Tyler Cowen: commitment

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…To start, I thought the question everyone wants to know, Tyler, is how has life changed for you since you were featured on Ancient Aliens on the History Channel? I didn’t even know I was featured on Ancient Aliens on the History Channel. I will say, in a variety of public settings, people ask me what are my latest thoughts about UFOs, and that’s the main way in which my life has changed. It seems to be, now, quite clear that the data the Navy is picking up are real. It’s not a mistake of the instruments or bad eyewitness reports. That doesn’t mean the UFOs are aliens. I give that something ranging between 1 percent and 10 percent, depending on my mood on a given day. But it seems to me a major puzzle, no matter what it is, and it should change all of our lives more than it does. Last year when we were talking, you mentioned — we’re referring to the John Brennan episode where this came up. I had not listened to the episode yet, but you said, “John Brennan talks about UFOs. It’s going to be big.” And it was quite big. It got picked up a lot. And yes, you were on Ancient Aliens, Season 16, Episode 9, in fact.…

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