Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Ivano Dal Prete is a history professor at Yale University and an active astronomer with a specialty in Saturn and Mars. Today, he is in the tent to talk about how older civilizations viewed life on other planets. Ivano is the co-discoverer of several asteroids and currently working on a book about other Earths in the sky, and the fascinating cultural history of extra-terrestrial life. WELCOME TO CAMP!
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TIMECODES
0:00 Intro
1:16 Philosopher’s View Of The Cosmos + Pythagoras
10:40 Philosophical Schools + Atomists
13:17 Aristotle
17:25 Plutarch
21:10 Lucian’s Writings Of People On The Moon
22:19 Christian Influence On Philosophy + Aristotle’s teachings
28:02 Church’s View Of Other Worlds
30:11 Vorilong Theory + C.S. Lewis + Nicholas of Cusa
35:41 Leonardo Da Vinci Moon Theory
39:10 Galileo’s Anonymous Book + Moon Civilization Theory
44:08 Galileo’s Space Civilization Theory
51:36 Dialogue On Plurality Of Worlds
55:03 UFO’s In Texts
56:59 Plato’s Atlantis + World's Inside The Earth
59:47 Who Was Killed For Their Ideas? + Christopher Columbus Theory
1:03:52 Theory On Origin Of Life + Pope's Statement On Alien Life
1:06:22 Did Scholars Write Of Visitors From Other Worlds?
1:07:47 Thomas Payne + The Book Of Mormon
1:10:31 Kepler + The Martian Chronicles
1:13:20 Isacc Newton + Robert Boyle
1:17:30 Observing Mars Canals
1:34:05 Science Fiction Influence On Space + Wernher Von Braun
1:45:42 Speculations About Life On Mars
1:54:44 Dragon’s and Basilisk’s + Sailor’s Seeing Merman
2:00:51 Importance Of Context
Ivano Dal Prete is a history professor at Yale University and an active astronomer with a specialty in Saturn and Mars. Today, he is in the tent to talk about how older civilizations viewed life on other planets. Ivano is the co-discoverer of several asteroids and currently working on a book about other Earths in the sky, and the fascinating cultural history of extra-terrestrial life. WELCOME TO CAMP!
🏕️ JOIN S'MORE CAMP INNER SANCTUM HERE: camp.beehiiv.com
Shoutout to our sponsors:
SculptNation: sculptnation.com/Camp
Huel: huel.com/camp
Prizepicks : prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/CAMP
TIMECODES
0:00 Intro
1:16 Philosopher’s View Of The Cosmos + Pythagoras
10:40 Philosophical Schools + Atomists
13:17 Aristotle
17:25 Plutarch
21:10 Lucian’s Writings Of People On The Moon
22:19 Christian Influence On Philosophy + Aristotle’s teachings
28:02 Church’s View Of Other Worlds
30:11 Vorilong Theory + C.S. Lewis + Nicholas of Cusa
35:41 Leonardo Da Vinci Moon Theory
39:10 Galileo’s Anonymous Book + Moon Civilization Theory
44:08 Galileo’s Space Civilization Theory
51:36 Dialogue On Plurality Of Worlds
55:03 UFO’s In Texts
56:59 Plato’s Atlantis + World's Inside The Earth
59:47 Who Was Killed For Their Ideas? + Christopher Columbus Theory
1:03:52 Theory On Origin Of Life + Pope's Statement On Alien Life
1:06:22 Did Scholars Write Of Visitors From Other Worlds?
1:07:47 Thomas Payne + The Book Of Mormon
1:10:31 Kepler + The Martian Chronicles
1:13:20 Isacc Newton + Robert Boyle
1:17:30 Observing Mars Canals
1:34:05 Science Fiction Influence On Space + Wernher Von Braun
1:45:42 Speculations About Life On Mars
1:54:44 Dragon’s and Basilisk’s + Sailor’s Seeing Merman
2:00:51 Importance Of Context
