The Fermi Paradox: Late Filters (Narration Only)

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Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Fermi Paradox asks why we don't see any alien civilizations with our SETI efforts. The Late Filters are common solution suggested, that intelligent species may often arise but either destroy themselves or unwilling or incapable of interstellar travel to reach new worlds and colonize the galaxy. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/cCzpYxedIe0 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 Great Filters: Late Filters Episode 213, Season 5 E47 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Matthew Acker Phonetic Failure Victoria Kelly Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music: Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ AJ Prasad, "Aether" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU 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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0:20.2	This episode is sponsored by Audible.
0:23.6	The galaxy appears to be rich in worlds and resources ripe for the taking,
0:28.5	but it doesn't appear that anyone has done so.
0:31.0	Could it be that some tragedy eventually befalls all those who try?
0:37.7	So today we return to the Fermi Paradox Great Filters series for a look at late filters,
0:43.9	challenges that might prevent civilization such as ours from ever moving out into the galaxy
0:48.8	and thus preventing us from detecting them.
0:52.0	The Fermi Paradox is the big question of how space can be so huge and ancient, and yet
0:57.3	apparently not be populated by any civilization we can detect.
1:01.5	In this series, we've looked at one popular solution to the Fermi paradox, that the pathway
1:06.5	from potential habitable world to an advanced civilization like ours is far more difficult
1:12.3	than we often think, and that many hidden perils, what we call filters, might lower
1:17.4	the odds at each step of progress.
1:20.3	Any potential forming paradox solution has to explain why we see a universe empty of advanced
1:25.2	civilizations that we can detect, using the methods
1:28.0	we have now.
1:29.7	It could be that life rarely emerges or that life emerges but rarely gets more advanced than
1:34.5	Al J.
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