Could Humans Actually Build A Dyson Sphere? | Answers With Joe

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    Dyson spheres come up a lot in science fiction, as well as in discussions around alien civilizations. But what are they? Do they exist and the even bigger question... Could humans ever make one?
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  • @dspartridge84
    @dspartridge84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Aliens "Shit they can see us. Oh they think randomly dimming stars are natural, good we don't have to talk to them yet"

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Always presume the most plausible but prepared for the improbable

    • @AnMComm
      @AnMComm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Gary Hochstetler there's one less bright star in Pleiades constellation nowadays, for example.

    • @AnMComm
      @AnMComm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gary Hochstetler to be honest, I don't now, but it was depicted differently during the bronze and early iron age. During the bronze age the celestial motifs were all over the place because of agriculture, and iron was originally a "star metal" gained from meteorites, as ore from Earth itself required more difficult approach.
      And now, one of the stars (or, possibly, a clump of those stars seen as one) shown there is gone.
      There are others, but this is the one I know of.

    • @AnMComm
      @AnMComm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gary Hochstetler And when, exactly, did I say it couldn't be natural? Whatever it was, it happened before humanity even came to exist in the first place.

    • @urmomsbf4934
      @urmomsbf4934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly i don't blame them

  • @Phlegm187
    @Phlegm187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1375

    I vacuum my rugs with a Dyson sphere every day what's this guy on about.

    • @spruceg00se
      @spruceg00se 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Al Castill asking the real questions my dude

    • @MrTaxiRob
      @MrTaxiRob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Al Castill CATS

    • @jamesdavis9036
      @jamesdavis9036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL

    • @anthonym2457
      @anthonym2457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      who tf vacuums every day

    • @Burbanana
      @Burbanana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@anthonym2457 people who value hygiene

  • @DERTHIX
    @DERTHIX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    1977
    Aliens: “SOS, Help us our world is dying”.
    2020
    Aliens: “WHY THE HELL HAVEN’T YOU HELPED US”?

    • @MegaSandyvagina
      @MegaSandyvagina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Aliens 2021: "human...the other white meat"...or...or "humans...tastes just like chicken".

    • @chrisbraid2907
      @chrisbraid2907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oops sorry Aliens, I read that as Dining and thought you knew that we couldn’t make it ...

    • @themanandi
      @themanandi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      More like
      1977
      Aliens: "Oh hi glad to finaly get a message to you."
      2020
      Aliens: "I thank we need to just stay away form each other.....sorry."
      #blameCOVID

    • @sardoniclysane
      @sardoniclysane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be fair...signals came from different locations and uh....why would they bother reaching out to a species that barely can leave the atmosphere?
      (That said I love the joke and I did laugh. I’m not a complete buzz killington)

    • @sardoniclysane
      @sardoniclysane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MegaSandyvagina we taste like pork. Hence the phrase “longpig”

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I think a Dyson swarm has one big advantage: when the time comes to pack things up and run it would be much faster than dismantling a Dyson sphere. It could be rearranged away from the star during the supernova blast and wait for the star to become a white dwarf to rearrange it again.

    • @zanly5039
      @zanly5039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sol isn't gonna go supernova iirc, but it's still gonna grow giant so yeah still a good plan lol

    • @WinVisten
      @WinVisten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sun-sized stars don't supernova, they make planetary nebulae. Stars need to be at LEAST 8 times as massive as the sun.

    • @John-Perry
      @John-Perry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think you underestimate the size of the bang that the sun will make when it dies. We'll want to be very far away, and the swarm might just have to be left behind

    • @jready1455
      @jready1455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or we can make stars go supernova and extract all the energy from the blast

    • @matthewhedge8955
      @matthewhedge8955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think just a single nuke would be enough to dismantle a Dyson sphere it doesn’t even have to damage it much just knock it off balance so the sun will swallow it

  • @kenduxbury7122
    @kenduxbury7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    "The Kardashian Scale":
    Illustrates the level of continual regression human civilization is capable of.

  • @toddwelsh8353
    @toddwelsh8353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    "um...Earth." You gotta love the commitment to a running gag.

    • @fourthpanda
      @fourthpanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Actually got to a point where it was legitimately annoying.

    • @richardcheese4680
      @richardcheese4680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      fourth panda isn’t so funny the 5th time in a row is what I thought.

    • @chaosincarnate7304
      @chaosincarnate7304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fourthpanda If him failing to say Earth annoys you I have no idea how you got so far through regular life without getting a cardiac arrest.

    • @fourthpanda
      @fourthpanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chaosincarnate7304 lol

    • @wolfiewoo3371
      @wolfiewoo3371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fourthpanda I actually really liked the joke

  • @jwbflyer
    @jwbflyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +893

    Sadly, humanity’s biggest hurdles are social, not technological.

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Haha you humans do suck XD you can't even talk with trees

    • @resete9274
      @resete9274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This is true to an extent

    • @bhanureddy2087
      @bhanureddy2087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ShadowLynx777 yeah alien bit@h

    • @remicaron3191
      @remicaron3191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This is the truest statement I've ever seen written. I fear we don't have very much more time to figure it out and are cutting that time down with every birth. We speak of equality and merit but only practice in-group and relations. The world today produces approximately $6500/year of "value" yet half don't make that much and a 10,000th of us make much much more. Until we learn that all basic needs of the people must be met and we agree to lower our numbers to a sustainable level we are heading to the end of the HUMAN RACE. And it is most likely already too late since we use up the Earth 3 times faster than it can heal itself. Too bad we couldn't grow up as a people instead of concentrating our efforts for the few at the expense of all of us.

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bhanureddy2087
      Forests were here before y'all, so if you're playing like that, you're the aliens

  • @robinhammond4446
    @robinhammond4446 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The solar wind info is understated, thanks for covering that. If the shell were of uniform thickness, you'd experience only the Sun's gravity when inside the shell. This basically mean all the energy you're trapping arrives beneath your feet.

  • @lightsoda7445
    @lightsoda7445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    The shell idea is basically like levelling your own house so that you can never pay for utility bills ever again.

    • @BuggaBoy69
      @BuggaBoy69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It’s like leveling your house so you could build a solar panel big enough to power your (now non-existent) house

  • @vincentcleaver1925
    @vincentcleaver1925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    "You can't destroy the Earth! That's where I keep all of my stuff..."

    • @stefaness2153
      @stefaness2153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @J Fz "Look how they massacred my boy"

    • @animistchannel2983
      @animistchannel2983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @J Fz Vincent was making a reference to a 1990's superhero spoof cartoon called "The Tick."

    • @akgarada
      @akgarada 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know good space movers that can help move your stuff!

    • @AXharoth
      @AXharoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      nobodies talking about how hard that would be , would we need to wait for lava to cool ?

    • @nixord54
      @nixord54 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Post-humans: hah, Dyson Sphere goes BRRRR

  • @maasaiguy1193
    @maasaiguy1193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It would be cool to see Joe go through how humans would progress through the stages.

  • @MrSmity
    @MrSmity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’ve already started on mine. Dyson Sphere Project

  • @surferdude4487
    @surferdude4487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "You can't destroy the Earth! That's where I keep all my stuff.". The Tic

  • @elbozo5723
    @elbozo5723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    "How do we stop global warming and move towards renewable energy?"
    Google: You can use solar power, wind power, even fusion and fission...
    Bing: *BUILD A DYSON SWARM*

    • @martspil9848
      @martspil9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well a dyson swarm would basically be full solar power

    • @russhamilton3800
      @russhamilton3800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Acting like the earth has a magical optimal temperature is silly. The earth has been much hotter in the past and much colder in the past and it will be again. FFS

    • @martspil9848
      @martspil9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@russhamilton3800 when it was hotter we humans weren’t here, the earth isn’t dying, it will just be harder for humans and many other species to survive. And we do have proof that the CO2 production of humans is causing a new excess which causes this climate change.

    • @russhamilton3800
      @russhamilton3800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@martspil9848 blah blah blah... We cant do anything about it and our contribution is deminimus, both overall and compared to the Chinese.

    • @scottbeeler1532
      @scottbeeler1532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@russhamilton3800 we totally cause changes to the environment on a global scale, in 2020, due to Covid we produced a far lower amount of CO2 and it made the planet hotter….cause there wasn’t enough CO2 to block enough incoming heat from the sun vs how much there was to trap it, science is weird or some shit

  • @superposition2644
    @superposition2644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    5:53 What in the universe is a watt per second? A watt is one joule per second, which is a measurement of power.

    • @40watt53
      @40watt53 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Acceleration?

  • @docferringer
    @docferringer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good timing for this video! A game called Dyson Sphere Program just entered Steam Early Access. It's sort of like Factorio and Satisfactory had a baby, and that baby decided to build a giant ball to play with. You pick a random star cluster with up to 64 solar systems to mine for resources. They even have neutron stars and black holes, though I am not sure what those do,

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    What's that one planet called again?

    • @lw4570
      @lw4570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      One sec. Its uh. Its... Earth

    • @joaovictorhasse1630
      @joaovictorhasse1630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I'm open to corrections, but I heard somowhere it's something like Œrth... I guess?

    • @Railstar1976
      @Railstar1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      "Erf". Which is also, coincidentally, the sound I make when I drop my peanut butter sandwich. It must be a very disappointing place.

    • @azhari7968
      @azhari7968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why does everyone on earth keep forgetting that planet name? Smh

    • @Hummelsbusch
      @Hummelsbusch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Erf. Ers. Ehrve...

  • @darthmoomoo
    @darthmoomoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    5:55 Watts per second is a misnomer. Watts already measure the rate of energy use.

    • @BasicPoke
      @BasicPoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correct

    • @philipeanthonybattung3860
      @philipeanthonybattung3860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Watts is Joules per second right??
      Oh god my Thermo prof will kill me.

    • @Lefygrens
      @Lefygrens 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is simply joules per second per second O_O mind blown

    • @TanaisNL
      @TanaisNL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Lefygrens It's the acceleration of power production/consumption!

    • @philipeanthonybattung3860
      @philipeanthonybattung3860 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gerald H but isn't that joules only. So W/s = J/s/s = J

  • @craigbond1513
    @craigbond1513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Joe, you should upload these as podcasts on Spotify, would be awesome.

  • @JK-gl7bf
    @JK-gl7bf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    In Avengers Infiniti Wars Thor and rocket got to a Dyson sphere essentially to forge stormbreaker.

    • @heliveruscalion9124
      @heliveruscalion9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it kinda was a dyson sphere wasn't it?

    • @Al-ok1lj
      @Al-ok1lj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting theory. Good one mate!

    • @Manie230
      @Manie230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@heliveruscalion9124 it totally was. But a pretty stupid one because it was only used for one forge. I mean fuck they could have used the energy for so much more but nope they used it for that one forge.

    • @Herm.Q-92
      @Herm.Q-92 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On a much substantially smaller scale because it was around a neutron star, orders of magnitude smaller than the star we refer to as “the sun,” but exponentially more energy output I think is the case. Not 100% sure so don’t proceed to roast me if I’m mistaken.

  • @family535computer
    @family535computer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Note to future humans (or post-humans): Build the Dyson Swarm for all of your energy needs, but keep the earth intact and use it as a giant living history museum.

    • @MrArchy1986
      @MrArchy1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Unless future humans can pull matter out of other dimentions, they will need to use earth for building materials to build that sphere. and probably all the rest our solar systems planets.

    • @saladinbob
      @saladinbob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What history would that be? Snowball Earth? Without the Sun Earth is dying, and if you build the swarm far enough out to enable Earth to be within its orbit, you A) defeat the entire object, and B) throw all sorts of additional gravitational equations into the mix.

    • @keenfire8151
      @keenfire8151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Elon Musk thinks all industrial should be done off planet. So you arent the only one with that mindset.

    • @DOSFS
      @DOSFS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@saladinbob If they can build a dyson sphere, they can used portion of those energy to artificially light and warm Earth if they want by using other fantastic technologies that we can't even imagine of at that point.

    • @DJaquithFL
      @DJaquithFL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO .. Humanity is way to self-destructive and and incapable of global cooperation. Maybe our replacements if any...

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    “We don’t have the technology to see close enough.”
    In 100 years: That alien close to Alpha Centauri is looking straight back at me!

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Even creepier: "That alien was looking straight back at me... five years ago!"

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We'll know our telescopes have gotten good when you and the alien can give one another "the nod".

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Brenden Heitzman ...
      I guess from now on I'll have to announce when I'm joking.

    • @protus3882
      @protus3882 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      intergalactic gang war intensifies

    • @joshuatraffanstedt2695
      @joshuatraffanstedt2695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brenden Heitzman yes, we're all aware of that, thank you.

  • @SkaterKing101
    @SkaterKing101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    When I imagine a dyson sphere my head goes straight to the Death Star.

    • @petergant8767
      @petergant8767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We'll build a Death Star, LONG before we have enough raw material to reach out to Earth's orbit, in all three dimensions!

  • @mcgeorge
    @mcgeorge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i always thought The Kardashev scale should have more tiers like 1 and 2 great but to jump to 3 as galactic is a massive leap why not level 3 being the energy equivalent of your local star cluster or of a blackhole

    • @foogod4237
      @foogod4237 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the idea was that it would be something similar to a log scale (which is often useful when you get into really large ranges of values anyway). That is, each step on the scale doesn't _add_ to the previous, it _multiplies_ it by a given factor each time.
      But of course the values used for the different steps are arguably kinda arbitrary, so they're not really totally consistent with a log progression either. I did think some time back about trying to develop a similar scale that was actually internally numerically consistent, but never did get around to really trying...
      (I also think it'd be cool to have a scale that reflected appropriate numbers for earlier civilizations too (i.e. "harness the energy of a wood fire", "harness the energy of a continent", etc)...)

  • @Unotch
    @Unotch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The fact that we never found a Dyson sphere might prove that we are alone .... or just that it is a very dumb idea and that they all have better solutions once they reach a point of technology where they could build one.

    • @86BuzzSaw
      @86BuzzSaw ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or that we just wouldn't be able to see it as it would be covering their star... Or that its just a very dumb idea.

    • @Unotch
      @Unotch ปีที่แล้ว

      @@86BuzzSaw You know, if we think that they would build a Dyson sphere we also assume that they would need a constant flow of energy equal to a sun. I mean ... what the actual F would they be doing? Charging a billion electrically driven space ships? But while charging the space ships their home planet would be in the dark?
      I am very sorry but Dyson was a moron - as proven by all the aliens out there NOT building his sphere!

    • @patrickcullen2714
      @patrickcullen2714 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We are definitely not alone and a dyson sphere cannot be built

  • @jakobfredriksson2272
    @jakobfredriksson2272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Destroying Earth?
    Earthlings: "Challenge accepted".

    • @jonathanseiersen513
      @jonathanseiersen513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice profile picture.

    • @calebmartinez9350
      @calebmartinez9350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *future property values are going to be...interesting*

    • @williamh4172
      @williamh4172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The earthlings working toward destroying the earth are connected to entities not of this earth...

  • @brodymears1185
    @brodymears1185 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how these videos are perfectly long enough to watch on my lunch break, as well as entertaining and interesting

  • @mynameisunknown2368
    @mynameisunknown2368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    How could we ever evolve like this if we’re constantly at war with eachother? In order for this to happen humanity has to understand life and stop killing eachother.

    • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
      @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, internet wouldn't exist without WW2

    • @IveGotAHondaFifty
      @IveGotAHondaFifty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      War has always been and probably will always be a big part of our species, we advance technology much faster during wartime and on the downside people die

    • @themustardman219
      @themustardman219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      War and death makes people determined to make technology to stop the war and death. Then wars break out because of the advanced technology which causes death, which makes people determined to stop the war and death. War is a bad time for life, but a good time for technological advances. Plus, even with stuff like this, in the past years, technology has been advancing way more quickly. 100 years ago, we had basically nothing, and shitty living conditions and jobs. 50 years ago, we had some cars and guns being made, with the first computers being made. 20 years ago, we had shitty computers that could run pong or solitaire at best. 10 years ago, decent phones and computers and consoles, games like Skyrim. 5 years ago, we made drones and such. A year ago to today, we now have computers that can store terabytes of data easily, and drones that we can fly on, along with actual retractable plasma based lightsabers, and random people in their garage making laser cannons. Within 10 years, we could probably make something akin to the first iron man suit, without the missiles. Even with horrible conditions, there are those few people that keep on making awesome advances.

    • @adriansmith3427
      @adriansmith3427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wars actually are the driving force of innovation. True wars are shit, but we would not have technology we have now if it wasn't for war!

    • @dankhill7917
      @dankhill7917 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That will require one nation to rule the world.

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    I love you Joe

  • @PaulPaulPaulson
    @PaulPaulPaulson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Isaac Arthur: Will we build a dyson sphere around each star or just around most stars?

    • @cactichris9829
      @cactichris9829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Click Bait let’s build one around our planet

    • @trzascan
      @trzascan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@cactichris9829 a little counter productive but you go the spirit

    • @mux2000
      @mux2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I wondered how far down the comments section I'd need to go before seeing Isaac's name. Answer - second comment down 😆

    • @choonbox
      @choonbox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Isaac Arthur is quite out-there but it's nice thinking about the far (far) future. Event Horizon is also a great podcast by John Michael Godier. Sublime subjects for an old, curious guy like me.

    • @hjk3927
      @hjk3927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The sun is a relatively quite and calm star. I guess building Dyson spheres around more active stars will be a bit more challenging.

  • @John_Weiss
    @John_Weiss 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yep, what Dyson originally meant wasn't a _solid sphere,_ but something now referred to in sci-fi as a "Dyson Swarm". The Orion's Arm Universe Project makes heavy use of spherical Dyson Swarms, as well as Dyson Swarms in other geometries.
    So, I actually met Freeman Dyson, back when I was in grad-school for physics. [One of the professors in my department knew Dyson, and managed to get him to visit and give a colloquium.] I found him quite humble, and he was a bit perplexed that we were all so honored and impressed to meet him.

  • @dominikvereno8404
    @dominikvereno8404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:53 I'm no physics expert, but does Watts/s make sense in this context? Wouldn't it just be Watts, since we are talking about power and not the increase of power?

    • @Jay20181
      @Jay20181 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah i think its either just watts or joule per second

  • @teemumiettinen7250
    @teemumiettinen7250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Mercury has feelings too....and its crying because its surface temperature is 430 *C....we should really release it from its pain...

    • @Thoughtmage100
      @Thoughtmage100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed, lets help it find its purpose in life.

    • @isaiahhurley7942
      @isaiahhurley7942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2121 be like: micro life on mercury be suffering. STOP THE SPHERE. STOP THE SPHERE! lol and then all we will be rolling in our graves!

    • @sixjhontongalamar979
      @sixjhontongalamar979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes let's end its suffering... by destroying it ourselves

    • @40watt53
      @40watt53 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's like 0 degrees on average, 130 + or - depending on the time.
      Yes it's in celsius.

  • @mysticmermaid333
    @mysticmermaid333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    *whispers* "the mormons were right!" 😂
    (My family is LDS, so I find this reference very funny)

    • @supercalifragic1551
      @supercalifragic1551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I mean, if any Religion is correct it'd be Mormonism. It's the only religion with a logical cosmology and follow through, and purpose of life. Other religions effectively believe in Damnation as a heaven- Damnation being the lack of eternal progress and growth. So if that's you're view of heaven then congrats, that's the heaven Mormons believe you'll get even if you don't follow Mormonism (A heaven without eternal growth. And the lowest tier *may* even be a heaven with blackjack and hookers), just that there is a higher purpose above that eternal life. And the purpose of life is to grow up to become like their predecessor / father / parent. Humans -> Gods.

    • @tahunuva4254
      @tahunuva4254 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supercalifragic1551 Mormons - repeat the same mistakes your parents made! 👍

    • @LG123ABC
      @LG123ABC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@supercalifragic1551 Yeah, humans tend to make lousy gods so, no thanks.

  • @philmatthews3537
    @philmatthews3537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Q. Could Humans actually build a Dyson sphere? A. No. video ends at 6 seconds.

    • @chrisbraid2907
      @chrisbraid2907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Correct Answer is : Not Currently.... video ends in ten ....

    • @martin3288
      @martin3288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We can but not now

    • @squirrelofdoom3830
      @squirrelofdoom3830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@martin3288 I dont think you grasp the scale. The surface area of the sun is 6,000,000,000,000 square kilometres. If you could cover 1 kilometer per second, it would take 190,000 years.
      And a Dyson Sphere would need to be built millions of miles from the sun, meaning the area needed to be covered orders of magnitude bigger. Its simple not possible. It would require the resources of millions of solar systems and could not be completed in any kind of realistic timeframe.

    • @MrBakersown
      @MrBakersown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@squirrelofdoom3830 huh you sound like the people who said we would never leave the planet.

    • @squirrelofdoom3830
      @squirrelofdoom3830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrBakersown Not really. See there is a difference in speculating about the theoretical possibility of say, interstellar travel and something that is just ridiculous. A dyson Sphere is proposed to be built 1 AU unit from the star, meaning the surface area would be about 29 trillion square kilometres. Or about 57000 times the area of the Earths surface.
      Where are you going to get the trillions of tons of metal and glass and cable from?
      If you had access to the raw material, and we could produce 1,000,000 square kms of the Sphere per day, it would take 77000 years just for the manufacturing.

  • @favesongslist
    @favesongslist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WoW What Original Worldview, Loved this episode, great start to 2021 Joe.

  • @Just_Sara
    @Just_Sara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You know, maybe I'm weird, but the fact that he tells us he loves us means a lot to me. And the fact that it's weird that he says it says a lot about our world today. Thanks for loving us, we love you too.

    • @georgeno5300
      @georgeno5300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know I finally didn't even think about it this time. I agree with you but thanks for making it weird again.

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@georgeno5300 My job here is done, then, you’re welcome. 😝

    • @danfontaine8179
      @danfontaine8179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You need to get out more

  • @JaydLawrence
    @JaydLawrence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The book "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)" has a lot of these concepts and is awesome!

    • @Chace957
      @Chace957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fantastic series

  • @WesDaviestravel
    @WesDaviestravel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You're like a mixture between Tim Roth, Jimmy from Bright Insight, and Howard from Big Bang Theory

    • @binalith4898
      @binalith4898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wat de heck

    • @justinianthegreatandnerd6377
      @justinianthegreatandnerd6377 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@binalith4898 ja

    • @freedapeeple2536
      @freedapeeple2536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know who Tim Roth is, but I am familiar with the other names. I think it's outrageous to compare Joe Scott favourably with Jimmy from Bright Insight; a man who is a legend in his own mind and doesn't know the truth even when it's spelled out for him in plain, simple english. The only thing bright on his chan happens if you shine a flashlight in your eyes while watching it.

    • @DawnDavidson
      @DawnDavidson ปีที่แล้ว

      Tim Roth from Lie To Me?

  • @orinblank2056
    @orinblank2056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Been playing Dyson Sphere Program recently, and it's interesting to see the theories that the game mechanics are based around. I recommen the game to anyone who likes games like Factorio, and who deosn't have problems spending hours building an extensive system to automate the construction of a single thing

  • @carpenter3069
    @carpenter3069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Kardashian scale: The amount of money you make increases as your usefulness declines.

    • @rednammoc
      @rednammoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You've misspelt Cardassian. I've no idea what a Kardashian was, nor do I care to find out.

    • @nicholasluigi
      @nicholasluigi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@rednammoc Stupid plastic people who do nothing but make so much money its sad.

    • @Jmartin_leo
      @Jmartin_leo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That sounds just about right...

    • @MrPoster42
      @MrPoster42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Reminds me of the "Peter Principle".
      Noting that people in a hiarchy tend to be promoted until they reach a job they aren't very good at. Then that's where they stay.

    • @ac.creations
      @ac.creations 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rednammoc haha a Dan Murrell joke

  • @SIB1963
    @SIB1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    "Watts per second"? I think you mean "joules per second", also known as...watts...

    • @Piotr_P_M
      @Piotr_P_M 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I must admit I find it disappointing to see watts used as energy unit on this channel and this throughout the whole episode.

    • @redstonerti9918
      @redstonerti9918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Piotr_P_M what's wrong with watts

    • @aok2075
      @aok2075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@redstonerti9918 Joules is the unit of energy. Watts are the number of joules per second

    • @aok2075
      @aok2075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Piotr_P_M These mistakes are easier to make than you realize.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aaaaand it goes to 2021 recap episode.

  • @Eyedunno
    @Eyedunno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Joe sort of hinted at this, but it seems to me that by the time we're capable of far-future technologies like Dyson swarms, or even sending large payloads (like humans and life support systems) on interstellar voyages, we probably won't need these technologies, as simulating minds (either through mind uploading or good old-fashioned AI) is a much easier problem to solve, and would likely reduce the energy needs of our civilization and the need for large payloads to send intelligent beings to other stars.
    There is the scenario in Charles Stross' Accelerando where our solar system is taken over by essentially a ravenous A.I. virus that does dismantle all planets and moons to create a Dyson swarm, but presumably if future "life" is intelligent and posthuman, it can train itself or reprogram its own minds to restrain these impulses in favor of sustainability.

  • @alexanderstewart3039
    @alexanderstewart3039 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for all the great and positive videos you put out. I also love the affection you have for our species. Please keep up the great work!

  • @christopherbsavage
    @christopherbsavage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I like how showed a picture of Q while mentioning gods of time space. Bravo.

  • @Alex88lee
    @Alex88lee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As bad as 2020 was, At least we have Joe to tell us he loves us at the end of each video.

  • @jamesheinz6325
    @jamesheinz6325 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome shirt Joe, thanks for this episode

  • @sylnz97
    @sylnz97 ปีที่แล้ว

    only found this channel recently and I must say I love his humor

  • @Deathington.
    @Deathington. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    If you like this video Isaac Arthur goes really in depth with this topic as well as things like it.

    • @bakuamad5519
      @bakuamad5519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Check out Accelerando by Charles Stross as well. It's about the possible technological evolution of the human species and talks quite a bit about Matrioshka Brains. They are an all digital version of a dyson swarm.

    • @NaRhala
      @NaRhala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yeah, Isaac Arthur (youtube) absolutely bestest about all the things. careful cuz its really addictive if u into real, plausible, physics based futuristic thingies : )

    • @anno5936
      @anno5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I found Joe's channel because of Issac... topic was the Fermi Paradox

    • @junrosamura645
      @junrosamura645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like his topics but I cannot listen to his voice. Unfortunately, it's unbearable for me.

    • @SolarShado
      @SolarShado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bakuamad5519 Accelerando's great! I've read it 2-3 times. And you forgot the best part: you can get it for free from Stross's web site: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html (fair warning: the site's a bit slow)

  • @davidnemeth2061
    @davidnemeth2061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Sorry Joe but this "Örf" place you keep mentioning? Never heard of it, must be somekind of wacky place.

    • @arnom1885
      @arnom1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I use that every time as my planet of origin in RP-games :P

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I may be mistaken, but it sounded like Örþ to me.

    • @zynosgd9982
      @zynosgd9982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Anyone not speaking Swedish (or maybe similar nordic languages using ö): What?

    • @bullie86
      @bullie86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zynosgd9982 nah.

    • @markhatvani6785
      @markhatvani6785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@zynosgd9982 Hungarian, kind of related to Finnish. Earth -> Örf -> Föld

  • @cholasimmons
    @cholasimmons 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I just found this video from watching Curious Droid, and you have earned my subscription sir!

  • @rsh6994
    @rsh6994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny stuff and very educational. Great work!

  • @4077Disc
    @4077Disc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Why would you want a vacuum cleaner that is shaped like a ball?

    • @wolfvale7863
      @wolfvale7863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Aerodynamics.

    • @deviantaffinity1626
      @deviantaffinity1626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So I'm not the only one who thinks about Dyson vacuums every time Dyson spheres get mentioned.

    • @brechtstroobant9879
      @brechtstroobant9879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Vacuum cleaners don't work in a vacuum

    • @synccrow114
      @synccrow114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      360 degrees of sucking is actually the name of my biography.

    • @year6million
      @year6million 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@deviantaffinity1626 i think of dyson spheres every time i see a dyson vaccuum

  • @TheHandsomeOne
    @TheHandsomeOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Joe: Lets built a Dyson Sphere
    Mercury: My time has come.

    • @mohamedb737
      @mohamedb737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not only mercury but also... how to call it... hmm.. erf?

    • @ivannoreland5656
      @ivannoreland5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mohamedb737 no

    • @Blackhole-go3sx
      @Blackhole-go3sx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mohamedb737 I think it's called Eath

    • @kykk3365
      @kykk3365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...Sends shivers down my spine
      body's aching all the time
      Good bye, everybody - I've got to go
      gotta leave you all behind to face the truth...

    • @musicguy20
      @musicguy20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice pecs bro...

  • @jp3b875
    @jp3b875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a very thought provoking video!
    The idea of uploading human consciousness into a computer makes me wonder what kind of experiments (outside of any kind of “Turing Test”, which at best could only confirm that the information content alone in a test subject’s brain has been uploaded) could confirm that the test subject’s conscious awareness has been transferred to the computer.
    It would be great to have a reliable alternative for survival (e.g., as a computer upload) if some life threatening problem with the Dyson Sphere technology should occur.

    • @bigboss-tl2xr
      @bigboss-tl2xr ปีที่แล้ว

      What kinds of experiments? Only one needed, just a have spouse or sibling ask it a very personal question that no one else could possibly know!

  • @rhysp7552
    @rhysp7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hahahah you have a great sense of humour - funny & informative content

  • @nihildomini
    @nihildomini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Shows picture of Q.
    "How can an audience relate to a character that can solve all his problems at the snap of his fingers?"

    • @jacksonrathb3076
      @jacksonrathb3076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Q who ;)

    • @karlstruhs3530
      @karlstruhs3530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jacksonrathb3076 HE GOT BORED

    • @That-JC
      @That-JC 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly my first thought! Q!

    • @Pit.Gutzmann
      @Pit.Gutzmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The real Q could only solve problems by creating more problems with a snap of his finger...

    • @Pit.Gutzmann
      @Pit.Gutzmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Q is kinda like the God of the Bible...

  • @bradwessel9338
    @bradwessel9338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Dude, the writing and editing on this channel, first class all the way. 👍

    • @haruruben
      @haruruben ปีที่แล้ว

      Bot 🤖

    • @willh2739
      @willh2739 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@haruruben dude! He's not a bot, he just probably liked the kardashian-kardashev joke, it was funny!

    • @haruruben
      @haruruben ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willh2739 these generic comments are placed by bots

  • @donleedon1977
    @donleedon1977 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most videos when it gets to the thanking of the sponsors I get to the next video. I wait on yours. Because I need to hear the "I love you guys". I feel you mean it. Love you too Joe.

  • @geolam58
    @geolam58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You crack me up, every time!

  • @500midnightmary
    @500midnightmary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    When my husband can't get to sleep at night he tries to design a Dyson sphere in his head. He gets a little farther each time.

    • @HeftyYeti8764
      @HeftyYeti8764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I just want to say that I was here before this man builds a Dyson Sphere

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@HeftyYeti8764
      Breaking news, man builds a super space mega structure that can encompass our Sun right out of his back yard. More details at 11

    • @clairpahlavi8830
      @clairpahlavi8830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Edging towards a disappointing reality. They won't function in the hypothesized manner.
      Although engineering might succeed, it's unlikely they would ever be constructed because the idea is based upon "just stupid".
      In physics, in economics, in mathematics = won't work, not enough materials, doesn't add up except in fairytales.

    • @marcopohl4875
      @marcopohl4875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      not to different from how my mind works, maybe I should try that sometime

    • @justsomeguywithtattoos6267
      @justsomeguywithtattoos6267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@clairpahlavi8830 what would in your opinion be a better solution to getting energy once the human race goes extraterrestrial?

  • @RealEstateRonFL
    @RealEstateRonFL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Man, I totally thought you had done a Dyson Sphere episode.. maybe it's time for one on False Memories? :D

    • @mizzshortie907
      @mizzshortie907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought so to🤔🙄🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @jasondcerny3646
      @jasondcerny3646 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here! Joe, did you do an episode on Tabby's Star, and maybe mention a Dyson Sphere in that?

    • @TucoBenedicto
      @TucoBenedicto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mandela Effect? I think he had one.

    • @danielbloedorn7983
      @danielbloedorn7983 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He already did a video on false memories i thought.

  • @Terra_Lopez
    @Terra_Lopez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video -- very fun and entertaining. I especially like your 'earth' schtick.

  • @elha7982
    @elha7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the first time I heard that it wasn't envisioned as an actual sphere. Glad to have watched this

  • @ThingsYouMightLike
    @ThingsYouMightLike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    "the Mormon's were right" - Duh, South Park called it years ago.

    • @atosz066
      @atosz066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Expanse

    • @daveb5041
      @daveb5041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dude you said the same thing on the last answers with joe video I watched, come up with some some more material.

    • @ThingsYouMightLike
      @ThingsYouMightLike 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daveb5041 me?

    • @flyfish20six99
      @flyfish20six99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What were the mormans right about tho..
      🤔
      does everyone get their own planet?

    • @matthewsperry7847
      @matthewsperry7847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of course we are 😉

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    *humanity reaches type 1*
    "Congratulations! You finished the tutorial"

    • @daedracian9982
      @daedracian9982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice one

    • @Mdautkreix
      @Mdautkreix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Problem is we spent the rest of our VC maxing out destructive tech en route to type 1...
      🙃 *Great Filter has entered the chat*

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mdautkreix well if we don’t find any aliens we passed the great filter

    • @Railstar1976
      @Railstar1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Reapers have entered the chat.*

    • @Manie230
      @Manie230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bruh4. wich is the only thing I hope. As soon as we find life elsewhere the countdown begins. And it’s a matter of time that we will be hit by a great filter.

  • @Sadowsky46
    @Sadowsky46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wasn’t the reason for the loud „WOW“ this time that the large telescope dish crashed down? 😛

  • @pandaburbero5842
    @pandaburbero5842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think there's one more question:even if we could build a dyson sphere,how would its mass and its gravity(as well as the loss of the planets needed as material) influence the orbit of other planets,asteroids and comets in the solar system?

  • @mhoover
    @mhoover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    We've already started to build a Dyson sphere. Every solar panel is a piece of one.

    • @WackyAmoebatrons
      @WackyAmoebatrons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That would be Dyson Dust :-)

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every solar panel is just a piece of one piece of one

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    (Looks at script)”........Earth”
    Best laugh I’ve had in a minute

    • @Andrew-zq3ip
      @Andrew-zq3ip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I hear things get funnier via repetition

  • @mahina1963
    @mahina1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Larry Niven's Ring World is a great example of the problems involved in such an endeavor

  • @JockKowboy
    @JockKowboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your videos this weekend and I've become a HUGE fan. Definitely give us a lot to think about with each new video. And you're also pretty handsome too. 😁

  • @daveb5041
    @daveb5041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    *The borg arnt even type two, so a type two would be pretty scary and I hope they dont find that stupid golden record*

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah a type 2 is a whole other level of amazing. That's a society that is so advanced that they just don't give a fuck about anything. "Xyrtar a meteor is supposed to hit the planet in a few hours, have you packed my favorite indestructible graphene socks for the trip to Ringworld Gamma B?"

    • @stevegrieb6596
      @stevegrieb6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No worries. We've found that the concept behind the Voyager Map is so flawed as to be useless.
      medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/voyagers-cosmic-map-of-earth-s-location-is-hopelessly-wrong-2affdf9c400c

    • @viklaauma9151
      @viklaauma9151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevegrieb6596 Thanks for the link very interesting

  • @thingextreme4889
    @thingextreme4889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The "WOW" SETI signal is an encrypted warning from the final boss of 2021.

    • @That-JC
      @That-JC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh crap.

    • @davidsworld5837
      @davidsworld5837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the wow signal was the vote for trump to win just took too long to get here

  • @chrissinkinson6436
    @chrissinkinson6436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Joe! Great insight as always and just signed up to Nebula etc.. great for a geek like me!! Great to know a bit more about Dyson spheres after the introduction in the Bobiverse.. another great geek fest!!..Speaking of space stuff... Hope to see more UK colabs with Dr Becky as well.. 😁

  • @DennisRyu
    @DennisRyu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny. There is a game coming out in a week called "The Dyson Sphere Project" where you play a robot flying through the galaxy to build factories that harvest resources of planets to build a dyson sphere. Even more funny is the background story. Humanity build a supercomputer that is able to create a true virtual reality for humanity to live in, but it needs so much power that only a dyson sphere can support it.

  • @patricksanders858
    @patricksanders858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Considering that in less than 100 years we went from crawling on the ground to visiting the Moon....5 BILLION years sounds like enough time.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But all Earth's multicellular life will be dead in about 1 billion years because, ironically, there will be no CO2 in the atmosphere - which means no plant life. Only non-photosynthesis/extremophile bacteria will be able to survive then.
      But yeah, 1 billion years is time enough.

    • @kazeshi2
      @kazeshi2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sunnyjim1355 letting our star run its natural course won't happen unless we die out anyway. we should be able to remove heavy elements from our star via star lifting and we can add more hydrogen if we want to extend its lifetime. not that we would necessarily want to as stars are likely not the most efficient way to create and store energy.

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kazeshi2
      Sapping some of the mass of the sun would also decrease the rate of fusion, counteract the heating of the earth as the sun ages, and would increase the lifespan of the sun.

    • @Gorindakia
      @Gorindakia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sunnyjim1355 why won’t there be any CO2 in the atmosphere in a billion years?

    • @nobbynoris
      @nobbynoris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only that we're not gonna survive the next thousand years the way we're going on.

  • @wyattblaine7066
    @wyattblaine7066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    "The Mormons were right" fucking sent me lol

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You need to apologize to Mitt Romney.

    • @spochan4
      @spochan4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      HA I had to replay it just to be sure what I heard!

    • @derekbaker2134
      @derekbaker2134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where was this? I never saw it...

    • @heliveruscalion9124
      @heliveruscalion9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah where was this

    • @derekbaker2134
      @derekbaker2134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@heliveruscalion9124 he whispered it around the time he talked about planets I believe

  • @proudpapaprick
    @proudpapaprick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I mean. The reason we haven't found any objects or creatures out there in space is that space is huge, and we've barely gone out into it at all with signals and machines. Could be tons out there, we just can't see it yet.

  • @coreym5068
    @coreym5068 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man, i know its been a while and all, things in our lives got crazy.... but i have missed you. And thank you for this good brain get bigger stuffs.

  • @cryptounhinged5680
    @cryptounhinged5680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great channel Joe. You cover almost all of the weird stuff I think about constantly. Keep it up!

  • @loganwolv3393
    @loganwolv3393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Whenever a new unique/weird signal comes in:
    Everyone - Must be aliens!
    Magnetars and randomly dimming planets: Am i a joke to you?

  • @babblingbrooke8516
    @babblingbrooke8516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Addendum...The Hansen Planitarium was the predecessor to what is now a technological improvement known as the Clark Planetarium in SLC UT. It (the Hansen Planetarium) used to present weekly a beautifully adapted starshow based on Asimov's "the Last Question", that being "How do you reverse entropy?"...

  • @MrMemej
    @MrMemej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello Joe, first I want to say I love your videos but I feel I have to mention what I think is a scientific typo at 5:54 watts/sec should be watts or joule/sec. Please correct me if I didn't understand it well :)
    Very nice video!

  • @BrockNorton1985
    @BrockNorton1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    you got an actual "psschut" (lol) out of me with kardashian scale.

    • @nfdr0kk3rz
      @nfdr0kk3rz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to be confused with the cardassian scale

  • @merlinwizz3997
    @merlinwizz3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Videos like these give me goosebumps every time!
    Just the thought of a advanced civilization is encouraging.

    • @holocene2164
      @holocene2164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have the exact opposite reaction...

    • @mim8312
      @mim8312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not sure a Dyson sphere or swarm would be "advanced" as opposed to foolish.

    • @garythecyclingnerd6219
      @garythecyclingnerd6219 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mim8312A small swarm makes sense. You don’t need to capture ALL the sun’s energy. A swarm capturing 1% of Sol’s output would also end our energy issues on Earth

  • @heyven565
    @heyven565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that joke with the "earth" 🌎

  • @AmaraJordanMusic
    @AmaraJordanMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh the SHADE thrown at Mercury. That was BRUTAL. 🤣

  • @TylerStillPlayz355
    @TylerStillPlayz355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    2120: We've come prepared for this year... Hears that Dyson swarm is now large enough to block enough light from the sun for life to shrivel on... on... Earth!

  • @joed1950
    @joed1950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks so much for the most interesting concepts and ideas in this video. It took me a few minutes to realize you are discussing far future possibilities and necessities. Very interesting.
    Again, thank you.

  • @Linck192
    @Linck192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't find this "Juice: How Electricity Explains The World" on curiosity stream

  • @fcan222
    @fcan222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Please freeze my brain and wake me up when we're at type VI.

    • @HSamee
      @HSamee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You'd be so outdated though. Like a Abacus in an age of planetary quantum computers.

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HSamee
      But that means they'll have the tech to make his brain into an advanced modern one, the problem fixes itself

    • @HSamee
      @HSamee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ShadowLynx777 assuming they have technology that's compatible with the current age human physiology. I'm highly doubtful whether humans will be the same creatures they are now by then. we might be the evolutionary equivalent of Darwinius masillae compared to homo sapiens. But hey that's just my pessimistic take on the whole thing. Your opinion is just as valid as mine and speculative as well in terms of accuracy. There is just to many unknowns to assume any outcome of which there are many.

    • @ShadowLynx777
      @ShadowLynx777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HSamee
      But you don't get it, if they've mastered spacetime and multiverse convergence, they can easily make an adapter for an ancient brain. Your looking at what they will be, I'm looking at what they can do :)

    • @HSamee
      @HSamee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lakshmiwillowrose5112 all this time I was finding myself, and I didn't know I was lost..

  • @Duo2
    @Duo2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "his world seems a lot more fun than mine"
    be careful what you wish for.

    • @datboi1026
      @datboi1026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like ur pfp my guy

  • @edgarjones6824
    @edgarjones6824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nuver great show Joe, thanks but.......
    Can't find that curiosity stream doc🙁(yes I have a subscription as suggested by yours truly, thanks ) Is it cos I'm in UK perhaps ?

  • @alexia3552
    @alexia3552 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the running gag of checking the paper

  • @mooktakim
    @mooktakim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There's no need to cover the entire star with swarm. Because orbit is like a disk, you could just capture all the wasted energy, heading out from North and South of the star. You can leave out a stripe in the equator to for planets to get light. You could consume majority of the energy.
    This also means the planets can still be used for living, Dyson sphere only for collecting energy.

    • @mardethkellerman1182
      @mardethkellerman1182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too many khan 2-D thinkers, nice to see some 3-D thinkers!

    • @parasocial2375
      @parasocial2375 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mardethkellerman1182 lol

    • @MinibossMakaque
      @MinibossMakaque 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can't just position collectors north and south of the star. As you said, orbits are disks. Any collector orbiting over the north must cross though the plane of the solar system into the south. With a full swarm there would always be collectors at the equator, even if none were in an equatorial orbit.
      Of course, at that level of technology and energy, you could always just have collectors making course corrections to ensure the sun is never obscured from the planets.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MinibossMakaque The dynamics are more complicated but you definitely can make orbits which are stable out of the equatorial plane. They would need to be eccentric orbits and would naturally precess but could easily be designed so they never cross the equator.
      However if you listen to the video the easiest and most effective solution a statite was already mentioned. A Statite does not orbit instead of using angular momentum to counterbalance gravity like an orbit would a statite cancels out the effects of gravity with radiation pressure instead.
      As such a statite would remain fixed in position relative to the Sun at all times. In summary in a true Dyson swarm you can have any configuration of collectors you want because the collectors would not be satellites but *statites*. No pesky orbital interactions or transits to worry about. Both Isaac Artur and Cool Worlds have discussed this in a fairly comprehensive manner though cool worlds missed that the idea he proposed quasites already existed as lagites. (though honestly quasites sounds better)

    • @MinibossMakaque
      @MinibossMakaque 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dragrath1 Oh right, he did mention radiation pressure. That's pretty cool.
      I don't understand how you can have orbits that don't cross the equatorial plane though. Do have a resource where I could learn about that?

  • @Guust_Flater
    @Guust_Flater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    According to Isaac Arthur : Yes, we could.

    • @endsinvention1390
      @endsinvention1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Isaac is the man.

    • @endsinvention1390
      @endsinvention1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They say if brute force isn’t working... you’re not using enough of it.

    • @jtb6737
      @jtb6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We can built, but can we solve the radiation and gravity issues.

    • @anthonymoses3697
      @anthonymoses3697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, he'd probably say that we'd go for a Dyson swarm, not a Dyson sphere.

    • @zainkhwaja8688
      @zainkhwaja8688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anthony Moses I just watched Issac Arthur before this, and he would

  • @kenjohns1982
    @kenjohns1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:53 And Loki shows us a type 6 with the Time Keepers

  • @PiDsPagePrototypes
    @PiDsPagePrototypes ปีที่แล้ว

    3:47 - Expects video insert of Q.
    3:48 - Oh, yeah, there's him too.

  • @samsawesomeminecraft
    @samsawesomeminecraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    5:53 what's a watt per second? is the power increasing at that rate? Watts per second is Joules per second per second, right?

    • @alekz112
      @alekz112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah that got me too, a lot of educational channels run by laymen use watts as a unit of energy. Makes me question the entire video, to be honest. Fortunately, this is just idle entertainment for me. If I really want to passively imbibe credible information, there's always Veritasium, Steve Mould, Braincraft, Kurzgesagt, etc. etc.

    • @nobbynoris
      @nobbynoris 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What?

    • @hellfire66683
      @hellfire66683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The watt is the most commonly used unit of measure for power. ... A watt equals a joule per second. If a smart phone uses five joules of energy every second, then the power of the phone is five joules per second, or five watts.

    • @isaacthecorncob
      @isaacthecorncob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alekz112 But, you already know about what he actually meant, so why does it really matter? I mean, if that affects your view of the video or creator then you should probably take a better look at those other channels. They've all made mistakes at some point, and most likely used at least one word where they shouldn't have.

    • @alekz112
      @alekz112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@isaacthecorncob Doesn't really matter, no. Like I said, it's just idle entertainment for me. Chill.