Name: FP00 - Intro by Isaac Arthur in The Fermi Paradox
Duration: 4 min 7 s
Description: This series takes a look at the Fermi Paradox, also known as the Great Silence, the seeming impossibility of having a Universe so vast and ancient that apparently has no other intelligent life in it but us.

This series takes a look at the Fermi Paradox, also known as the Great Silence, the seeming impossibility of having a Universe so vast and ancient that apparently has no other intelligent life in it but us.

The Fermi Paradox

A look at various Cataclysmic Scenarios in terms of how they factor into the Fermi Paradox. We'll look at everything from Biowarfare and AI to Nukes and Grey Goo


FP03 - Apocalypse How

By contemplating the idea of what true Kardashev 2 and 3 civilizations might look like, in the context of Megastructures, we re-assess the Fermi Paradox and come up with a new question, no longer "Why can't we see any alien civilizations?" but why we can see any stars in the night sky at all.

FP02 - Dyson Dilemma

FP01 - Fermi Paradox Compendium

FP00 - Intro

Such a fleeting and ethereal thing, won't even survive being tightly held in one's grasp. And yet, while easily smothered, it never truly dies. It only becomes more real in its absence, and somehow, it always finds its way back to you again.

After all the worldly wealth and power will have crumbled to nothing, all the flames burnt out and all waters dried away, sit down on the last piece of rock, open your palm and close your eyes. It will be there, waiting for you.

Butterfly

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The City of Machines

Machine City OST

Khylee

The  Zoo Hypothesis is a Fermi Paradox solution that assumes extraterrestrial civilizations can't be detected by our SETI efforts because they keep our whole world in an Alien Zoo.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis 
Episode 228; Mar 5, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier

Graphics:
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
LegionTech Studio
Sergio Botero

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" & "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

FP00 - Intro

Isaac Arthur

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