Talkative Aliens

Talkative Aliens

Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weaken to near nothing. We'll...

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Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures

Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization going about traveling around such an immense...

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The Impact of Superconductors

The Impact of Superconductors

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll...

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Welcome to SFIA!

Welcome to SFIA!

A brief introduction to the Channel: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur. Click to subscribe or visit us at any of our online communities: Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise...

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The Fermi Paradox &  Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space

The Fermi Paradox & Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space

Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaac6 Many believe humanity's future lies among the stars, colonizing distant planets around alien suns, or perhaps building artificial worlds, space habitats, and megastructures. But what if...

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SFIA Monthly Livestream: September 30, 2018

SFIA Monthly Livestream: September 30, 2018

Our first end-of-the-month livestream Q&A session, with hopefully minimal technical glitches. Join us 2pm EST, Sunday, Sep 30, and get you questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on...

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Post Scarcity Civilizations: Reality & Simulation

Post Scarcity Civilizations: Reality & Simulation

If sufficiently high-tech civilizations can simulate almost anything they desire, what would be the impact on how they viewed reality? Today we will explore the possible effects on civilizations when it's individual members can have anything they want, and if society...

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Planetary Assaults & Invasions

Planetary Assaults & Invasions

Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text code isaac to 500-500 to get a free book and 30 day free trial We continue our look at Space Warfare by examining the notion of assaulting and invading planets. Often seen in fiction as vulnerable locations at the mercy...

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Megatelescopes

Megatelescopes

To see deeper into space, we will need much bigger telescopes. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ As astronomy seeks to find and study distant planets and peer further and more accurately into space and time, the limitations of ground...

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Advanced Metamaterials

Advanced Metamaterials

A look at revolutionary new materials with seemingly impossible properties. Start protecting your internet experience today with 77% off a 3 year plan by using code ‘ISAAC’ at http://www.NordVPN.com/ISAAC Metamaterials offer many properties normally not found in...

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Teleportation

Teleportation

Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text isaac to 500-500 Teleportation is a staple of science fiction, and today we will examine the idea to see if there are any ways under known science that might permit it, as well as discuss some novel uses for the...

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Outward Bound: Colonizing the Sun

Outward Bound: Colonizing the Sun

We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves? Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Containing virtually all the mass and resources of the solar system, the Sun, the Sun is the ultimate asset for a growing...

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