# ET is (probably) out there -- get ready

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSanJoseCA
- Speaker: Seth Shostak
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Astronomy and space, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_shostak_et_is_probably_out_there_get_ready)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely -- and predicts how the discovery of civilizations far more advanced than ours might affect us here on Earth.

## Lectures

1. [ET is (probably) out there -- get ready](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/seth_shostak_et_is_probably_out_there_get_ready/279cd4c45e9e), 19 min (TED's player)