronomy Department at Harvard. Among other positions, Prof. Loeb is founding Director of the Black Hole Initiative, and is thus ideally suited to explain the recent images of a massive black hole circulating on social media. Loeb also has been at the center of media discussion concerning the strange object in space named ‘Oumuamua, which has several properties that make Loeb hypothesize that it might not be a strictly natural phenomenon.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- Professor Avi Loeb’s Harvard homepage.
- NASA article, “How Scientists Captured the First Image of a Black Hole.”
- Professor Loeb’s essay, “6 Strange Facts About the Interstellar Visitor, ‘Oumuamua.”
- Lara-Murphy.com, the website combining Austrian economics and Nelson Nash’s Infinite Banking Concept (IBC).
- How you can contribute to the Bob Murphy Show.
The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.
About the author, Robert
Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.
Hey Bob!
I’m a long time fan and follower of your work. I would recommend you, and anybody to listen to this man a little bit, before taking seriously and/or giving (taxpayer or any sort of) money for black hole research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev10ywLFq6E
This lecture is basically about applying logic on the astronomers and astro astrophysicist own claims and results. The result is just hilarious, when you apply the austrian method (basically the extension of classical logic) to mainstream economics.
Of course asking these questions instantly makes you a crackpot and a heretic to the orthodoxy. (Just like being an austrian.)
Enjoy.
Daniel from Europe
Thanks Daniel, I’ll check it out. I actually wanted to ask him about gravity waves but we didn’t have time. 🙂
Bob –
Have you ever considered if there are any biblical arguments for or against aliens?