So many of hopes and dreams for colonizing space rely on faster than light travel, and yet the ability to move between stars in moment seems against the laws of reality... but perhaps we can break those rules.

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Faster Than Light Travel: Cheating Reality
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 297, July 1, 2021

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Faster Than Light Travel: Cheating Reality (Narration Only)

As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise.

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Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 366, October 27, 2022
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Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization (Narration Only)

A recording of SFIA's monthly livestream Q&A session [#52] from February 26, 2023

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SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A: Sunday, February 26, 2023

Many believe civilizations which survive the challenges of technology will inevitability build Dyson Spheres encompassing their entire sun. So how do we find these megastructures if they exist? 

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The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 393, May 4, 2023
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The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres (Narration Only)

Our Universe is vast, ancient, and mysterious. It's no surprise that in our quest to explore and explain it, many misconceptions have arisen.
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 Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe 
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 394, May 11, 2023
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Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe (Narration Only)

We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is but a pale shadow of its larger twin, the Kuiper Belt, out at the edge of the solar system.
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Outward Bound: Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
Episode 397, June 1, 2023
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Colonizing the Kuiper Belt (Narration Only)

One day we may retire our rockets and instead reach the heavens by ascending towers so tall they dwarf mountains, and rise above the sky itself. 
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Space Towers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 398, June 8, 2023
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Space Towers (Narration Only)

The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself?

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▬ Reality Warping Concepts  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Intro
2:06 Warping Spacetime
4:58 Negative Mass
5:25 Spaceship Propulsion
8:41 Forcefields & Shields
11:07 Reversing Universal Expansion
12:17 Matter Creation
12:49  Super Strong Materials
14:14 Cloaking
15:17 Hammerspace
19:07 Tractor Beams
20:11 Time Manipulation & Stasis
24:20 Ultra-fast Communication
25:08 Vacuum Energy
25:48 Universe Creation
26:40 Probability Manipulation & Luck
27:47 Perpetual Civilizations

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Warping Reality
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 396, May 26, 2023
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Warping Reality (Narration Only)

What will life be like 300 years in our future, or for those living 300 million miles away?
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Life in 2323 A.D. 
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 400, June 22, 2023
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Life In 2323 A.D. (Narration Only)

We often think that one day the world will come to an end and humanity with it, and possibly with us causing it, but what would our world be like if life persisted after humanity was gone?
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---- Chapters -----
0:00 Intro
01:48 Natural Catastrophe 
07:03 Humanity Wrecks Earth
12:07 Super Plague
15:19 Artificial Intelligence Kills Us
20:33 Aliens Kill Us
25:22 Humanity Abandons Earth

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Life in 2323 A.D.
Episode 400, June 22, 2023
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Earth After Humanity (Narration Only)

Giant Stars are often considered too hot and short lived to colonize, but it may be that they shall be the most powerful and pivotal systems in a future galaxy.

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Colonizing Giant Stars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 279, February 25, 2021
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Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe (Narration Only)

Isaac Arthur

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