{"id":74828,"date":"2021-05-27T13:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=74828"},"modified":"2021-05-27T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:52:21","slug":"harvard-scientist-space-exploration-uplifts-and-gives-meaning-to-humans-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/el\/blog\/2021\/05\/27\/harvard-scientist-space-exploration-uplifts-and-gives-meaning-to-humans-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Scientist: Space Exploration Uplifts and Gives Meaning to Humans\u2019 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Harvard Scientist Says Space Exploration Uplifts and Gives Meaning to Humans\u2019 Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 25 (EIRNS)&#8211;In an interview with <em>The Federalist<\/em> publisher Ben Domenech, on <em>Fox<\/em> News&#8217;s &#8220;The Ben Domenech podcast,&#8221; Harvard professor Avi Loeb, a renowned theoretical physicist, former chair of Harvard\u2019s astronomy department, and author of the book &#8220;Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligence Life Beyond Earth.&#8221; argued that scientific institutions should be taking risks and fund risky research, rather than just promising what they can deliver. &#8220;These are the most boring projects,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If you can tell in advance what you can discover, then it\u2019s not a major advance.&#8221; The title of the <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/2021\/05\/24\/avi-loeb-the-importance-of-inquiry\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/2021\/05\/24\/avi-loeb-the-importance-of-inquiry\/\">podcast<\/a> is &#8220;Avi Loeb and the Importance of Inquiry,&#8221; in which he discusses an array of subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeb argues that Earth&#8217;s demise is guaranteed over the long term, so outer space ought to reclaim its fundamental role in the pursuit of academic progress. &#8220;Currently, all our eggs are in one basket here on Earth,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and if any catastrophe happens here it could destroy everything we care about.&#8221; Moreover, humans need the inspiration captured by space exploration. &#8220;We need something beyond our troubles that lifts us up and gives meaning to our lives,&#8221; he said, pointing out that the Apollo program once served that purpose by landing people on the Moon which &#8220;changed the psychology of humans.&#8221; He also argued that space and religion complement each other: &#8220;if you believe in God, then what you want is to appreciate reality to its greatest details. 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