Great Filters: Space & Time

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

• Episode: Great Filters: Space & Time
• Website: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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• Duration: 00:37:39
• Published: 2017-06-22 17:00

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 special about Earth, we first need to consider what might be special about our region of space, and even our epoch of time, or our Universe itself. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/ZlgyxQJHHcY 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/ Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Katie Byrne 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 Michael Gusevsky Mitch Armstrong MolbOrg Naomi Kern Philip Baldock Sigmund Kopperud Steve Cardon Tiffany Penner Music: Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" AJ Prasad, "Aether" Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" Dan McLeod, NeptuneUK, "Mysterious Universe" AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"