Peter Mulvey Performs Vlad the Astrophysicist
What it is
Folk musician Peter Mulvey performs Vlad the Astrophysicist, a spoken-word style song that touches on why civilizations may never meet across space and time.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Brought up in Fermi paradox and alien-contact threads as a song that makes the point about distance in time and space.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“There's a song by one of my favorite artists, Peter Mulvey, which touches on this point.”
Spoken-word song on why civilizations never meet across time and space
twinkletwinkle_, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Aliens might just be too far away”
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Topics: folk music, fermi paradox, aliens, peter mulvey
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