Are We The Only Intelligent Life in The Universe? w/ Janusz Petkowski

Why we are probably not alone part one with Janusz Petkowski.
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We are probably not alone, intelligent life might be rare, but aliens should exist and Januszy Petkowski explains why.
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[@EventHorizonShow]

Do you think we're the only intelligent life in the universe? If not, why not? Let John know below.

[@LAMPROS311]

Thank you for asking the audience. My personal feeling/wishful thinking is that there is plenty of intelligent life in the universe, even in our galactic neighborhood, but probably it is too early for humanity to detect any signs of it. Additionally, I think that possible alien civilizations could be behind us in terms of technological progress, which you suggest to "Early in the game" video.

[@joshf9074]

Not a chance. I bet our solar system is swimming with Von Neumann probes. Would we even notice them?

[@jrssimracing5092]

I hope so. But think it's highly unlikely two civilisations would be technology advanced and at a similar rate of evolution (our selfs included) to detect and Communicate with each other. More likely to find relics of what was

[@kefkamadman]

The biggest issue in seeking out intelligent life, is we only have ourselves as an example to search for. We can only test our own theories and use our own methods, when for all we know, every other intelligent species evolved naturally and technologically in such a way as to leave this paltry 3rd dimension of reality to reside and thrive in the 4th and 5th dimensions. I know a lot of higher dimension stuff is still theoretical or hypothetical, but it only makes me more curious.

[@captain_context9991]

Could "life" happen faster. Yes ofcourse, but also like... The burning of the library at Alexandria, the fall of Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome. (not in that order) Our civilisation has taken massive setbacks multiple times. I mean... Just in modern history. Imagine how much further we could have advanced today if we didnt have the entire middle ages / dark ages slowing us down. Or the current age of right-wing lunacy, for that matter.

[@kefkamadman]

These interviews are just the best. No politics, no silliness, just a conversation of a scientific nature every week. Just the best.

[@middletongraphics1407]

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[@kefkamadman]

@@ktx49 Well, yeah, but it's intelligent silliness that we all enjoy.

[@huntervanhook]

Based and JMGpilled

[@packfan8285]

Good interviews for sure. They do get extremely repetitive though. A lot of interviews asking about the Fermi Paradox but almost everyone's insights are identical. Very few every really go out on a limb and propose anything new or interesting. Just a lot of answering by stating facts of what we know. "Maybe we are just to far" "maybe we are the first" type of things. Almost like it's been explored to death and until there is any kind of new breakthrough there is very little point on focusing so much on it.

[@denniseriksson6135]

Also a main reason for comming here to listen regularly

[@Paul_Ch52]

I throw this into the comment sea not to make a point but to feed the algorithm gods. They are so sensitive to numbers. Stellar job, as usual John and crew. Thank you.

[@oquera]

Here is some more food. Together with Isaac Arthurs SFIA This is one of my favourite channels.

[@Nec969]

I chuckled when your guest said "natomiast" and corrected himself :D I had the same issue while articulating answers in non native language. All the best from your fans in Poland! Your doing a great work John!

[@jakebella5683]

Nec969 • hi. I have relatives in Poland. Don’t know who they are but would love to visit and maybe run into one accidentally. That would be so cool.

[@1519Cortes]

Haha. Me too. And this accent reminds me Poland. I've been living in Asia for 6 years now but I'm from Poland. I've just discovered this channel, I listen to it every day. Going back, until I reach the first episode. Like going back in time haha. Greetings from Vietnam.

[@oscopin74]

How does this channel not have millions of subs? Literally the most interesting content on KZbin.

[@spindoctor6385]

Sadly there is little correlation between quality content and views/subs.

[@prophetofthesingularity]

Agreed.

[@superluminalsquirrel9359]

Dude the timing is awesome, I was JUST wondering what to watch on KZbin. Thanks JMG :)

[@Njkk500]

I cannot shake that "Mass Effect Rachni Wars" type of soundtrack that's eerily playing in the background to this fantastic conversation.

[@andyoates8392]

The lamentation for the loss of the library of Alexandria 2070 or so years later speaks volumes.

[@johnkennedy4322]

Never get tired of hearing about metal rich stars and habitability. Thanks for this!!

[@rogerwabbit106]

Here’s hoping you don’t have adverts throughout the whole video 😬🤞🙏

[@GodWorksOut]

JMG is worth watching the entire ad for.

[@rogerwabbit106]

@@GodWorksOut Don’t get me wrong, I love JMG and his content, but like half of his fans I only watch his videos at night before falling asleep, and there’s nothing worse than drifting off, eyes closed when a noisy ad suddenly comes on. He’s aware that so many viewers use his videos for this purpose - hence the relaxing music, so it’s a shame that he doesn’t choose to put all of his adverts at the start of each video so that we can truly relax through each one. Many other content providers manage it! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@serijas737]

Imagine how unbelievable meeting Aliens would be though. Like from a philosophical point of view.

[@Xbalanque84]

Imagine the autistic interspecies conversations that would ensue between the scientists on both sides the second the language barrier is overcome.

[@theryanruss7850]

It’s no more unbelievable than the realisation of what it took for us to get here

[@zrebbesh]

Nothing is more hilarious than someone talking about how science always surprises us, while simultaneously expressing an expectation of what the surprises will be.

[@774Rob]

I told my wife once that her St Valentines gift was a surprise. She imagined all sorts of wonderful things. None of her imaginings came true.

[@williamblack4006]

Naturally human beings have expectations, interact with others and you will see this is true. Being surprised by a particular outcome does not necessarily mean one had no expectations at all, perhaps the expected outcome was different than what occurred, perhaps there was even reason for this differing expectation.

[@laurencemoore8519]

Assuming biogenesis is common, then i think life will be similar to how diverse plant life is on earth and it will fill any niche. if heat. light, the right chemical soup and water are present it will find a way to live and thrive and regardless of star type (within the bounds of common sense) all should be considered as possibly viable to host life on their planetary systems. As regards intelligent life i think that that too will eventually rise given the right conditions. And there`s an awful lot of planets around to fulfil those conditions so therefore it must exist. Great talk. More please.

[@exhaustguy]

Abiogenesis being common is quite the assumption though.

[@laurencemoore8519]

@@exhaustguy True, but we exist and early life started quickly here, and i think it borders on arrogant to think we are special after all we are a society that had Trump as president of the USA.

[@laurencemoore8519]

@@NeilAFawcett I dont know, but as an ex engineer i don`t hold with the idea of Dyson spheres ect and find the concept a little stupid. It could be we are looking in the wrong way and for the wrong things. Also if you imagine all the water in the worlds oceans and sea`s as being the observable universe so far we have looked at about a bath full.

[@laurencemoore8519]

@@NeilAFawcett For a start that assumes an GAI is possible, something that so far hasn`t been achieved or anywhere near it. Despite what Elon says we are some way away from even coming near that and it might not even be possible. And populate every system? Here on earth there are vast tracks of land totally unexplored and uninhabited and we have had more than enough time to do both, so why haven`t we? I think that idea is a little earth centric. we`ve only looked at a tiny fraction of the universe and might be looking for the wrong thing. Perhaps such an advanced society looks inward and its technology is miniaturized? Or what if they have moral codes against exploration? There could be loads of reasons, some of which we haven`t even considered as yet as to why we haven`t seen them. And tell me this give me a definitive answer of what UAP`s are. There are some that argue aliens have been observing us for centuries and we already have seen them.

[@JROD082384]

@@NeilAFawcett That is also a presumption that we have an innate ability to understand the motivations of an alien species and their long term goals. Just because they have a head start technologically doesn’t mean that they have the same drive to spread their species out across the galaxy, and might prefer to remain within a dozen light years of their home world.

[@transporterjp1406]

Feel so proud to see a Polish scientist featured here so frequently 😊

[@EventHorizonShow]

We love Janusz and Poland.

[@punkypinko2965]

And before Heron, think about a pot of boiling water with a lid. How many people have seen the lid get popped off because of the steam, how many centuries or longer did no one realize that we could harness steam for power?

[@kennethbent6423]

I love the music at the end of your show it always gives me a warm glow but I'm not sure that can be measured scientifically

[@MasterBlaster3545]

What you have to ask is if we was 30 light years away looking at this solar system, would we be able to tell that there were 6-8 main planets with the same instruments we use now? Also would we be able to accurately put them in the right place and order?

[@avonacolyte]

Great interview. I only wish it had lasted twice as long.... oh wait! There's more! John, you are too good to us.

[@chianasgeek6730]

I miss Anna being sassy. And, how's the o-possum?

[@ostsan8598]

Of course we've lost technology within our lifetimes. A group of people trying to restore Sherman tanks had to reinvent the actual process of making blueprints to restore engineering drawings. And there have been older inventions we can't really make anymore. Greek Fire. Sure, there's some things that might have been it but we can't know for certain.

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic interview, JMG! Thanks a bunch! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@stricknine6130]

This is a good interview. Thanks for the video. 😁

[@1312x1312]

How did u comment 4 hours ago while the video is uploaded 55 minutes ago? Premiere or something?

[@LAMPROS311]

@@1312x1312 Time dilation.

[@stricknine6130]

@@1312x1312 Patreon.

[@louisxivroi]

One of your best programs so far. So many questions and so few answers. John, you are an excellent interviewer and are able to bring out the best of your guest!

[@kbjerke]

It would be kind of pompous and ignorant, if "humanity" believed they were the sole intelligent species in the Galaxy, let alone the Universe. Life is everywhere, and evolves.

[@thakyou5005]

I like how during this interview it was pointed out that there may have already been awesome inventions in the past that were never appreciated or considered. I think about this a lot. Imagine the countless times the civilization could've been uplifted by these unknown inventions. And still can be, but the wider audience just doesn't know about these other awesome ideas. As a metalhead, I see this trend a lot in the guitar world. People focus on the "vintage" and nostalgic technologies instead of trying to improve.

[@johnn.3887]

Best one yet. Excellent guest with excellent interview. Well-done, as always.

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

We may be able to ask that question of nearby galaxies. The universe? How could we know?

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

@@politicallycorrectredskin796 ultimately, i think the question will never be answered, its the attempt that matters

[@RikkiSpanish]

Fantastic interview, like always. It never ceases to amaze me with how intelligent these scientists are. I feel extremely depressed about myself after each episode of Event Horizon 😂

[@klausschwabshubris]

Science requires intelligence sure, but science by nature is always up to scrutiny. You could disprove a scientific norm by seeing something just slightly different.

[@josephchillemi7523]

Yes, but never underestimate how far you can get by just working really hard! Intelligence is useless if someone never does anything with it. 👍

[@alanheadrick7997]

In the meantime we should sort out the UAP activity and try to pin down if there is life on other bodies in the solar system. These two options are cheap and somewhat easy to do.

[@CFunk33]

If I had a dollar for every time a guest told JMG 'that's actually a really good question', I'd be substantially richer.

[@londonspade5896]

A very good point about the fact that evolution does not care about complexity, and genes only 'want' to pass on their genes (so life has no incentive to be more complex). However you could argue the predators/competitors to such life will further evolve the simple life towards complexity over time, given the constant need to find evolutionary solutions to new problems

[@sari4tune]

one of the best in that regard, all of them blowing mind since years ty

[@ratatataraxia]

My dreams have really leveled up since I started binging this channel every night before sleep.

[@bobmorr2892]

Just a fantastic amazing incredible interview.

[@Maastrichian]

You mention that the planet seems smarter (species wise) than it has ever been before. A part of me wonders if that is not in response to environmental pressures presented by humans. Crows, for instance, may have always been quite intelligent, but could the presence of us and our technological environment have given them opportunity to become smarter, whereas a “natural” world would not present such an opportunity?

[@justinfocker]

Stoked! 10pm I’m making special time lol.

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

That's my evening sorted! :-)

[@reallyryan_]

Perfect for night time listening 😌

[@Move-4-]

Now going on the premise of intelligence. Why do we have intelligence. Intelligence is the fundamentals of evolutionary concept. So that’s why we have intelligence so we can evolve. are there other intelligence well I would say yes right down to an ant as we all evolve so different intelligence for different evolution.

[@kirkwagner461]

I like this Janusz Petkowski. He quickly questions some things which futurists often lay forth as absolutes which, really, aren't any such thing. Such as "there are more species approaching intelligence now than at any point in our planets history." If you are talking about the future, your conversation NEEDS to be full of "maybes."

[@quantumac]

Any search for extraterrestrial life should include the possibility that _some_ UAP _may_ represent a far more advanced civilization visiting our world. The "Zoo Hypothesis" solution to the Fermi paradox is often trivially dismissed, but is this dismisal based in investigation and evidence? Or is it based in ego and peer pressure? Perhaps apes in the jungle can no more explain a modern helicopter built by humans than we humans can explain the craft of a civilization which is a million years ahead of us. Humility and honest investigation is required to resolve this question. I really wish the stigma surrounding this topic could be discarded.

[@amangogna68]

Great video and information !

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

The problem with Heron's ancient steam engine, is that its a low torque turbine. The steam engine that started the industrial revolution was a high torque, low speed piston engine. The materials required are not as demanding. Also, there were all kinds of other technologies in parallel to the steam engine, that could use it. When I was in college (early 1980s), we had labs where we built digital processors, from simple TTL logic. We also used (at that time already outdated) analog computers, because they were still great "deluxe" versions of Radio Shack 100-in-1 electronics kits. The Antikythera mechanism is a gear driven analog computer. A smaller cousin of the mechanical analog computers used in WW2 battleship fire control computers. They are built to purpose, and not programmable. Basically, they come with the ONE app. Electronic analog computers are circuits, that can be rewired as their form of programming, so that the circuit "analogs" a certain math function. Often differential equations. Modern digital computers, are the von Neumann architecture, which run a series of discrete steps, some of which can branch upon prior results. Also that list of steps, can be modified (programmed), and a new series of steps uploaded (which differentiates a von Neumann. form a Harvard). The Jacquard Loom, and player pianos, are predecessors of the digital computer, less the decision/branching bit. The decision/branching portion, comes from implementing "finite state machines". All what I stated here, was taught to electrical engineering students, back when I went to school. Any of us, can design a working digital computer, from scratch, if needed. I know some noobs like to distinguish electrical from electronics engineers. But at my school, even the guys that would eventually work for the power company, could do the above.

[@johnwatkins9383]

Great one. Good job guys

[@Thaleios]

Great show as always! That last point was very sobering and a little scary. I have to hope we can get to a point where we can maintain all of this knowledge in a way that it can easily be re-taught or brought back either through an AI or maybe loads of redundant AI spread throughout the solar system, galaxy and beyond just in case something like this happens. It is scary to think that it could all be lost after a cataclysm.

[@wsolo1969]

Everything is lost. We’re not that special.

[@CD-ek3iq]

Impressed at the get of Dr. Strangelove on the cast. 🤓

[@AwsAlSamarrie]

Another great video

[@stevecoats5656]

So glad we can get content like this and Issac Arthur free. What a time to be alive.

[@madmattdigs9518]

The KZbin channel “toldinstone” has a video explaining why the ancient Romans didn’t have a technological revolution. It’s very good, I love that channel. Makes a lot of sense if you watch it. I wish I knew how to post a link… I need a technological revolution myself apparently!

[@EventHorizonShow]

Great channel. We watch it as well.

[@ceoofupfuckery.8561]

I struk the like button because i know i am going to love it!

[@sirierieott5882]

What a superior conversation! Excellent stuff. I would like to add an observation from my lowly position as a casual subscriber: While mid distance ‘Goldilocks’ zones may enable the evolution of intelligent, adaptive and technical life. Once developed, this ability would enable life to spread everywhere. Much like after Modern man development seems to have centred within the African Rift Valley. In relatively short order, we find ourselves, first all over Africa, then all over the world. Desert, mountains, jungles, seas, and even ice proves not to be a barrier. So while the germination of life may be limited to certain galactic and planetary zones, it’s manifestation should be everywhere in time and space, both ancient and contemporary.

[@robbabcock_]

Good stuff!

[@AndyScar2030]

Right on cool video!!!!

[@lukeskydropper]

I love your show. Your commercials however have much to desire. Hell no im buying shares in a piece of art

[@DaveTerrasidio]

awesome

[@thedoruk6324]

This tunes with the Fermi Paradox upload! :]

[@eoeo92i2b2bx]

Polish is my native tongue and I love how he said “ natomiast” which means “however” 😆

[@kskaiseraaron]

Great content as always. Would love to see an interview with Astronomer Richard Mueller regarding his Nemesis theory and how is updated thoughts on the search for planet 9

[@simonklein4687]

Yay! Another Janusz video! Is it Christmas already?

[@microbuilder]

Even if intelligent life only happened once in every 1 million galaxies, that would still be 2 million forms of intelligent life, but all very spread out. The universe is so massive that even if well populated, it would look quite empty to us. I think it would be far more amazing if we *were* the only life in the universe...

[@Volodimar]

Maybe they exist for very brief period of time, before destroying themselves.

[@microbuilder]

@Peter from NZ Well, I imagine the sheer number of things that had to go just right in order for humans to become humans was mindbogglingly large, yet it happened, so we're proof that advanced life can exist in this universe. I have a feeling advanced sentient life is quite rare, but again, in a universe this big, rare becomes rather relative.

[@Xbalanque84]

The extremes of either possibility are pure existential nightmare fuel.

[@Xbalanque84]

@Justincase008 Don't forget the aspect of time. A single galaxy could potentially contain God-only-knows how many intelligent species which are likely to rise, fall, and go extinct before making contact with another. If intelligent life is commonplace in the universe, then chances are even higher that we'll be finding ruins and fossils of past civilizations fairly frequently.

[@Xbalanque84]

@@Volodimar That would be in keeping with observed patterns of the constant cycles of birth, life, and death that seem to define this universe.

[@Brass_Bricks]

What is the theme music for event Horizon called? It is beautiful.

[@old_man_with_hat]

I was just ready to go to bed - not anymore!

[@blahblahsaurus2458]

Regarding the ancient invention[s] of the steam engine - don't underestimate the difficulty of adapting a technology for use. It depends on the other technologies available. For example, the earliest "useful" stream engines required coal, not wood, because coal is a much more efficient energy source. And so there were whole decades in which the only major application for steam engines were in coal mines themselves - they were used to pump water out of flooded shafts. Sure the steam engine was invented a long time ago - but was it a *powerful* stream engine? What would it have taken to engineer an engine powerful enough to pump water uphill like John suggests? What kind of metallurgy would you need to withstand the stream pressure? What kind of control or safety mechanisms would need to be added? And when you're done, do you have something that can actually compete with wind power, or hydro power, or your average ox? Another example is how it was thought that new world civilizations never invented the wheel, until toy wagons with four wheels were found in archaeological sites. But ask yourself - what would it take to make a wagon useful? Do you have an animal to drag it around (they only had llamas)? Do you have enough access to flat roads, or is your environment rocky and uneven? Or muddy? Are your wheels and axles strong enough to carry a useful amount of weight? How long do they last before they break or wear out? How do you lubricate the wheels and/or axles anyway? Another one is how Charles Babbage invented a computer (a basic calculator) all the way back in the 1820s. It was a huge leap forward, but it was also expensive, cumbersome, and took many years to develop. He just couldn't find a market for it, and so the development of computers stalled out for decades afterwards. Another great example is the early history of agriculture. The issue is not that hunter gatherers never "invented" agriculture. Anthropologists have found that hunter gatherers understand the principle perfectly well. And just because they don't plant fields of crops does not mean that they don't manage and control the flora around them in sophisticated ways - they absolutely do. But agriculture as *we* understand it takes a huge upfront investment. And when you're done plowing and planting and irrigating and harvesting, do you have any more food than you could have gotten through hunting or gathering? Usually the answer was no. So in short, what we think of as "inventing" is only one tiny part of what it actually takes to make a technology useful, affordable, competitive, and integrated with the rest of the economy and with other available technologies. And this makes us mistakenly assume the actual inventing part happened way later than it really did.

[@sudonum3108]

I think we’ve breached a crucial milestone with our current civilisation. If we’re reduced to 10,000 breeding pairs by some calamity as occurred 70 odd thousand yrs ago it won’t take that amount of time to get back to where we are now. The knowledge we’ve accumulated will likely not be erased and will serve as a kind of life boat that will get us up and running in a tiny fraction of the time it took to get from that calamity to here.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I personally think that if intelligent life is fairly common, in the region of 100 civs per galaxy, we would expect the vast majority to be on planets orbiting stars similar to ours either in type or location but would expect that some small number of civs would evolve in unlikely places. Im willing to bet that the galactic habital zone is a thing but its more of just a bell curve distribution as a function of distance from the centre.

[@LAMPROS311]

Wednesday night a.k.a. the most boring night of the week. I watch the last episode waiting for the new one about the same hour tomorrow.

[@Slowp0w]

I wish his microphone was a bit better, otherwise a really good conversation!

[@ourcommonancestry6025]

Its a crazy topic, the answer usually is yes if talking about subscribers but....

[@MartinCHorowitz]

Intelligent life in the Universe wouldn't consider us as Intelligent so the answer is no....

[@Lifeisawheelie]

Some1 please donate januzs a new mic. His old one is too old now

[@GodWorksOut]

I think there is so much life in the universe, but what we consider the height of evolution, our intelligence, is not necessary for survival or reproduction; therefore, the life we will find is not the life we actually want to find.

[@Xbalanque84]

That remains to be seen. In the meantime, I'd be happy to see any signs of life elsewhere in the universe, regardless of "grade."

[@grumpyaustralian6631]

The aeolipile was not a true steam engine, it wasn’t used as a pump or an engine because it was merely a spinning ball that ran on the out gassing of steam after a fire was lit underneath it, it didn’t really have any harnessable power output like a 1700s compression based steam engine, it barely generated enough power to spin on a central axis.

[@SiemaZiomek]

Natomiast, pozdrawiam :D

[@glorymanheretosleep]

Yes, we are all alone. BTW, EVENT HORIZON CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC? You will need to do research for this one. I read somewhere that a Kardashev Civ II species would use their galaxy as energy and the main way to spot this would be an infra-red streak across the galaxy. That was what was agreed by astronomers and the like. Well, they scan 10k galaxies using one of the telescopes in space I believe. They found 21 signatures of an infrared streak across the galaxies within the image. They then retracted that that was not a viable method in finding aliens. Can you do some report on this?

[@simonmasters3295]

Once you get to specific papers Andrew results you will almost certainly have divergent views on interpretation within the scientific community...you can't speak of "scientists" having a consistent worldview and being all of one opinion at one point in (space-) time.

[@glorymanheretosleep]

@@simonmasters3295 The thing is that they(scientists) are all suppose to be proofing and following what is decided to have been true by the community. It's like saying there are scientists that don't believe in The Conservation Of Mass. Find me one that doesn't believe in that.

[@xtremegaming568]

You need to make a video about the purple rocks found on mars.

[@Robb403]

Does that guest sound an awful lot like Dr. Strange love?

[@TheEarl777]

I believe in other intelligent life. Mainly because of the sheer amounts of galaxies and the fact that it seems most stars have such diverse planetary systems. And that we may possibly being observed (only ) by one species of them.

[@archlittle6067]

A Type III Kardashev civilization might use a Shkadov drive to move all the useful star systems into one area. The Dyson swarm around each star would make them dark, so the stars could be positioned very close together (less than 100 AU). Billions of stars could be moved within a few light years of each other for easier access and communication. This "galactopolis" would be the end state of a super civilization.

[@outlawgt3045]

I don't understand why humanity doesn't figure out ways to launch trash into space. Since we evolved from sludge, maybe some of the sludge we launch into space will land on a planet and evolve. Launching trash into space would also help keep out planet clean.

[@GodWorksOut]

That’s probably the most expensive option.

[@charlescook5542]

The earth is a system that uses, breaks down, reuses it’s constituent parts. Why would we want to throw part of that away? It’s foolish to throw out your grass clippings if you want your grass to grow. Plants cannibalize their own dead parts which is all the fertilizer they need.

[@GrimeHouseBeatz]

Yes I love fermi!

[@thedoruk6324]

Maybe I have solved the great filter of Fermi Paradox: What if the habitable planet need a cycle of extinction and renewal ? Earth went through with that [several times] - that forced the diversification and evolution of many life forms several times one after another - and the probability that a planets habitability remains intact after several mass extinction events or advanced life forms themselves remaining perhaps so extremely rare that Earth is a gamble winner ?

[@MikeKayK]

The only way to "solve" the Fermi Paradox is to find alien life. And besides, your comment speculates about why we have such diversity on this planet (extinction of existing life and explosion of new life) and has nothing to do with why life began in the first place.

[@thedoruk6324]

@@MikeKayK Which we literally and easily can about three to four years from now on if we invest searching ice moons like europa enceladus or ganymede unfortunately we wont because most such referred projects either dont get funding or post poned for absolutely dragging less worthy projects

[@MikeKayK]

@@thedoruk6324 And if we find no life there, which is certainly a possibility, then we still don't solve the Fermi Paradox. Without knowing the probability of abiogenesis, we can't speculate one way or the other about the probability of life elsewhere in the Universe anyway.

[@thedoruk6324]

@@MikeKayK ı dont think that finding no life is a possiblity especially considering the endless amount of ice moons and ice micro planets including pluto like it is immensely high

[@MikeKayK]

@@thedoruk6324 The probability of abiogenesis, of life starting from non-life, might be many orders of magnitude smaller than the total number of worlds in the universe. We just don't know. Go watch the "Cool Worlds" video titled "Why we might be alone in the Universe."

[@marqessanzcora4089]

I do like this guy his brain is always in over 100 %

[@leftblank6036]

It seems his channel is clipping, the volume is too high, Hmmm 🤔looks like it needs to reduce volume a little

[@joebahneman9098]

Refer to Larry Niven's Bandersnatch for mods to notions of habitable zones. Life will find a way. Advanced life will invent one.

[@frqmlk4959]

Looking forward to my sleep tonight with this interview.

[@bobinthewest8559]

Seems to me that, the moons of a hot Jupiter could be an ideal place for life (of some sort or another) to take hold and flourish.

[@StevenBara]

I also always think, how can we really know that T-Rex wasn't intelligent? With those little arms, they can't do much to leave a trace of their intelligence behind. Same as orcas seem to get really smart (or we at least tend to recognize it now), but what can they do with those fins...

[@davedogge2280]

That's a scary question if the answer is 'yes' !!

[@alanheadrick7997]

Check out Curious Being here on KZbin. She does some really interesting stories on a possible ancient civilization. Very very interesting!

[@jerrypolverino6025]

I think it is probable there is intelligent life in the universe. I think it is unlikely to find life of a similar development and advancement that exists at the same time as us. As we continue to search with each time period goes by there is more and more evidence it’s not there.

[@mikeellery3336]

How ironic. In a video about finding intelligent life in the universe there is an ad for Marilyn Monroe paintings going for 200 million dollars. Kind of makes it sound like we should start looking for intelligent life here on Earth

[@stevehouston2053]

I'm disappointed that someone from MIT doesn't have a better microphone. The sound quality is very poor.

[@eviljoker303]

The odds are just too great for alien life to exist when you consider how many galaxies there are in the known universe and how many of them have stars with planets within the Goldilocks zone .We are just too far

[@Xbalanque84]

To say nothing of potential life forms that might arise outside observed Goldilocks zones. We must always remember that our frame of reference for what qualifies as life is understandably limited at this point in our history.

[@destructionman1]

We're intelligent?

[@AlexanderXtcSlayin]

Questioning intelligence is a sign of intelligence 🙂

[@sunfishprophet]

video starts at 2:43

[@anthony212459]

Asking that question makes me wonder if we're even intelligent to begin with.

[@LockedInTheZoo]

Just waiting for some witty person to quote Arthur C Clarke in the comments 3.2.1

[@pluto9000]

Both are

[@PerTrygveMyhrer]

I heard a story someone invented unbreakable glass and went to the Roman emperor with this and was killed so that he not share this to others

[@barkasz6066]

Stop saying that the Sun is unremarkable! It is a remarkable stellar object. Just the right size, rich in all sorts of elements, fairly long lived, stable, relatively calm. It is a very safe bet that if we’ll ever find any form of macroscopic, higher life, it will have originated from a system within the K-G range of stars, maybe F too.

[@nicholasmills6489]

Maybe as advanced as we are, that our evolution is an evolutionary dead end. Maybe all life ends in an evolutionary deadend.