This series looks at a number of concepts in science and technology that challenge our fundamental notions of Life, the Universe, and Everything... including our own existence.

Existentional Crisis Series

Isaac Arthur

Issac Arthur

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Is our universe is a simulation

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This series takes a look at concepts for everything from Terraforming Planets and Interstellar Colonization to more down to Earth matters like Arcologies and Planet Wide Cities before examining using black holes as power sources for starships.We then leap into the far distance future at the end of time to examine civilizations surviving around black holes after all the stars have died out.
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CS08 - Black Hole Starships

CS06 - Interstellar Colonization

CS03 - The Impact Of Nuclear Fusion

This videos covers two topics, the Anthropic Principle, which uses the idea that your own existence might skew the odds of events you witness, and the basic concepts of Super-Intelligence, and what we might expect of humans or artificial intelligence that achieve that.
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EC04 The Anthropic Principle And Super Intelligence

A look at the Carter Doomsday Argument, which is uses a probabilistic argument and Anthropic Reasoning to estimate that humanity is running out of time.
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EC03 The Doomsday Argument

In this Episode we examine the concept of the Simulation Hypothesis, which proposes a mathematical argument that we are almost certainly simulations running on a computer.
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EC02 The Simulation Hypothesis

A look at concepts of transhumanism and life extension
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EC01 Transhumanism And Immortality

EC00 Intro

A look at Dark Matter, what it is, what it isn't, and what it might be used for.

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Dark Matter as Primordial Black Holes discusses:
http://www.space.com/33122-dark-matter-black-hole-connection.html

Dark Matter

This episode continues our look at Colonizing Space by examining the idea of Asteroid Mining and setting up colonies on Asteroids. We explore the science as well as practical issues of engineering, economics, legality, and psychology of such distant outposts.

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CS04b - Asteroid Mining

An in-depth survey of the various technologies for spaceship propulsion, both from those we can expect to see in a few years and those at the edge of theoretical science. We'll break them down to basics and familiarize ourselves with the concepts.
Note: I made a rather large math error about the Force per Power the EmDrive exerts at 32:10, initial tentative results for thrust are a good deal higher than I calculated compared to a flashlight
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Music by:
Dexter Britain
"Seeing the Future"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Dexter Britain
"After The Week I've Had"
Chris Zabriskie
“Mario Bava sleeps in a little later than he expected to”
Kvazar
"Koalips"
Kai Engel
"Snowfall"
Kevin MacLeod
“Spacial Winds”
Phase Shift
“Forest Night”
Brandon Liew
"Into the Storm"

The Spaceship Propulsion Compendium

Melissa Stokoski and Daniel Raderstrong join Kate to talk about whether they think we are living in a simulated reality or not. Like a real life matrix. Daniel has his degree in Physics so he goes into detail about what quantum physics has proven in terms of each person being an observer and co-creator of their reality. They get weird and go deep, but at the end of the day they discuss how it's all about living the mystery!

Are We In A Simulation?

In this episode we continue our look at possible Alien Civilizations by discussing language and communication. How could we translate their language? How would they translate ours? What modes of communication are available besides sight and sound?

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Cryptic Aliens (Narration Only)

In this episode we examine the concept of a Space Elevator, a popular piece of developing technology designed to lift people and cargo into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. We will look at technology as well as many of the misconceptions about Space Elevators which have emerged.

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"The physics of the space elevator", P. K. Aravind:
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Upward Bound: Space Elevators (Narration Only)

In this episode we explore Quantum Computers, from the basic theory to the potential applications, as well as many myths and misconceptions this groundbreaking technology has accumulated.

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Quantum Computing (Narration Only)

This episode feature Mass Drivers, Space Guns, and other means of rapidly accelerating a spaceship up to orbital speeds without a rocket. We will explore the basic concepts, the engineering issues, and the potential cost & safety advantages & disadvantages along with how these devices can be used in tandem with other systems we have looked at.

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Mass Drivers (Narration Only)

A look at methods for predicting the future, how plausible they are and what hurdles they face, with a focus on Isaac Asimov's concept of Psychohistory, from the classic Foundation series.

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Season 3, episode 21
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Cover Art
Jakub Grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Katie Byrne
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
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

Psychohistory (Narration Only)

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Venus, and exploring both the options for vast floating habitats in the upper atmosphere as well as full terraforming of the planet.

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Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
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Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
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Stefan Blandin

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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
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Colonizing Venus (Narration Only)

Ringworlds are a type of megastructure that engulf an entire star, first popularized in Larry Niven's classic novel Ringworld. These constructs a million times larger than Earth have captivated minds for nearly half a century but been considered impossible to build under known science. Today, we will attempt to show otherwise.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
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
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner