The former Chief UFO Investigator of the UK Defense Ministry Dr. Nick Pope signs on planet K2-18b suggest a biological signature, not a technological one.
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00:00OK, Nick, let me turn to you. What went through your mind when you heard this news?
00:03Well, I'm very excited about this. I think it's great news.
00:06And I think it's going to kickstart a very interesting global conversation about the implications of all this.
00:13I mean, it's important to say, of course, that this has not yet been confirmed.
00:19We need more validation. We need more data. And that's going to happen.
00:24And even if it is confirmed, of course, this is likely to be microbial life and certainly not something more advanced.
00:35I mean, this is a biosignature, not a technosignature.
00:40A technosignature would be very exciting because it would indicate an industrial, perhaps spacefaring civilization.
00:47But whatever the truth of this, this is, as I say, an opportunity to have a very interesting global conversation because the implications of our not being alone are going to be deep and profound.
00:59And they're going to affect everything from religious belief to personal philosophy as we think about who we are and what our place is in the cosmos.