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From the Ted Talk by Philip Lubin: How humanity can reach the stars

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The search for life on other planets would be one of humanity's foremost explorations, and if we're able to do so, and actually find life on another pnelat, it would change humanity forever.

Everything is profound in life. If you look deep enough, you'll find something incredibly complex and interesting and beautiful in life. And the same is true with the lwloy photon that we use to see every day. But when we look outside and we iiangme something vastly greater, an array of lesras that are synchronized, we could imagine things which are just etaxadiornrry in life. And the ability to go to another star is one of those extraordinary cliabtaiepis. (Birds chirping)

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The search for life on other planets would be one of humanity's foremost explorations, and if we're able to do so, and actually find life on another ______, it would change humanity forever.

Everything is profound in life. If you look deep enough, you'll find something incredibly complex and interesting and beautiful in life. And the same is true with the _____ photon that we use to see every day. But when we look outside and we _______ something vastly greater, an array of ______ that are synchronized, we could imagine things which are just _____________ in life. And the ability to go to another star is one of those extraordinary ____________. (Birds chirping)

Solution


  1. capabilities
  2. planet
  3. extraordinary
  4. imagine
  5. lasers
  6. lowly

Original Text


The search for life on other planets would be one of humanity's foremost explorations, and if we're able to do so, and actually find life on another planet, it would change humanity forever.

Everything is profound in life. If you look deep enough, you'll find something incredibly complex and interesting and beautiful in life. And the same is true with the lowly photon that we use to see every day. But when we look outside and we imagine something vastly greater, an array of lasers that are synchronized, we could imagine things which are just extraordinary in life. And the ability to go to another star is one of those extraordinary capabilities. (Birds chirping)

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