Science fiction amazes us with futuristic technology and weapons, but many like the laser pistol, raygun, or lightsaber seem high-tech versions of old tech. Are such weapons possible and if so, could they have a role in future warfare?

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Laser Pistols & Lightsabers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 290a; May 16, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Laser Pistols & Lightsabers (Narration Only)

Always hated that buzzing sound that flies made...

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Getting Away by BlueyedRED

The galaxy is a vast place with billions of potential new worlds for humanity to colonize, but interstellar space is so enormous that reaching even the nearest stars and planets by spaceship would take decades at best, and maybe many centuries. Even on arrival terraforming those barren planets would take just as long. 

Two options for overcoming the immensity of space and time are the Seed Ship and the Data Ship, automated vessels able to colonize the worlds for us. We will examine those today, their advantages, limitations, and misconceptions, and variations of them we might use to seed the stars.

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Seeding the Stars
Episode 166, Season 4 E52

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alex Chamak
A.T. Long
Cooper de Ruiter
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Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
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Matthew Acker
Safia Postgate
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Isaac Arthur

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Seeding The Stars

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The Kingdom Overseas -single

The Kingdom Overseas

Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and envision creatures evolved to those or humans adapted to those conditions or zero-gravity in space, and many planets we might one day colonize like Mars do have low gravity... but our assumptions about life on such places correct or what if we're making incorrect assumptions?

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Life on a Low-Gravity Planet
Episode 231; Mar 26, 2020

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Peter of What If
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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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The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis 
Episode 228; Mar 5, 2020

Writers:
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Life On A Low Gravity Planet

As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets?

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Genetic Divergence & Civilization
Episode 236; April 30, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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Isaac Arthur

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Genetic Divergence & Civilization

Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and today we'll explore some of those megastructure designs, like the McKendree Cylinder, Bishop Rings, Banks Orbital, Topopolis, and more.

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Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats
Episode 245; July 2, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Keith Blockus
Konstantin Sokerin
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Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats (Narration Only)

Des armes pour nos âmes écorchées
Du temps qu'il nous faudra pour se libérer
               To find our liberty
Nos cœurs qui n’ont pu que trop espérés
qui ont finis par exploser à l'arrivée
                   We set each other free
 
Mais le cœur au bord des yeux
Les larmes qui coulent sur mes joues
Mon cœur qui n'a que trop souffert
De jeux indociles , à découvert
Mais les larmes au bord de mes yeux
sont témoins de nos jours heureux
doit on parler vraiment d'un adieu
J'ai le cœur au bord des yeux
 
Reste encore près de moi
Reste encore dans mes bras
Parle-moi encore tout bas
Aime moi encore cette fois
 
Des larmes pour mieux nous prouver
             I can't bear to leave you
Des regards pour mieux nous remémorer
              I can't bear to go
que tout cela n'était pas en vain
             Never would deceive you
Que nous ne méritons, pas encore, cette fin
                Never make you blue
 
Mais le cœur au bord des yeux
Les larmes qui coulent sur mes joues
Mon cœur qui n'a que trop souffert
de jeux indociles, à découvert
Mais les larmes au bord de mes yeux
sont témoins de nos jours heureux
doit on vraiment parler d'un adieu
J'ai le cœur et les larmes aux yeux
 
Reste encore près de moi
Reste encore dans mes bras
Parle moi encore tout bas
Encore aime moi, encore une dernière fois
 
Mais le cœur au bord des yeux
Les larmes qui coulent sur mes joues
Mon cœur qui n'a que trop souffert
de ces jeux indociles, à découvert
Mais les larmes au bord de mes yeux
sont témoins de nos jours heureux
doit on vraiment parler d'un adieu
car J'ai le cœur et  les larmes aux yeux
 
 Reste encore un peu avec moi
Reste encore près de moi
Parle-moi encore quelquefois
Et vis chaque seconde à la fois
Reste encore près de moi
Reste encore un peu dans mes bras
Aime moi une dernière fois
une dernière fois

Le Coeur Au Bord Des Yeux (Cé Mz / Pompeyjazz)

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Amalgamating Receptive Fields v2​.​1

Dark Side of Nothing

Heute fege ich den Boden,
Haushaltsarbeit mag ich sehr.
Hurtig schwinge ich den Besen,
feiner Staub fliegt hin und her.
So geht es durch jedes Zimmer,
auch in dieser Ecke war ich schon.
Fegen lebt von Wiederholung,
wie aktive Meditation.

Ach, des Nachbars' Sauger
ist ein wahres Ungetüm:
durch die Wand kann man ihn hören,
Hund und Katze hassen ihn.
Ich bevorzuge den Besen,
der ist ruhig, brauch keinen Strom.
Heute fege ich den Boden -
aber das sagte ich ja schon...

DJ Deppenhorst
Frankfurt, Oktober 2020

Genetic Divergence & Civilization

Isaac Arthur

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