An Alien Invasion of Earth is a terrifying scenario, yet science fiction rarely has good reason for those invasions. Today we'll discuss the worst reasons aliens invade in fiction and some plausible scenarios for why they might do it in fact. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us ...
Aug 14, 2022•36 min•Ep. 355
An Alien Invasion of Earth is a terrifying scenario, yet science fiction rarely has good reason for those invasions. Today we'll discuss the worst reasons aliens invade in fiction and some plausible scenarios for why they might do it in fact. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/4Sj2lORVrq0 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Pa...
Aug 14, 2022•36 min•Ep. 355
We often wonder where all the aliens are out in the galaxy, but could it be that the technologies needed to get to space and travel the stars lead to inevitable catastrophe? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_...
Aug 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 355
We often wonder where all the aliens are out in the galaxy, but could it be that the technologies needed to get to space and travel the stars lead to inevitable catastrophe? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_...
Aug 11, 2022•30 min•Ep. 355
Aliens may one day visit Earth not to invade us but to seek refuge from an invasion or other calamity, how can we respond and should we? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/xIHruU0WSDs Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: ht...
Aug 04, 2022•37 min•Ep. 354
Aliens may one day visit Earth not to invade us but to seek refuge from an invasion or other calamity, how can we respond and should we? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/xIHruU0WSDs Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: ht...
Aug 04, 2022•36 min•Ep. 354
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for July 31, 2022 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GAShE Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 353
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter? Visit brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/H68VZXmjBUk Direct detection of primordial black hole relics as dark matter: arxiv.org/abs/1906.06348 Search for gamma-ray emission from p-...
Jul 28, 2022•31 min•Ep. 353
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter? Visit brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/H68VZXmjBUk Direct detection of primordial black hole relics as dark matter: arxiv.org/abs/1906.06348 Search for gamma-ray emission from p-...
Jul 28, 2022•30 min•Ep. 353
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival worlds or even stars in the immensity... and asks why we can't see these giant alien artifacts. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/caE0HVD3jaQ Event Horizon with...
Jul 22, 2022•45 min•Ep. 352
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival worlds or even stars in the immensity... and asks why we can't see these giant alien artifacts. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/caE0HVD3jaQ Event Horizon with...
Jul 22, 2022•46 min•Ep. 352
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What challenges and dilemmas would we face? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/UxEpybDpmGA Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support u...
Jul 10, 2022•31 min
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What challenges and dilemmas would we face? Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/UxEpybDpmGA Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support u...
Jul 10, 2022•31 min
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars. But interstellar space isn't truly empty and may one day be home to countless billions of isolated deep space habitats. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/tW_jz8UUu4g Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaac...
Jul 07, 2022•32 min
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars. But interstellar space isn't truly empty and may one day be home to countless billions of isolated deep space habitats. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/tW_jz8UUu4g Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaac...
Jul 07, 2022•33 min
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to https://expressvpn.com/ISAACARTHUR and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/-vyg9bJSoX8 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.fa...
Jun 30, 2022•32 min
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to https://expressvpn.com/ISAACARTHUR and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/-vyg9bJSoX8 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.fa...
Jun 30, 2022•31 min
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, June 25, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GAShE Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicso...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even reach a hundredth of light speed? Can we still settle the galaxy and what will that colonization entail? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/FpXwyDWDww8 Visit our Website: http://w...
Jun 23, 2022•37 min
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even reach a hundredth of light speed? Can we still settle the galaxy and what will that colonization entail? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/FpXwyDWDww8 Visit our Website: http://w...
Jun 23, 2022•36 min
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and protracted orbital. Click the link in the description box or go to buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get 15% off your Raycon purchase! Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/-_yuOmIii90 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac...
Jun 16, 2022•29 min
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and protracted orbital. Click the link in the description box or go to buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get 15% off your Raycon purchase! Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/-_yuOmIii90 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac...
Jun 16, 2022•30 min
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever know if a world had once been inhabited by a technological civilization. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nxf0nE2zGpc Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...
Jun 12, 2022•29 min
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever know if a world had once been inhabited by a technological civilization. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nxf0nE2zGpc Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patr...
Jun 12, 2022•28 min
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs roughly 100 major types of Megastructure, from those that are cities in space to those that rival galaxies. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Visit our W...
Jun 09, 2022•2 hr 54 min
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs roughly 100 major types of Megastructure, from those that are cities in space to those that rival galaxies. Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Visit our W...
Jun 09, 2022•2 hr 53 min
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If so, perhaps we will in the future... and perhaps we already did in the past. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. watch the video version: https://youtu.be/KN7sekRxFHg Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Suppor...
Jun 02, 2022•40 min
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If so, perhaps we will in the future... and perhaps we already did in the past. Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. watch the video version: https://youtu.be/KN7sekRxFHg Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Suppor...
Jun 02, 2022•40 min
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and still maintain a stable orbit. How much lower can we go in the future? Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar:...
May 26, 2022•29 min
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and still maintain a stable orbit. How much lower can we go in the future? Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar:...
May 26, 2022•28 min
