Recorded: 11 July 2018
Released: 12 July 2018
Duration: 51 minutes, 35 seconds
Transcript for this Conversation
Host Paul Carr in conversation with Dr. Kevin Knuth, author of a recent article in The Conversation entitled “Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study.”
The conversation centers around strategies for lifting “the veil of ridicule” that surrounds UFO studies, and Kevin’s own experience, and how he came to take the topic seriously himself.
Guest Bio
Kevin Knuth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Entropy. He is a former NASA research scientist having worked for four years at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division. He has 20 years of experience in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine learning algorithms for data analysis applied to the physical sciences. His current research interests include the foundations of physics, inference and inquiry, autonomous robotics, and the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to give over 80 presentations in 13 countries.
Paul Carr is joined by Chris Cogswell, recently resigned director of research at MUFON, about how he and his team are carrying on with an enterprise of scientific research into the UFO phenomena.
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