Comparing Earth technology with alien civilizations | The Kardashev Scale
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- THE KARDASHEV SCALE. We have no idea what an alien civilization would look like. Humans are evolved primates. What if an alien species is reptilian? Or more like an insect? Or a hybrid of these? Or maybe something completely unique that we couldn't even imagine.
There is only one set of universal laws that every species must follow. Physics. Specifically energy.
One way to measure a civilization is by its energy consumption. This is done with the Kardashev Scale.
By using the Kardashev Scale, we can address some big questions about alien civilizations. Like: Fermi's Paradox. It's estimated that there are 40 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way that could support life. Certainly a few of these should have given rise to intelligent life. And if so, where is everyone?
A recent study done by researchers at JPL and CalTech states that when a civilization finally reaches a certain point on the Kardashev Scale, it destroys itself. Which is why we haven't discovered any evidence. They're gone.
And the Kardashev Scale addresses the most worrisome theory of all. If there are advanced civilizations in our universe, it's probably best if we don't make contact with them.
Let's find out why.
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Everyone who starts watching this channel seems to get hooked first watch.
I wonder if there's a Kardashian scale that measures how backward a civilization is?
There should be ☠️😂
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It's called Twitter
Reverse-Kardashian Scale, it might be called. ☺️
It’s measured in Fettermans.
The type Kardashian scale has definitely set our advancement back 200 years
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I think why I love these videos so much is because I honestly don't know if I am terrified or just amazed.
Those two emotions are closer than people think.
Lol yeah, I know what you mean. At first yes, the fish was getting to me only cause it sounds like other people in my family because were all from New York and Jersey. But now I'm kinda use to it, but he def has his moments when he's too much.
i believe that’s called _awe_
I love you brother. I watch each episode weekly and wait eagerly, but your even delivery means I can fall asleep to back episodes. Stay gold
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Two hunters are walking through the woods. They come from different tribes and speak different languages. The first hunter spots the second hunter first and remains unseen. The first hunter knows the second hunter is dangerous because it is armed with deadly weapons. The first hunter has three choices.
1. Kill the other hunter while it has the strategic advantage. (no risk)
2. Contact the other hunter and see what happens. (some risk)
3. Remain unseen and allow the hunter to pass (risk temporarily delayed)
This is the decision an advanced civilisation would have with regards to human life on earth. They've seen us, but theoretically we haven't seen them yet. This is why it's not a good idea for us to broadcast our location because the least risky decision is to simply destroy us. The only difference is that in the scenario above the two hunters have an equal chance to win against each other. However we have no chance to win against a civilization that is higher on the scale than us.
It's my opinion that if they made it through type 1 they're likely at a state of enlightenment where violence is no longer considered an option and maybe just studying us to gain better understanding of their own early existence or to prove hypotheticals in their own theories.
I agree about the enlightenment part. Any civilization greater than type one will probably only exist by overcoming basic biological flaws such as violence, greed etc. This reason alone is why I do not fear intergalactic entities. I fear humans.
One of my favorite quotes: Either we are alone in the universe or not. Both are equally terrifying.
Option 3 should really be remain hidden and follow, watch, study him. And option 1 is not zero risk. He can't be certain that one shot will kill him. The other hunter may survive the attack and retaliate.
I'm also reminded of an old SNL sketch where aliens land and make demands. The military, led by John Bellushi, conclude they aren't advanced and they actually found the space ship.
@@scottys1423 Love that quote. Absolutely true.
I wish I could remember the story I read about our first contact with aliens. We were broadcasting "hello" messages out into the universe, and a nearby system took several years to build a machine to reply to us. The message they sent back was "Shhh, they'll hear you"
what are you talking about? are you referring to some supposedly true story or....what...what are you talking about
@@YearsOVDecay1 Sorry, no not a true story. It was a science fiction novel. And I still don't remember what it was called lol, but it was great. The idea being that the galaxy was filled with civilizations but they were all hiding from a terrible race that destroyed everyone they found. And we were the idiots just broadcasting our presence out into the universe. So the closest "other civilization" to us sent us a message to stfu lol.
@Ryan the book is called the three body problem
@@PKAnane yes!!! Thank you friend 🙏
So you're referring to a creepypasta called "radio silence" I believe is what it's called. It's a real short story but damn that ending is amazing.
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Right! It's always trying to send me to the history channel lol😂
Incredible channel! Beats ANYTHING of the genre I've seen in a decade, and I'm including mainstream TV shows. Keep up the great quality and content!
The crazy thing about being fearful of aliens from outer space mainly has to do with what we do to each other and animals so we assume they'll do the same to us.
Well, humans are animals
The more advanced we become the more we try to protect less advanced life forms. Even if we run into destructive aliens, aliens like us will likely attempt to protect less advanced life forms. Any aliens who destroy become targets for destruction themselves
Yes, if a society is advanced enough to internally get along and explore space, they’ll likely have the good sense to not be huge dicks to other intelligent beings. The idea that they would cruelly bulldoze or exploit other intelligent life is short sighted. They would understand the risk of an antagonistic, noisy posture to everybody else in the universe.
@@youtubename7819 Well, this is you thinking like a human, using human feelings and emotions and reasoning. But these aliens are not humans. Genetically, emotionally, mentally, environmentally different from us.
They may just see us the way we see virus on earth, and just simply spread their version of "penicillin" on us. Eradication of disease. Bye bye to us 😆🤣
@@gonearethedays4983 sorry, wrong reply at first. If they saw other intelligent life forms like bugs, in the long run other life forms would take issue with that and they would run into trouble. It’s a big universe out there.
To me, The Three Body Problem has the most convincing ideas about this. The circle of logic that necessitates hiding, and destroying anyone we do contact, is so bleak - but so logical.
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Where have you been, Cameron? We've been waiting for you to notice us! Glad you finally found the channel. Welcome aboard.
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Antimatter as a power source would change this technology scale. Bob Lazar worked on this Alien technology at S4 at Area 51. So Alien UFOs are type 4 or 5 or 6 even
I wish my fish could talk. 😪
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I’m sorry but did he say it will take 1 to 500 years to be type 1 society? LOL how does that make any sense it can either be achieved NEXT year or not until another 500 years from now 😂😂😂
@@AmberUnavailablebecause many believe the us government has zero point energy source and antigravity tech and that it’s just a matter of disclosure.
I think nobody has found any alien life with telescopes or maybe contacted any with I think mainly lasers because their range is limited to what's called the past and future light cones respectively, and earth is 4.6 million years old or maybe even was created when the universe was roughly 9 billion years old! And even the former is true, that means Earth's age is only roughly a 1,300th of the universe. Source: *The Universe Tells Our Story* series by Jennifer Morgan.
And Hecklefish =]
This channel is amazing. I found it about two days ago and cannot stop. The scientific approach, using fact and current understanding. Thank you for educating clearly and comically!
These ideas are both infinitely complex and simple. It takes a certain personality type to convey complex ideas in a way that is accessible yet fascinating. I can use your channel to educate my six year old niece on ideas that are difficult to make fun.
Thank you, keep educating and exploring the universe(s)!
The way I have to keep rewinding this I love these videos
You've heard the expression "we're from the government and we're here to help"? Now imagine an alien race telling us that. They definitely do not have to have bad intent to harm us.
Exactlt. Look at live aide and u2. Ended up finding warlords that used violence to subjugate africa and slave labor mine diamonds. Then u2 does jewelry commercials. The original intent was for good but it turned out badly for everyone involved except the celebrities. Would or could very much be like that with aliens. Say they give us a technology and we misuse it and abuse it, so they say screw it they may as well exploit it for their benefit somehow. Could potentially have happened already in our past.
So intelligent that they have no emotions and have no problem dissecting us like insects.
The way you explain things and tell the story from a point of view is so interesting, I've never even thought about it that way.
"This has all happened before, and it will happen again." I thought that the most interesting thing about the latest incarnation of BSG was the idea that humans as a race have developed through several incarnations, each time creating the instruments of its own destruction, through developing technology, especially AI. And here we are.
Thank you for this thought-provoking, informative and always entertaining content!
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I agree. We are all “shheeeeppp!” 😂 on a serious note. It’s good to have balance in life and mind. And although there are a lot of theories. He keeps his feet on the ground. I just hope that one day. We can look back at this and say. “He was right, and wrong. They really don’t care about us. They do their thing, we do ours.” Oh wait he has said that recently. I quote;” You don’t try to explain life to a bird. Why would we explain life to you.”
On a personal note. I don’t think anyone will use Nuclear weapons to fight. Not lots of them. It seems war is moving more to large drones with bombs. Still horrible.
And Musk is right. There’s a first time for everything. AI and Quantum. That’s going to be dangerous. Very dangerous. Why. People creating it crave power, money and land. People like us who love all things are not building these things. We are sitting back watching. It’s our will to live that drives us. Our conscious that guides us. Our love that leads us. It’ll be interesting that’s for sure!
@@Wood-In-My-Eye Isn't it an ancient Chinese curse that says, ''May you live in interesting times''? I'm old enough to value the good ol' humdrum; I know how to create plenty of calm, positive interests.
Hecklefish is your “inner voice?” As Heckle himself would say, “that’s depressing.” 😆
If you can both form matter from energy and pull energy out of the expansion of the universe, it would never be necessary to be so grandiose with building projects. The more our technology advances, the more discreet it becomes as we push it into the background. Humans particularly crave the aesthetic of simplicity even if that simplicity takes a lot of work behind the scenes to seem so effortless.
When we truly advance, this world could resemble an untouched paradise again and not wrapped in steel and glass and plastic.
While I agree that I love nature, the woods, and places that are untouched by man or Technology, not everyone thinks like us.
I know this because I have spent the better part of my life constantly trying to convince my family to relocate to Alaska. I consider "living off of the grid" in the woods far from any town, city, or neighborhood "almost like Heaven on Earth", but many in my family consider this lifestyle Insane and Scary.
Many City Dwellers would compare a week in the woods without Electricity, indoor plumbing, and Supermarkets to Hell on Earth.
There are probably more people who hate being in nature or away from technology, than those who would love living that way.
There are so many human beings that would die the first two weeks without cars, take out food, smart phones, apartment complexes, and Government oversight.
The idea that we as a lower tech civilization would know things about a higher tech civilization and what they do amuses me and reminds me of the Star Trek TNG episode where Data lost his memory and the primitive villager lady acted like she knew everything about him when it was all completely wrong.
One of my favorite/strongest contenders for the Fermi Paradox solution (at least in part) is basically that we are very early to the game of life arising. Since there is so much we don't know about the necessary conditions for life (or even how to exactly define "life"), it could be that life was only ever able to begin in the universe around 5 billion years ago. I think there could be variables which we cannot take into account that might hinder life from being able to arise and that ours is one of the first civilizations.
In the cosmic timescale, the universe is only around 0.00000000000000000001>% (or some other sarcastically small number) through it's "life expectancy." Even though a tremendous portion of that time is spent without any activity/light/interactions within the endless blank void, there are still trillions of years down the line that would be suitable for life to evolve.
Also, if life could only begin ~5 billion years ago (coincidentally, around the beginning of our solar system), there could be a million other civilizations that could be in our exact position evolutionarily & technologically that we can't observe yet. If another society had our same exact level of tech but was 2000 light-years away, they would only see the Earth as it existed in 23 AD. If they sent a message at exactly THIS moment (to a planet that shows no signs of technology or intelligent life), they could only expect a reply after more than 4000 years at a minimum.
The other solution I like is that these alien civilizations operate on much longer time scales that humans. If a single message takes 500 earth years for them to transmit (which they experience the same way that we experience our temporal perception), we could spend centuries listening only to the pause between message and assume nothing is being emitted.
Billions of years is so ridiculous
yeah, you gotta read between the lines when the aliens are talking
One thing for certain, no civilization would get anywhere without an articulating thumb. 👍
@@douglydooright4580 As The Last Great American Hitch-Hiker, I endorse articulating thumbs. Thumb drive is an advanced, eco-friendly propulsion system.
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I think my favorite thing about your channel is your presentation of these concepts. You ride the wave with us as a believer while you relay the facts, then at the end you bring it all back down to reality. It seems like a lot of people who fill your genre tend to lose sight of the truth due to wanting it to be true as opposed to finding out if it is true. You gained a sub :^)
That is why I subbed as well.
@@shadowconvoy Ditto
I found myself incapable of finishing the first handful of videos because I was like "come on that's not even possible" and eventually I accidentally finished one and was like oh I'm a dumbass this isn't one of those channels.
oh, that is perfect!
I too enjoy penetrating concepts
It blows my mind on how we have advanced soooo much in the last 100 years, compared to the rest of history.
True and mysterious.
Aliens
We've advanced technologically, but the human species as a whole is about as dumb as most of the peasants in the 1800's. People still think the earth is flat. Mentally we're going backwards.
Not only that, but look at population. In the mid-1970's were somewhere around 4 billion people on the planet. How many thousands of years did it take to get there? Yet, in the last *50 years*, we've managed to double that number. Frightening, isn't it?
I do caregiving for a 101 year old woman. Can you imagine the changes she’s personally experienced? Crazy stuff.
Hi AJ, I've seen dozens of your youtube talks and by far, this was the most fascinating. Hope you can keep up your incredible run. Gary
I LOVE videos about this stuff... Just imagining there is or was a civilization so advanced before we even existed, that we cannot even comprehend said level of technology... is amazing..
I love this one, AJ. Great job clarifying the Kardashev scale. Your level of dedication to perfection and your level of research are unparalleled. Thanks for another banger! 🔥🔥
Happy to see a space related video! I know we were talking about space a lot after I requested a video and it’s really cool to see the research you’ve done!
Thanks for being part of this community, Gabriel!
ur a good human. u get it
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@@haraldpettersen3649 really? Is this sarcasm?
Antimatter as a power source would change this technology scale. Bob Lazar worked on this Alien technology at S4 at Area 51. So Alien UFOs are type 4 or 5 or 6 even
I don't think Kardashev would have come up with this if he'd worked on this formula today. In the 1960s, computers took up entire buildings, TVs used valves and CRTs, producing so much heat (and consuming huge amounts of power) that they got to be called "curtain burners". No-one foresaw that computers could be tiny and battery powered, and TVs run at room temperature. That's just two examples of how we in fact use less energy with technological advancement. The current thinking is that exponential energies are required for rapid interstellar travel. This is only In an Einsteinian universe but the ETs don't get around like that. They use the Principle of Non-locality, as everyone now knows (don't they?). Advancements in technology bring improvements in efficiency. I think John Barrow got it about right.
And all these telescopes being pointed at the sky to look for radio signals: that's not what the Little Green Men are using - they prefer muons. Radio waves are bad for our health, and theirs.
This channel has some of the best content on the tube of you, and the humour is right up my street lamp.
I don't know how you do it, but it seems like you always come up with the most plausible theorys to these ideas! Another amazing piece of hard work!
I appreciate the comment, Anthony!
@@TheWhyFiles only complaint of mine is your choice of a 🐼 makes me think 🍕 gate
The extinction of the human species all depends on whether we can leave earth. An extinction level event happens fairly often on earth.
I laughed so hard at the alien text messages I turned into an extraterrestrial.
Dude your theories and research are so such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for all your relentless research. It’s cleared up alot of BS for me. Keep it up my dude.
You know it's gonna be a good one when Hecklefish breaks out the tinfoil hat. And it was! I love space and technology
Ha! He loves that hat!
I don't know how ANYONE doesn't wear a tinfoil hat!
Im pretty sure I've seen AJ put it on before. That's when you buckle up. 😂😂. I've binge watched that many lately I couldn't say which one it was or if I'm getting confused lol
I am always taken by the professionalism and researched detail this bloke
Heckelfish funny as heck on this one😂 enjoyed this episode as I do all.
I've always found it interesting how, in sci-fi movies like Independence Day, or Battleship, we plucky humans through our cleverness are able to defeat a civilization thousands of years more advanced than we are. Yet, it is almost impossible to imagine any way a military from 100 years ago having any chance against a small, modern military of today.
That’s because our tech is probably 50yrs more advanced than we know or see. They already have bases on mars . Reverse engineered alien tech. Just think about the original terminator- how did they come up with those things? They already had it. Simple.
Really? Ever heard of Vietnam or Afghanistan?
@@AristonSparta Those names seem vaguely familiar. Perhaps you can help me remember. I'm not sure which part of my post you're referring to. Are they a thousand years less technologically advanced than the rest of the world, or are they a military from 100 years ago?
Vietnam and Afghanistan were guerilla wars. Independence Day and Battleship were strategic.
@@AristonSparta😂 if we wanted to wipe them off the planet we could have easily. Citizens would be in an uproar if we just nuked them. Also they were not 1000 years less civilized they were like 20 years less max.
Man i love your videos so much
So glad you're here, GD! If there are any topics you'd like covered, let me know!
@@TheWhyFiles wierd conspiracy theories are cool, gets your brain thinking
@@georanger6180 Agreed.
finally a human who understands
I think its better to measure a civilisation based on how civil it is. How far above greed and selfishness they have risen. And how loyalty, integrity, and kindness are viewed. And how much respect EVERYONE affords others.
Fuck that.
Love your stuff AJ! Thank you for great content!
Another scary thought is from The Three Body Problem book series, where the reason theres no evidence of other civilizations is because nobody wants to be found out of fear that they'll be destroyed by a far more advanced civilization. Even if you make contact with a weaker civilization theres, because of the distances between worlds theres no way to know if that civilization will eventually overtake your own technologically and then destroy you before you even realize it. So like a sniper that gives away his position, as soon as a civilization is discovered it is immediately destroyed without question. The risk is just too great.
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon is an interesting book if you want to read a sci-fi book that explores the rise and fall of galactic civilisations. Considering when it was written it’s pretty mind blowing.
Thanks for the recommendation!!
Pretty sure that other civilizations that have actually managed to work collectively in order to progress to their full potential, will not be as destructive as ours.
Not all intellectuals are obsessed with self enrichment as we are
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Fermi wasn't as bright as we give him credit for. His error was to assume that higher evolved life forms would subscribe to our own relatively primitive ethics and morays.
The reality is, that higher evolved civilizations generally do not impose themselves upon the lesser evolved. It is inappropriate to do so. Basically, it is considered an affront to common decency.
They will engage (and have engaged with us) throughout history, either when called upon, or to save us from our own destruction (by deactivating nuclear missiles, for instance.)
I've always thought fermis paradox is just time and space, if only 2 or 3 advanced civilizations arise in our galaxy every million years or so we'd never know.
I've had this thought since grade school , if no one is answering , maybe there's a reason to be quiet . And here we are , glowing like a lightbulb with all our transmissions .
I think it's safe to say that if you are so advanced you can create multiverses that you are also intelligent, wise, friendly and benevolent towards far lesser evolved species of your own creation like us.
Thanks AJ loved the episode x
Thanks so much, Matt. Really glad you're here.
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I just found this channel like two days ago and I cannot quit watching the videos one after another. Keep up the great work
Thanks again for all your hard work and time! Love every episode! Nice necklace too! You rock!!
its awesome to have a channel that actually teaches important stuff!!! god bless you guys!
Recently discovered this channel. Absolutely love this channel and hope you stay posting for years to come.
Where have you been, Titan? We've been waiting for you to notice us! Glad you finally found the channel. Welcome aboard.
AJ great video as per usual mate. Just a quick question, would you or thought about doing an investigative video about the Xenon 129 found in large swaths on Mars. There's been serious credence given to the theory that the amount detected was the by product of two serious nuclear fission-fussion explosions, many millennia ago. Possibly by a natural occurrence, or maybe an elimination by a hostile species?
Wow! This is a GREAT topic! I'm all over this!
@@TheWhyFiles great stuff mate 👍
Or maybe, and i say this with an insane amount is skepticism towards all government given narratives, Mars is just a rock in the sky. It could be something created from the imagination of some politician's son's imagination. I don't believe anything that was programmed into our psyche beginning in kindergarten while we were most impressionable. By controlling the narrative, they can continue to control the world
Another excellent episode. :) This concept of technologically advanced civilizations ultimately destroying themselves could be explored in a subsequent episode of the discovery of unusual amounts of Xenon-129 on Mars. There may be a natural source for this, but our imaginations (and current understanding) bring us to the possibility that an advanced civilization once thrived there and failed... Anyway, might make for some fun mischief.
Best channel on the net bro,great thought out content, and a dash of sublime humour.😂😮😊
I always wondered if we were just a universe created in a petri dish. A school project for a super intelligent race. We have no idea how big or small we really are.
Size is all relative. For a universe taking place in my pubic hair I am a true Lovecraftian cosmic god. The Great Defiler.
@@luckystroke126 all hail the crab God!
Don't bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me.
Yes, we were created
@@tomn8tr I agree. By what or how is still in debate. No matter what a person believes, we were all created.
I'm so glad I found this channel. Your content is amazing, in just a few days I've gone over most of it. It's so interesting I just can't seem to stop watching!
Im almost out of why files videos to watch. This channel is amazing. Love from Uganda.
Wow this one was way over my head! I’ll have to watch it a few more times. I understood the scale but now the technology.
Ahh man, I was always kinda excited about alien visitors but now I think it's pretty firmly not a great idea. But I'm still gonna worm them into all my conversations and push away everyone I meet at the bar 😂 great video!
I feel the same way Jacob. Discovering aliens would be the most significant discovery of all time. But the things that can go wrong... wow... so many things.
Antimatter as a power source would change this technology scale. Bob Lazar worked on this Alien technology at S4 at Area 51. So Alien UFOs are type 4 or 5 or 6 even. The fact we are still here confirms Aliens are not interfering with this primitive planet
Brilliant video again! Loving it , still the best on you tube ,by a million miles 👍👍
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2:49 I love the Kardashians so much when they make memes like this in real time 😭🤣❤
I can’t get enough of the why files. Give my love to hecklefish
Binging the videos of the channel even if I've already seen them all and I never miss a new release! Rewatching makes me rediscover stuff I forgot and get a few things I missed. it helps the channel with the algorithm.
Aj I must say the dedication u put in your videos is amazing. Some of the best content on TH-cam. Keep safe n healthy
You're awesome, Zach. I'm glad you're out there.
you that make these The Why Files videos-I like that you’re doing this; these are great videos; I’m enjoying them. so... thanks, man.
Fascinating 😮 I love being introduced to new concepts to leaen more about. Thank you Why Files! 💖🙏🏽
In 2020 a qualitative classification was suggested by Ivanov, Beamin, Cáceres and Minniti. They suggest that advanced civilisations would adapt to their environment and be therefore harder to detect the more they advance. Their paper is quite interesting.
It's similar to John Barrow's scale in my opinion
Makes sense. We are looking for radio waves and can’t find any. They prob have something far superior to that.
Perhaps they would look like animals
Yes it is sir! It embarked me on a journey of research that is completely mind bending to ponder 🤔
@@bengalbrown2834Exactly. We're so arrogant to assume that our path of technological development is the only one out there. For all we know an advanced civilization might be communicating entirely through telepathy and even though that would still be some form of radio waves ultimately, they won't be the ones we're looking for and even if we stumbled upon them chances are we would ignore it for it wouldn't appear as anything that would normally get our attention.
The Three Body Problem trilogy is a great set of books to read on this subject. It’s very eye opening about how contact with aliens might happen and what follows after.
I can’t believe I’m just discovering your channel! Amazing content!
And it's quite possible that we could hold an alien device in our hand and not know the difference.
I think the Fermi Paradox fails to take one very important factor into account. That factor is distance. If the speed of light is truly the hinderance that current science believes it to be, then the mind boggling distances between stars explains the lack of alien contact better than the Fermi Paradox or any other explanation.
many physicists don't believe light is a limiting factor (space warps and worm holes are possible).
This is the best show on TH-cam. The content is awesome and the banter with you playing straight man to a Gold fish is classic. Keep up the great work.
Thanks AJ for another great episode!
The difference in civilization is based on the morals of a society, greed is humanity’s biggest self-struggle.
I learn something from WF every single time I watch it. It’s excellently researched, constructed and presented. 🙏🏼AJ
I find it hilarious that humans being barely a "type zero" civilization think we have the ability to dictate this scale or quantify its end. We can only begin to imagine the physics exploits we could hope to uncover. Discoveries that could make all of these predicted advancement scales a complete waste of time or energy.
Michio Kaku himself noted on several podcasts that the human race is about a .70 and will be a level 1, fifty to 100 years.
Exactly. I compare it to a far off diplomat judging our industrial/technological progress by the number of telephone booths he can find. But of course, we have moved past that, they are completely obsolete.
Exactly. Look at hard scifi books like the Three Body Problem (spoilers ahead), the Trisolarian race could barely survive a Chaotic Period on their homeworld until late in their development. That species ended up learning how to unfold protons into multiple dimensions without having to harness the power of one of their three suns. Yea, it's fiction, but still. Then you look at the Bobiverse (We are Legion, etc) and the Bobs end up defeating a technical Type II civilization with just Type I technologies.
The scale is incredibly subjective. While energy use is important, I don't think our species knows enough to determine that FTL drives or other far-off inventions would necessarily require massive amounts of power beyond what we can conceive. It's just a big unknown. Additionally, the "order" of inventions isn't known. If some race develops efficient nanomachines before space travel, that race might never ever need overwhelming amounts of power.
Good comment!
I agree! We can’t even get out of our way!🤔😵💫🙄
I wonder what we rank on the ants scale?
Very nicely put..., you got my interest. The best we cañ do :
Put safeguards in plaçe
2) develop A i.
3) acknowledge/accept the eñtities as individuàls
4) respect same
5) có-exist in peace and harmony for the good of all
6) co-operate for the benefit of all
7) we need the help of the A.I. so mankind cañ get to that level of civilization
We don't even need AI some civilizations most likely found a way to get around that
One episode i must have missed. But Dúde ! this older Ep. is Awesome as well!
great video as always ! AJ, do you think we can reach interstellar travel before we nuke ourself ?
Thanks, Adam! To answer your question: I *hope* so but... I am not so sure we can.
@@TheWhyFiles it would be really cool if all the countries unite and instead put all of the money for military for something cool like space exploration
A civilization can't be measured - or at least shouldn't - based solely on their technology and energy used etc but instead on their attitudes, philosophy about themselves and life and how their culture is structured. What type of music, literature do they produce? What kind of art do they make, paintings, sculptures?
I would be curious to know: Do they make movies? Holographic arts and stories told through advanced means? Do they have religions and if so how do they get along with one another? What ideology or ideologies do they have? What kinds of foods do they eat and drink do they consume? What values do they have? What are their fashion like? Do their children have toys like ours do? Is there any crime and if so how do they manage it? Are there drug addictions or addictions to other things like sex, gambling etc? How do they treat their elderly? Is there slavery?
Other questions we should wonder about and if we ever encounter any alien civilizations should include: What is their history and how did they develop? What challenges did they face that they overcame and how? What challenges do they face now? How was/is their healthcare? Do they use currency? What are their economics like? How do they communicate? Is their one single language or many? What is their government like or do they also have many separate countries and governments like we do?
Alien civilizations and their capabilities would be important to know but without knowing their background and culture knowing what type civilization would not tell you if they are friendly or hostile or what they are likely to do with their technology.
I think when aliens would visite earth, they would be very surprised and confused about the fact that we speak so many languages, that we have so many countries and cultures....and tha we are so hostile against eachother....
@@frankv8891 Maybe they will. But it is possible they will be reminded of how their civilization used to be at an earlier point in their development.
Its not like these aliens were always so superior and enlightened. It is very likely I think that all humanoid "alien" civilizations had their equivalent of Ancient Roman & Greek times, Medieval and Renaissance periods. I doubt they came out of the cosmic womb all enlightened and woke lol
Fantastic channel. Best content. Thoroughly researched and objectively presented. I didn’t like Heckle Fish at first but he’s grown on me.
One of the best ones yet, episodes 👍🙏😎 keep going & heckle fish too!
I found your channel a few days ago and I am already a BIG FAN. Thank you so much for the super entertaining content and God bless you!!!
We measure time as the number of the revolutions our insignificant planet makes around a pretty small sun. Perhaps what we call 13.5 billion years is really a very short time and we just happen to be the first "intelligent " life form. After all there must be in some way the first. Of course this could spiral into an infinite discussion. Anyway, consider it.
Always get so much enjoyment from you guys, thanks
this was one of your best shows yet. love it. as long as you can find the goldie lox zone you will always find life............
Another great video Sir!! Just a phenomenal delivery of information with the research to back it all up, all the while never coming from a jaded or opinionated viewpoint. In all honesty, having since discovered your channel, your videos are more or less the de facto background check for all the intriguing stories that you come across on TH-cam now. Articulate, extremely well-researched, passionate delivery, right amount and timing of humor, and you keep it all grounded by not assuming or making radical un-substantiated claims. Thank you
If Hawking believed it was a bad idea.... chances are it's a reeeeeeaaaaaallly bad idea. That dude was one of the smartest people ever to have lived. We shouldn't dismiss his words of caution.
Hawking got things wrong and there are many current day scientists just as smart if not smarter than hawking, he was merely a more popular figure in the science community than most who remain out of the limelight. I'd argue that Hawking had just about as much idea as any of us, we are alike in that we are theorising the unknown.
It's dangerous to assume that your ideas may not be very good just because someone portrayed to be much smarter than ourselves disagree
@@MeryddJ and you have to add the FACT that science is not absolute truth. It never was. It never will be. Science is looking for answers and there are many examples of scientists getting things wrong. Also a lot of it is purely theoretical as well. Moreover there is always disagreements about a lot of things among scientific community over things that are hypothetical and science doesn't yet have the means to prove/disprove such hypothesis. Examples are numerous. What science is certainly successful at is developing our understanding and knowledge. But there is still a lot more when you start talking about things such as the quantum physics universe inter galactic time and space etc. The knowledge about these is still in its infancy and humans might never reach that point where some or everyone is able to even comprehend the complexity of these concepts. You may never know.
ever wonder if Hawking was a “Shakespeare” type of situation?
As in was Hawking just a group of people behind the curtain?
Wtf?
This is probably the best channel ever! Great ep
When thinking of the universe as we humans currently perceive it, I am reminded of sentinel island. This primitive place is isolated and it is illegal for people to go there as the natives are hostile. They don't know about shopping malls, cars, airplanes let alone cellphones or skyscrapers. Our countries are like alien planets to them. I think this is how the earth is on a large scale. We are so barbaric and primitive, like the people on sentinel island, that they are forbidden to interact with us, it would blow our minds and lead to our own destruction
The Kardeshev scale sounds frighteningly similar to the Kardashian scale. (the scale that measures what percentage of your body is plastic)