Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system

http://www.ted.com Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.

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[singedrac]

He reminds me of professor Farnsworth. Try and tell me you can't imagine him saying "Good news everyone!"

[Hania454]

There's a lot of negativity on this comments page, .....people chill. Lets listen to what Freeman says. Peace.

[OM3N1R]

somebody out there has the coolest gramps EVER!

I hope they respect and appreciate him.

[crudhousefull]

I think that there might be more chance of there being animals that use other chemicals as fuels as animals that live deep beneath in our oceans

[kjrunia]

Wonderful.

[quidproquo2004]

I would love to go home and program my own organism :D

[AllTheseWorldsAreUrs]

@riplox1986 Thanks for your comment. I had never heard of Tardigrades until now. Fascinating! And you have a good point... Maybe we will eventually send them to Europa.

[AllTheseWorldsAreUrs]

how can anyone Dislike this??

[riplox1986]

I wonder if he's heard of the Tardigrade...our little microscopic friend might be on more bodies in the cosmos than we think. Also, it's far more probable that microscopic organisms exist rather than complex forms, especially in such extreme conditions.

[paginipro]

@thetraceur123 dyson is wrong ,I'm right god is logic, theoreticalphysics.webs.com

[thetraceur123]

@paginipro Science ownes, stop being so boring. And Dyson is a Christian so... fail.

[TheResilient5689]

It's a shame that this man doesn't have a Nobel prize. He was (and still is) one of the greatest physicists that ever lived. Listening to Dyson is almost never boring.