The Silurian Hypothesis

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars, we might be visiting places where at one time, an advanced civilization once existed. However, if such a civilization existed, it might have been millions of years in the past. If that was the case, how would we even know that it existed? Also, what if we ask that same question of Earth rather than of alien worlds? Learn more about the Silurian Hypothesis on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe. With direct audio from the hit TV show, you’ll hear Gates explore stories like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in the South Pacific and the location of Captain Morgan's treasure in Panama. These authentic, roughshod journeys help Gates separate fact from fiction and learn the truth behind these compelling stories. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Listen on Podurama: https://podurama.com Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The universe is billions of years old. If in the future humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars,
0:07.0	we might be visiting places where at one time an advanced civilization once existed.
0:12.0	However, if such a civilization... an advanced civilization once existed.
0:13.0	However, if such a civilization existed, it may have been millions of years in the past.
0:18.0	And if that was the case, how would we even know that it existed?
0:22.0	Also, what if we know that it existed?
0:22.6	Also, what if we ask that same question of Earth
0:26.2	rather than of alien worlds?
0:28.2	Learn more about the Silurian hypothesis
0:30.5	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is going to be a bit different in that I'm not going to be
0:51.2	covering a historical event or explaining the facts about something.
0:55.0	This episode is going to be about questions.
0:58.0	Questions that don't necessarily have any definitive answers,
1:01.0	but questions that can get you thinking, and questions that can help you
1:04.6	understand how it is we know what we know about a great many things.
1:08.8	The topic of this episode began with questions about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
1:13.0	If we were to find intelligent life, how would we even know that we found them?
1:19.0	If there's some civilization on another distant planet,
1:22.0	is there something in the atmosphere perhaps of
1:24.3	that planet that we could use to determine that there was a civilization there?
1:28.7	Adam Frank, an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, began wondering if every advanced civilization would do something to change their climate similar to humans.
1:37.0	In 2017 he took these questions to Gavin Schmidt, the Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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