Godlike Aliens (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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4.9 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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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.be/-wmBK7Iw8X0 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.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: Godlike Aliens Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 341, May 5, 2022 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Andrew Nelson Curt Hartung David McFarlane Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Music by: Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" Denny Schneidemesser, "Bridge Ambience" Stellardrone, "A Moment of Stillness", "Cosmic Sunrise", "Limbo" Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" Miguel Johnson, "Strange New World" 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.
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0:20.0	This episode is brought to you by Brilliant.
0:23.1	Long before we knew what the stars above truly wore, we contemplated them as the home
0:28.7	to immensely powerful beings.
0:31.0	That may turn out to still be the case.
0:35.3	35 years ago, the Star Trek franchise opened a new chapter with the premiere of Star Trek
0:40.9	The Next Generation and the episode Encounter at Farpoint.
0:45.4	And the studio wanted a two-hour first episode, so they patted the script with things like a really
0:50.7	long docking sequence, and an additional counter with a strange and powerful
0:55.5	alien known only as Q, played by John Delancey.
1:00.0	This addition to fill out the runtime resulted in Q becoming a recurring character throughout
1:04.8	next generation, and appearing in Deep Space 9 and Voyager, and will be in Picard season
1:10.2	2, which will have premiered
1:12.1	by the time this episode comes out.
1:14.3	Q is probably the most famous godlike alien we see in science fiction, though hardly
1:19.7	the only one.
1:21.1	Stargate is full of them, as is the MCU.
1:24.4	We even see more in Star Trek, and Q definitely has a flavor of the capricious,
1:29.1	the arrogant, and the cruel, what we so often see with deities, out of Greek and Roman mythology.
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