Why Life Exists (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/6z9U-tQ5RIw Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur 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: Alien Civilizations: Conspiratorial Aliens Episode 220, Season 6 E02 Written by: Isaac Arthur Jerry Guern Editors: Darius Said Keith Blockus Matthew Campbell Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Udo Schroeter 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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0:28.0	using the link in the description.
0:30.7	We already know from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life is 42,
0:36.4	and while that's useful to know, it doesn't tell us why
0:39.6	life exists in the first place.
0:43.3	Welcome to our 22nd weekly episode of Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur, where we tackle
0:49.6	the big questions, and this episode's question is so big, it hasn't merely vexed the greatest minds of history,
0:56.0	it also won the most recent poll of what topics SFIA subscribers would like to hear
1:00.3	discussed in an episode.
1:02.6	But a question that's vexed humankind for millennia might be a little tricky to fully
1:06.6	answer in a single episode, even a long one, so first let's ponder what angle we want
1:11.4	to examine that question from. Why is something of an ambiguous word, and when we
1:16.9	ponder why something is, we first have to ask if we are expecting to have a cause or a purpose.
1:22.6	Imagine if you are watching an intense game of chess and a fellow spectator next you ask,
1:27.3	hey, why did Black move his work like that?
1:30.8	This is a perfect example of where you probably wouldn't give a causal answer in terms
1:34.6	of what was going on before the move that caused it, but a teleological answer one in terms
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