Aloof Aliens (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Discussion of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations often hinges on the idea that they may have ascended to a higher state or higher level of reality, and lost interest in us and the rest of the galaxy. While we can't know what technologies or enlightened paths they might have available, we can ask how realistic the portrayals of those aliens might be, and if this notion make sense as a Fermi Paradox solution. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/AByMYTOxh90 Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: 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: Aloof Aliens Episode 205, Season 5 E38 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Daniel McNamara Darius Said Keith Blockus Matthew Campbell Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - [email protected] Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1 Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ 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,
0:05.2	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
0:10.5	To hear it and every episode early and ad-free, plus hours of bonus content,
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0:20.3	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:23.8	It's our great hope and goal to get out into the galaxy and meet its other occupants if they exist.
0:30.8	But what if it turns out the galaxy is empty because they packed up and went somewhere better?
0:38.3	So today we're back in the Alien Civilization series to take a look at the notion of advanced civilizations,
0:44.7	transitioning beyond a physical existence or even to another reality.
0:49.4	This is a bit of a continuation of last week's Fermi Paradox extinction episode and a popular solution
0:55.5	for the Fermi Paradox, the Formy Paradox being the big question of why our universe,
1:01.3	as such a vast and ancient place, seems devoid of any vast and ancient civilizations.
1:08.2	Solutions inevitably revolve around the idea that something just makes these civilizations
1:12.4	almost never come into existence, stay small or hidden, or go extinct. These all have some
1:19.4	element of pessimism to them and makes the universe or the process of evolution seem a much
1:25.0	colder place or harsher process than we prefer to view them.
1:28.5	A more cheerful notion is that advanced civilizations are much more common, but that they
1:34.6	prosper and grow to a point where they just don't need to obey the laws of the universe as
1:39.2	we know them, or play Darwin's harsh game anymore. They've found something better and more enlightened,
1:45.9	which implies we could too if we play our cards right. So it's a popular theme of a lot of
1:51.7	science fiction, and truth be told, long predates the genre. Many of mythology, theology,
1:57.8	or ideology, both past and present, has offered us some better place
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