Dark Matter Technologies

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Dark Matter is both the most abundant and most mysterious substance in the Universe, what properties does it have and what technologies might we create to use it in the future? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/GHXG3xrIDLY Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/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/ 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: Dark Matter Technologies Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 277, February 11, 2021 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnySNJ_gDOdRAdUXbIpxYQw Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator 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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0:28.1	using the link in the description.
0:30.6	Dark matter is the most mysterious substance in the universe and also what most of it seems
0:35.4	to be made of, and yet it may be the keystone of building future civilizations.
0:44.3	Dark matter.
0:48.3	We don't even know what the heck the stuff is, so it might seem hard to discuss technologies to make use of it.
0:54.7	At the same time, we do know a few things about it with great certainty and a few more
0:59.2	as some confidence, and one of those is that dark matter makes up the vast majority of everything
1:03.7	in this universe.
1:05.4	Given that it does make up most of everything, finding ways to use it is likely beyond every
1:09.3	civilization's wish list of technological
1:11.7	advancements, and that's our main focus for today, how civilizations would use this hyperabundant
1:17.5	material if they could and in what ways they might.
1:21.0	For a type of matter that is apparently so common, it is rather irritating that we know
1:24.7	so little about it, and we should probably start by talking
1:27.7	about what we do know about it. First, it almost certainly exists. That irritates a lot of folks and
1:34.6	often raises many objections. Some are reasonable objections, but some of those aren't terribly
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