The Fermi Paradox :Drakes Equation (Narration Only)

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🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Drake's Equation lies at the core of the Fermi Paradox and SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, but is it a good guide in our search for aliens, and what does modern astronomy tell us about the probabilities of finding life on exoplanets? Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/EhPQRZJAbe0 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: The Fermi Paradox: Drake's Equation Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 285, April 8, 2021 Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Writers: Alexander T. Long Isaac Arthur Editors: Jerry Guern Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc 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,
0:05.2	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:26.3	using the link in the description.
0:29.0	Our world represents but one tiny pale blue dot in a sea of darkness, the only bastion
0:34.9	of life in the ocean of the night that we know of, and yet there seems
0:38.8	to be billions of billions of stars and planets.
0:42.3	What are the odds all pale blue dot is the only such bastion?
0:47.5	Today we'll be looking at the Fermi paradox in Drake's equation.
0:51.3	The first of these looks at the probability of other aliens existing, based
0:54.5	on the size and age of our universe, while the second highlights the immensity of that scale
0:59.0	in space and time. The Drake equation is essentially a formula for calculating how many alien
1:04.5	civilizations there ought to be in our galaxy right now. Today we'll be looking at that equation
1:09.1	and plugging in some of the known numbers to see what our estimates might look like, but we'll also looking at that equation and plugging in some of the known numbers
1:10.9	to see what our estimates might look like, but we'll also be highlighting some of the
1:14.6	problems with the equation and the assumptions it can lead to.
1:18.6	Dr. Frank Drake, who posited the equation in the form we'll be considering here, is an accomplished
1:23.6	astronomer, astrophysicist, and pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence,
1:32.5	he was actually part of founding the SETI program, and was the creator of the ERACIMA message,
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