George Wald
Type: Person
As of November 2026, George Wald has been mentioned in one podcast episode on LEMMiNO (Oct 2025). Quoted expressing fear of communicating with a superior extraterrestrial civilization, representing early ethical/anxiety arguments against METI.
George Wald was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on LEMMiNO |
| Role | Biochemist; Nobel laureate |
| Affiliation | Harvard University (faculty) |
Who talks about George Wald on podcasts?
George Wald came up; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on LEMMiNO.
- Shouting at Stars: A History of Interstellar Messages on LEMMiNO (Oct 2025)