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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
Episodes
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Outward Bound Series Intro
An Introduction the Outward Bound series on Colonizing and Terraforming our Solar System and beyond See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
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Upward Bound Series Intro
An Introduction to our Upward Bound Series looking at launch vehicles and megastructures for getting into Space, as well as some awesome projects we might…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 12 - September 29, 2019
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, August 25, 2019, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered! Get…
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Alien Civilizations Series Intro
An Introduction to the Alien Civilization series. Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise…
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Fermi Paradox: Great Filters Series Intro
An Introduction to the Fermi Paradox Great Filters series. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon…
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Aloof Aliens
Discussion of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations often hinges on the idea that they may have ascended to a higher state or higher level of reality, and…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 00 - Livestream Introduction
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 01 - September 30, 2018
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 02 - October 28, 2018
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 03 - November 30, 2018
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 04 - January 20, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 05 - February 24, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 06 - March 31, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 07 - April 28, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 08 - May 26, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 09 - June 30, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 10 - July 28, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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SFIA Monthly Livestream 11 - August 25, 2019
A collection of the Monthly SFIA Q&A Livestreams Watch the Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RcR2ium3I&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuR5R8bjtlsLaqDwXQiR4mu…
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The Fermi Paradox: Extinction
The Fermi Paradox ask us how in a Universe so vast and ancient we seem to be the only intelligent civilization around, with no older interstellar alien empires…
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Springtime On Mars
Colonizing Mars and terraforming it to be a comfortable future home for humanity is quite the challenge. How would we go about it and how close is close enough…
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Space Sports
Humanity has a long and inventive history of sports and games, and the future will offer us many new options for athletics as we move out in space, be it…
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The Paperclip Maximizer
A Paperclip Maximizer is an example of artificial intelligence run amok performing a job, potentially seeking to turn all the Universe into paperclips. But…
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Space Derelicts
Science fiction delights in showing us brave adventurers boarding abandoned spaceships, exploring ancient alien worlds and space hulks, or surviving on planets…
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Things Which Will Never Exist
It's popular to say nothing is impossible, especially in regard to the future and our Universe, but are there somethings which might turn out to be impossible…
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Megastructure Maintenance & Space Janitors
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ In the future humanity might build structures of incomprehensible size and splendor…
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Fusion
Nuclear Fusion holds the potential to free us of so many of the constraints offered by everything from fossil fuels to renewable energy option like wind and…
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Threats to Interplanetary & Interstellar Civilizations
Natural disasters can topple civilizations, even in modern times, but with more and more technology civilizations become more robust and capable of predicting…
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Invasive Aliens
Alien Invasions have been a staple of science fiction for years, with motherships and UFOs assaulting Earth, but how realistic is such a thing? We'll take a…
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Boltzmann Brains
We continue our discussion of the Boltzmann Brain - a hypothetical randomly assembled mind rather than an evolved one - by looking at the Anthropic Principle…
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Space Whales
The idea of spaceships or other machines that were essentially alive and able to repair and operate themselves has long been a popular one in science fiction…
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Void Ecology
The possibility of extraterrestrial life on other worlds has long fascinated us, as has the idea of alien life living in space itself, but while the former is…
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Space Tourism
Space is an awesome place filled with virtually infinite wonders to explore, and human colonization will likely make far more. It may soon be possible for…
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Synthetic Meat
There are many reasons not to eat meat, or at least less of it: medical, ethical, economical, or ecological, but the stuff is quite tasty. Today we'll look at…
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Beam Powered Spaceships
In order to get into space, we require either huge amounts of rocket fuel or dangerously powerful energy sources, making personal spacecraft a technology…
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Weaponizing Black Holes
Black Holes are often considered the most dangerous objects in the Universe, especially in science fiction, and today we'll look at how these may be used as…
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Colonizing Pluto
Pluto and it's largest moon, Charon, are so far from the Sun and so tiny that they would not seem like promising options for interplanetary colonization…
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Spaceplanes
Spaceplanes long seemed like the logical next step for getting into orbit after the Space Shuttle, but have seemingly fallen to the wayside in recent years in…
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Colonizing Black Holes
Black Holes are amongst the most destructive things in the Universe, but it may be that properly utilized, they might be the best places in the galaxy to live…
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Fleet Of Stars
Interstellar travel is very time consuming, moving from star to star, but perhaps we could use stars themselves as spaceships, and move whole solar systems or…
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Sky Platforms
The option of using floating platforms, balloons, or cargo air planes to launch rockets into space and save fuel is often discussed but rarely employed. Today…
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Black Hole Ships
Black Holes are often considered the greatest dangers to spaceships in science fiction, but they may turn out to be the perfect power source for future…
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Post-Apocalyptic Civilizations
The End of the World is a popular topic in science fiction and a source of serious worry for modern civilizations. If Doomsday comes, what can a Prepper do to…
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Matrioskha Worlds
The galaxy contains countless billions of planets we might colonize, and we may build far more living area as space station habitats and megastructures, but…
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Giant Robots
Giant Robots & Power Suits Giant Robots, or Mecha, in films and comic books fascinate audiences, but are usually considered impractical even with improved…
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Future Pets
To celebrate International Pet Day, we'll take a look at what the future might have in store for our furry friends, and what sorts of new pet might emerge as…
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Anti-Gravity
Perhaps one of the most common technologies seen in science fiction is anti-gravity and gravity manipulation. Today we'll examine if there's an scientific…
- Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Techno-Primitivism
Fears about technology and it's impact on our civilization, or on individuals even when new tech is net benefit, are often shown to us in fiction as giving…
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Planet Ships
Earth has often been compared to a spaceship, one that's successfully orbited our star and the galaxy many times over billions of years. So what about moving…
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Dying Stars
One of the biggest reasons for colonizing other worlds is to ensure we don't die with our own sun, but even those alien suns we might travel to will die one…
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Clarketech
Science Fiction often presents us technologies that go far beyond the realms of known science, but many of these, such as force fields, inertial dampeners…
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The Fermi Paradox & the Aurora Effect
A new paper has come out discussing how the Fermi Paradox might be explained by the rigors of traveling space for interstellar colonization, causing…
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176 Hitchhiking The Galaxy
The Galaxy is an enormous place, and moving from your planet to worlds in a different solar system over vast interstellar distances will be no easy voyage…
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Secret Aliens
The possibility that aliens might be regularly visiting Earth is one of the most popular Fermi Paradox solutions. In this episode we will look at UFOs and…
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Cloud Cities
Humanity has long wished to dwell among the clouds, today we'll look at what options we may have in the future for floating a city or home high in the sky…
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Exploring the Cosmos
Today we're joined by Fraser Cain of Universe Today to discuss the future of astronomy, how you can get started in it as a hobby, and a wide-range of other…
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Happily Ever After Feb 14 2019
Happily Ever After Feb 14 2019 by Isaac Arthur See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…
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Galactic Gardeners
The galaxy is an immense place, with billions of solar systems to colonize, and interstellar voyages to even nearby stars can take centuries. In order to…
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The Fermi Paradox & Panspermia
Our current theory of evolution holds that all life on Earth originated from a single, simple life form billions of years ago. But what if that life did not…
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Dark Forest Theory
The Dark Forest Theory is a proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox from Cixin Liu which suggests all alien civilizations remain intentionally quiet, hiding…
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Space Prison Colonies
Many a land was settled by exiles and prisoners, and many a science fiction story contemplates that we may use such methods when colonize new worlds. But are…