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Threats to Interplanetary & Interstellar Civilizations
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Natural disasters can topple civilizations, even in modern times, but with more and more technology civilizations become more robust and capable of predicting future calamities and...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: July 28, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, July 28, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Grab a copy of Evan Schultheis's The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields:...
Invasive Aliens
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Boltzmann Brains & the Anthropic Principle
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ We continue our discussion of the Boltzmann Brain - a hypothetical randomly assembled mind rather than an evolved one - by looking at the Anthropic Principle and the Fine-Tuned...
Space Whales & Bioships
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The idea of spaceships or other machines that were essentially alive and able to repair and operate themselves has long been a popular one in science fiction. We'll take a look today...
Void Ecology
Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur12 The possibility of extraterrestrial life on other worlds has long fascinated us, as has the idea of alien life living in space itself, but while the former is often...
Space Tourism
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. Space is an awesome place filled with virtually infinite wonders to explore,...
Synthetic Meat
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ There are many reasons not to eat meat, or at least less of it: medical, ethical, economical, or ecological, but the stuff is quite tasty. Today we'll look at how artificial meat...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: June 30, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, June 30, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Support Ken York's Animations: https://www.patreon.com/YD_Visual Visit our Website:...