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Toward the end, the speaker delves into speculative ideas about extraterrestrial life and our place in the universe. They comment on scientific publications from the 1970s that describe how aliens might perceive humans visually, highlighting the disparity of form and function—teeth for biting, eyes for seeing. The notion that advanced civilizations might find humans repulsive or primitive, and that we might be equally frightening to extraterrestrials, underscores a theme of mutual incomprehensibility.