Superpowers (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The dream of having superhuman abilities is as old as humanity, and appeared in everything from mythology to comic books, but the future might offer technologies that turn these dreams into reality. Today we'll explore some of those options, from superstrength and speed to options like telepathy. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/2sw1WLXkQQk 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 Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/superpowers Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/superpowers-narration-only Credits: Clarketech: Superpowers Episode 191, Season 5 E26 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Keith Blockus Konstantin Sokerin Mark Warburton Matt Campbell Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - [email protected] Music: Paradox Interactive, "The Titan" https://www.paradoxplaza.com Aerium, "Cylindrical Parks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Brandon Liew, "Floating Through Space" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Paradox Interactive, "Robotics" https://www.paradoxplaza.com Martin Rezny, "Tempus Fugit" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1 Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.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,
0:05.2	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.6	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:24.0	Growing up, a lot of us dreamed of having comic book superpowers.
0:28.3	In the future, these dreams could come true.
0:33.2	A pretty popular topic on this show and many other speculations in futurism and science
0:39.5	fiction, is transhumanism and options like heightened intelligence or super strength and speed.
0:46.7	We've touched on such notions before, but I thought today we'd spread our wings out a bit
0:51.8	and look at some of the less down-to-earth superpowers.
0:55.3	In our general discussion of Clark Tech, technologies so advanced they are indistinguishable
1:00.8	from magic.
1:02.5	At the same time, while many might seem like the realm of the fantastic, possible only
1:07.7	through entirely new science at odds with our current understanding, many
1:11.9	probably can be approximated with technologies not that far off. In many ways they are in the
1:18.7	realm of the future and fantastic only because we don't have them now, and many technologies
1:24.8	we already possess would have been magical and fantastic to our ancestors.
1:30.3	Superpowers are hardly limited to comic books and are at least as old as mythology,
1:36.0	meaning a comic book hero is drawn in whole or part from mythology.
1:41.3	Flight is an obvious example, but what is mundane to us now would be extraordinary to our
1:47.2	forebearers, and I don't doubt what is extraordinary to us will prove to be mundane in the
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