I enjoyed watching the interview with Dr. Tarter, and I had a lot of thoughts while watching it. The most memorable parts from watching the interview were specifically from their discussion about "false positives" and Dr. Tarter's work in trying to detect ET life throughout her career. She mentioned two instances where she thought she was detecting ET life, with one actually being a distant airport while another was a signal from the SOHO space craft. What stood out most to me, however, was how she mentioned that, during the second "false positive," she forgot to alert her distant colleagues in California when they realized it was a false signal, so they stayed up all night watching the signal fruitlessly. It indicated to me the sheer excitement and dedication in searching for discoveries related to ET life in general.
An unasked question I would have asked is, "Do indications of any type of life—including those that are very minute (micro-organisms, prokaryotes, etc.)—thereby indicate that more intelligent organisms likely exist as well?" I'd ask this because I'm always a little confused when I see articles online about how Mars and other planets have past conditions that could have allowed small life. How much does this matter when it comes to the discussion of whether true, intelligent life exists elsewhere?
Link to Interview: https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:HarvardX:68789c56:lx_simulation:1?fullscreen=true