The Fermi Paradox: Extinction

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Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Fermi Paradox ask us how in a Universe so vast and ancient we seem to be the only intelligent civilization around, with no older interstellar alien empires visible in the galaxy. But could extinction play a role in that, or might extinction events instead drive evolution forward? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/2vxu6WVCSIk Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500. 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 Credits: The Fermi Paradox: Exctinction Episode 204, Season 5 E37 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Keith Blockus S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Tristan3D Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Aerium, "Farewell, photon" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Dan MacLeod, "Battle Formation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk Chris Zabriskie, "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" http://chriszabriskie.com Lombus, "Doppler Shores" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Marcus Warner, "Ends of the Earth" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager" 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.
0:10.5	To hear it and every episode early and add free, plus hours of bonus content,
0:15.1	check out go.nebola.tv slash Isaac Arthur and use my code, Isaac Arthur.
0:20.0	This episode is sponsored by Audible.
0:23.0	The expansion and evolution of life is not impeded by the extinction of a species.
0:28.2	Rather, when one door closes, another opens for someone new or something.
0:33.6	The thing. Today we're celebrating our fifth anniversary here on SFIA, and I thought we'd commemorate
0:46.5	the occasion by revisiting one of our favorite topics, the Fermi paradox, and specifically
0:52.0	the line of reasoning we call the Dyson Dilemma that
0:54.8	derives from our discussion of megastructures in the original episode five years ago.
1:00.4	Wrapped up in the core reasoning of those ideas is the notion that extinction, while a popular
1:04.9	notion for explaining the Fermi paradox and the seeming absence of other civilizations
1:09.5	in the galaxy often drives life forward
1:12.0	faster rather than stopping the train or ending the story.
1:16.9	Also to celebrate the occasion, we'll go back to our roots with a very long episode, so grab
1:21.9	a drink and a snack, hit the like and subscribe button, and settle in, as we'll be here
1:27.0	for a while. Since we just did our 200th Commemm in, as we'll be here for a while.
1:28.9	Since we just did our 200th Commemmettive episode, we'll skip much celebration this time,
1:33.8	but not coincidentally, the original episode came out right before my birthday on September
1:38.0	20th, and the second episode sprung out of a chat I had on New Year's Eve.
1:43.8	Birthdays and New Year's are good times for introspection and contemplating the past and
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