Uplifting

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

• Episode: Uplifting
• Website: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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• Duration: 00:49:53
• Published: 2017-09-28 17:07

The concept of enhancing and augmenting animal minds & bodies to be able to use and understand human technology, known as Uplifting, has long fascinated us. Today in this two-part collaboration with John Michael Godier, we will explore this concept as well as the possibility of using such technology with alien races, the polar opposite of the classic Star Trek Prime Directive. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/QzaYnrrEKbU Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/wfDHt68-ANU Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Visit the sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/ Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Edward Nardella Jarred Eagley Justin Dixon Katie Byrne Kris Holland Misho Yordanov Murat Mamkegh Pierre Demet Sergio Botero Stefan Blandin Script Editing: Andy Popescu Connor Hogan Edward Nardella Eustratius Graham Gregory Leal Jefferson Eagley Luca de Rosa Mark Warburton Michael Gusevsky Mitch Armstrong MolbOrg Naomi Kern Philip Baldock Sigmund Kopperud Tiffany Penner Music: Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future" AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 8" Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future" Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 5" Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 7" Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 3" Kevin McLeod, "Space Xplorers"