While developing his new game Spore, Will Wright indulged in his lifelong interest in astrobiology and drew from the work of Jill Tarter over numerous visits to the SETI Institute. In this video Salon, Wright and Tarter meet to ask each other questions about gaming and science, the value of scientific revolutions, and advanced life in the universe.
Read the print version, first published in Seed 18, October 2008.
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Jill Tarter + Will Wright
Video production by Joe Carroll