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The Fermi Paradox: Drake’s Equation
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Drake's Equation lies at the core of the Fermi Paradox and SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, but is it a good guide in our search for aliens, and what does modern...
Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Rare Intelligence
We conclude our look at possible explanations why life may be very rare in the Universe by looking at the evolutionary pathway to intelligence and the hurdles between life starting on a planet and migrating off of it. Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac and get a...
Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Rare Earth
We continue our look at possible explanations why life may be very rare in the Universe by examining our planet itself, and looking at which of its characteristic might be important to intelligence developing and how improbable those traits are for a given planet in a...
Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Space and Time
This episode begins our look at solutions to the Fermi Paradox - the question of why the Universe appears empty of intelligent life besides ourselves - by looking at some of the reasons why life may simply be very uncommon. Before we can contemplate what might be...
The Fermi Paradox Compendium
A new look at the Fermi Paradox detailing all the popular solutions and their strengths and weaknesses. Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud:...
