Aliens Artifacts & Xenoarcheology

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 15 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A popular concept in science fiction is uncovering ancient alien artifacts, but if we encounter these extraterrestrial relics in the future, how should we investigate them and what might they reveal? The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur08211 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/laB0wD1-kfk Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Alien Civilizations: Aliens Artifacts & Xenoarcheology Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 303a; August 15, 2021 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Jason Burbank Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Legiontech Studios Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Udo Schroeter Music by: Martin Rezny: https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1 Aerium: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Miguel Johnson: https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com Stellardrone: https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.0	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:19.9	This episode is sponsored by Skillshare.
0:23.3	For a human mind, the exploration of alien ruins could be almost as much a psychological
0:28.5	labyrinth as a literal one, driving mini mad. One of the most common tropes in science fiction, back to the dawn of science fiction,
0:48.9	is that the intrepid adventure uncovering a mysterious, or exploring an alien ruin.
0:55.0	It's another sci-fi Sunday here on the channel where we let our hair down and explore
0:58.6	more common sci-fi concepts to ask how realistic they might be.
1:03.0	On today's episode, we'll be looking at how you might explore an alien relic or ruin, and if
1:07.2	and where you might encounter one.
1:09.6	Now, from a storytelling perspective, these objects are often irrelevant beyond being the
1:13.9	inciting cause of the plot or the initial character interactions, or it's commonly
1:18.4	called a mcguffin, but that's hardly limited to science fiction as a trope.
1:22.7	Whether it's the titular Maltese falcon or the suitcase from pulp fiction, its purpose
1:27.2	in the story is to
1:28.1	drive events simply by mysteriously existing.
1:31.6	Somewhat parallel is the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings, it's not actually in
1:35.6	MacGuffin, but we mostly see its fairly mundane power of invisibility, while hearing about
1:40.2	its earth-shedering past and vast powers in the right or wrong hands, which
1:44.3	as it turns out, is nearly everyone's.
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