FromĀ Science of Us: This week’sĀ This American Life, which addresses questions regarding whether extraterrestrial life exists, reveals a great deal of truth about what it means to feel alone in the universe.
“So thereās some astronomical and cosmological packaging, yes, but at core Kestenbaumās story is really a meditation on what it means to be neurotic, on how isolating an experience that can be. Over and over, the segment drives home how alone Kestenbaum feels not just at the prospect of humanityās uniqueness, but that he also canāt elicit in other humans his same level of concern over this question.”
