A new paper has come out discussing how the Fermi Paradox might be explained by the rigors of traveling space for interstellar colonization, causing settlements to be rare and and possibly not long-lived. We'll look at this model for spreading humanity out across the galaxy and see what insights or flaws it might have.

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The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.04450
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (KSR):
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Credits - The Fermi Paradox: The Aurora Effect
Episode 176a, Season 5 E10a

Written by:
Darius Said
Isaac Arthur
Mark Warburton

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Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell
Sigmund Kopperud

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A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through, pt1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Markus Junnikkala, "Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

The Fermi Paradox & the Aurora Effect (Narration Only)

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:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern

Produced & Narrated by:
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Jakub Grygier

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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"

The Fermi Paradox: Zoo Hypothesis (Narration Only)

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

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Mihail Yordanov
Udo Schroeter

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Genetic Divergence & Civilization (Narration Only)

In the future we might see the rise of minds entirely on computers, be it uploaded humans, transhumans, or artificial intelligence. But what would such an existence be like? Would they interact with our world or live in entirely virtual realities or simulated universes?

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Life as a Digital Being
Episode 237; May 7, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Life As A Digital Being

Parallel Universes, Multiverses, Alternate Timeline & Realities are the focus of many theories of physics and popular science & science fiction.  

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Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities
Episode 238; May 14, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker

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Isaac Arthur

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Parallel Universe & Alternate Realities (Narration Only)

Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities

Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would star with a mind of its own be like?

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Conscious Stellar Objects
Episode 238a, Season 6E20a

Written, Produced, and Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors
Andy Nelson
S. Kopperud

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Tristan3D

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Music by Aerium
"Visions of Vega"
"Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
"Waters of Atlantis"
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Conscious Stellar Objects (Narration Only)

Antimatter represents both the most powerful weapon and most powerful fuel for a future humanity, if we can ever learn to make it efficiently and store it safely.

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Antimatter Factories & Uses
Episode 239; May 21, 2020

Writers
Isaac Arthur
Steve Nixon

Editors
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

Produced & Narrated by
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
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Antimatter Factories & Uses (Narration Only)

Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!

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SFIA Monthly Livestream 19 - May 31, 2020

As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police and future crime and law enforcement.

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Space Police
Episode 243; June 18, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Matthew Acker
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Udo Schroeter

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