Telepathy (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 16 January 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Telepathy and other psychic abilities have often been investigated by science, but could the future offer humanity such talents, and is science they key to unlocking or creating them? . Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/xSKujJTuxt4 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur 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: Telepathy Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 325a; January 16, 2022 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Jason Burbank Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier 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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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.0	we're asked at the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:23.4	For Christmas, I got my friend one of those step counters to wear, but it's telepathic
0:28.6	instead of Bluetooth, because it's the thought that counts.
0:34.3	So there's another sci-fi Sunday here on Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur, where
0:38.9	we explore concepts out of science fiction and ask where they can be science fact, or how
0:43.1	we might be able to pull off something very similar under known science.
0:47.3	And today's topic is telepathy, an absolute staple of science fiction in the 20th century.
0:52.7	Now it's hardly absent from modern sci-fi either,
0:55.0	but I think psychic abilities in general seem much more plausible to folks before we started
0:59.5	having both complex computers and powerful brain scanners that gave us a clearer picture of how
1:04.8	thinking worked and how hard natural Tlappi would be, much akin as we learned that
1:09.6	there's a long step between powerful
1:11.1	computers and intelligent androids.
1:14.1	Now for today's purpose, I am going to be working from the standpoint that ESP, teleppathy,
1:19.1	telekinesis, precognition, retrogonition, pyrokinesis, and a host of other psychic abilities
1:24.5	are entirely fictional or fraudulent, but I will add from the
1:28.0	outset that this could be wrong. We will discuss some of the evidence for it and try to do
1:32.6	so fairly, but evidence for psychic abilities is at best limited, while open confessions
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