So that was pretty exciting. I think fundamental science is so important not just for understanding the world, but also for ultimately for our economy. So I'd like to see the government not cutting funding for scientific research, but actually expanding it because we get a return on it. But this also brings up some larger questions about life in the universe. We don't know for sure if there's life anywhere else, but when you think of the. (00:36–00:45)
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