TED: Aliens, love -- where are they? | John Hodgman

The transcript explores Fermi's Paradox, questioning the absence of evidence for extraterrestrial life despite the vastness of the universe. It humorously speculates on Enrico Fermi being an alien and delves into personal anecdotes of supposed alien encounters. These stories, set in various locations and times, blend humor and skepticism, reflecting on the possibility of alien interactions and the nature of memory.

What question did Enrico Fermi famously ask that led to the Fermi Paradox?

• Are we the first civilization?

• Is there life on Mars?

• Where is everybody?

• Why are we alone in the universe?

What humorous suggestion is made about Enrico Fermi in the context of aliens?

• He was an alien himself.

• He discovered alien technology.

• He communicated with aliens.

• He built a spaceship.

What does the narrator suggest about the presence of aliens on Earth?

• They are visible to everyone.

• They are only a myth.

• They are hostile invaders.

• They are guiding our evolution.

In the narrator's first encounter, what did the elderly couple do that was unusual?

• They gave him a book on aliens.

• They showed him a UFO.

• They mocked his interest in UFOs.

• They invited him to dinner.

What was peculiar about the girl's interaction with the narrator at the movie theater?

• She asked him to leave.

• She gave him a book.

• She ignored him completely.

• She spoke to him without caring for the answer.

What phenomenon does the narrator associate with his experience in Philadelphia?

• Time travel

• Alien abduction

• Mind control

• Lost time

What unusual event happened to the narrator in Portugal?

• He saw a UFO.

• He was bitten by a dog.

• He met an alien.

• He found alien technology.

What realization did the narrator have while waiting for Catherine in Portugal?

• The beauty of nature

• The importance of technology

• The presence of aliens

• The vastness of the universe

What message did the Liberians convey to the narrator?

• Aliens are real.

• Love conquers all.

• We are not alone.

• Time is an illusion.

What does the narrator humorously suggest about Catherine's return?

• She was an alien all along.

• She was lost in time.

• She discovered alien life.

• She was replaced by an alien clone.