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

Written & Produced by
Isaac Arthur

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Darius Said
Jerry Guern
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Isaac Arthur
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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

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Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern

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Life On A Low Gravity Planet

Isaac Arthur