The Well | Finding meaning in the darkest sky on earth | Dispatches from The Well Ep.1 @The-Well | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Host Kmele Foster is on a journey to understand humanity’s role in the cosmos. His first stop? The Atacama Plateau in Northern Chile, home to the darkest deserts and largest telescopes on earth.
❍ New episodes of the Dispatches podcast releasing every Monday here on The Well
Listen on Spotify ► open.spotify.com/episode/7lR3r7dy4COZFxyxYv1qHX?si=pHCTdcNtTxOVFYsBhFgH3g
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Why are we here? What is our purpose? Are any of our scientific efforts actually adding up to important revelations? Does understanding our cosmic origins really contribute to humanity as a whole?
We know what it’s like to be “street-level,” to understand our cities, our social behaviors, our day-to-day lives — but what happens if we look up? How does our understanding of humanity change when we raise our attention to the space beyond our skylines?
These are the questions that our host Kmele Foster is exploring in this episode of The Well podcast. Helping Kmele along the way is Sean Dougherty, the director of ALMA Observatory in Northern Chile, home of Earth’s darkest skies and 50% of the world’s megatelecopes.
If the answers to humanity’s questions are written in the stars, this observatory might be the one to translate them.
Featuring: Sean Dougherty, Nicolás Lira
❍ Read the full video transcript: bigthink.com/the-well/dispatches-podcast-episode-1-cosmos
❍ Learn more about the ALMA Observatory here: almaobservatory.org/en/home
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❍ About The Well ❍
Do we inhabit a multiverse? Do we have free will? What is love? Is evolution directional? There are no simple answers to life’s biggest questions, and that’s why they’re the questions occupying the world’s brightest minds.
So what do they think?
How is the power of science advancing understanding? How are philosophers and theologians tackling these fascinating questions?
Let’s dive into The Well.
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Host Kmele Foster is on a journey to understand humanity’s role in the cosmos. His first stop? The Atacama Plateau in Northern Chile, home to the darkest deserts and largest telescopes on earth.
❍ New episodes of the Dispatches podcast releasing every Monday here on The Well
Listen on Spotify ► open.spotify.com/episode/7lR3r7dy4COZFxyxYv1qHX?si=pHCTdcNtTxOVFYsBhFgH3g
Listen on Apple Podcasts ► podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dispatches-from-the-well/id1716445883?i=1000634711503
Why are we here? What is our purpose? Are any of our scientific efforts actually adding up to important revelations? Does understanding our cosmic origins really contribute to humanity as a whole?
We know what it’s like to be “street-level,” to understand our cities, our social behaviors, our day-to-day lives — but what happens if we look up? How does our understanding of humanity change when we raise our attention to the space beyond our skylines?
These are the questions that our host Kmele Foster is exploring in this episode of The Well podcast. Helping Kmele along the way is Sean Dougherty, the director of ALMA Observatory in Northern Chile, home of Earth’s darkest skies and 50% of the world’s megatelecopes.
If the answers to humanity’s questions are written in the stars, this observatory might be the one to translate them.
Featuring: Sean Dougherty, Nicolás Lira
❍ Read the full video transcript: bigthink.com/the-well/dispatches-podcast-episode-1-cosmos
❍ Learn more about the ALMA Observatory here: almaobservatory.org/en/home
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❍ About The Well ❍
Do we inhabit a multiverse? Do we have free will? What is love? Is evolution directional? There are no simple answers to life’s biggest questions, and that’s why they’re the questions occupying the world’s brightest minds.
So what do they think?
How is the power of science advancing understanding? How are philosophers and theologians tackling these fascinating questions?
Let’s dive into The Well.
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Join The Well on your favorite platforms:
❍ Facebook: bit.ly/thewellFB
❍ Instagram: bit.ly/thewellIG
