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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under aliens suns. 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/UyWOjD8uxVA International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net ...
May 19, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under aliens suns. 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/UyWOjD8uxVA International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net ...
May 19, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happens to these lost space colonies? 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. International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/I...
May 15, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happens to these lost space colonies? 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. International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/I...
May 15, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetosphere for Mars so we can terraform and live on it? 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 International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.ne...
May 12, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetosphere for Mars so we can terraform and live on it? 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 International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.ne...
May 12, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? 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. Biocene 2022 Registration: https://oai.org/biocene-2022-event-registration/ International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Watch the Video Version: https://youtu...
May 05, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? 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. Biocene 2022 Registration: https://oai.org/biocene-2022-event-registration/ International Space Development Conference Registration: https://isdc2022.nss.org Watch the Video Version: https://youtu...
May 05, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it? Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/px9RyIKixHo Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Is...
Apr 28, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it? Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/px9RyIKixHo Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Is...
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