Covert Aliens (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur
4.9 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, SFIA audio listeners. |
| 0:02.5 | In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory, |
| 0:05.2 | we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare |
| 0:08.0 | is because most aliens are huge. |
| 0:10.5 | To hear it and every episode early and ad-free, |
| 0:13.3 | plus hours of bonus content, |
| 0:15.1 | check out go.nebola.tv slash Isaac Arthur |
| 0:17.6 | and use my code, Isaac Arthur. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode is sponsored by Auduble. |
| 0:23.2 | Meaning an alien conspiracy theory seems to fall apart from asking why a high-tech |
| 0:27.6 | civilization, bent on secrecy, would seem to get spotted so often. |
| 0:32.3 | But what if they get seen so often on purpose to make us think they don't exist because |
| 0:36.4 | they couldn't be that clumsy. |
| 0:38.3 | Maybe it's all part of the plan. |
| 0:43.1 | Something we often contemplate on this channel, and particularly in the Alien Civilization |
| 0:47.2 | series, is that a lot of alien behavior suggested by science fiction, or indicated by alien |
| 0:52.3 | sightings, should be viewed from the standpoint |
| 0:54.7 | of motive, means, and opportunity. |
| 0:57.2 | And we should ask if there's some easier way to get to the apparent objective. |
| 1:01.6 | This tends to be the case in a lot of science fiction portrayals of aliens, not to mention |
| 1:05.8 | alien conspiracy theories, as well as conspiracy theories in general. |
| 1:10.5 | Often a thread knitting all the various |
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