ASMR | The Fermi Paradox (Where are the Aliens?)

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Description: Space-themed merch at if you're interested. The Fermi paradox, or Fermi's paradox, named after physicist Enrico Fermi, is the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations.
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Here's two profound quotes by Dr. Carl Sagan, who we discuss in the second half:
▸"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
▸"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality." -Dr. Carl Sagan
►My current reading list (for those interested):
Richard P. Feynman "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" amzn.to/2Ftse3n
Nietzsche "Beyond Good and Evil" amzn.to/2DcVyc4
Warren Ashby "Comprehensive History of Western Ethics: What Do We Believe?" amzn.to/2T1Let6
Jordan Peterson "Maps of Meaning" amzn.to/2FuirKj
Carl Jung "Aion" amzn.to/2SZ52Ny
James J. Walsh "Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries" amzn.to/2SWxJe9
Walter Kaufman "Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist" amzn.to/2MdrTlR
Bryan Magee "The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas" amzn.to/2SY9Kej
►Equipment used:
(video editor) Final Cut Pro apps.apple.com/us/app/final-c...
(mic) Rode NT1-A amzn.to/2Da4CBa
(other mic) Blue Yeti amzn.to/33jNrYA
(USB interface) Scarlette 2i2 amzn.to/316c7kG
(computer) MacBook Pro 16" amzn.to/3jXRuzT
(camera) iPhone 11 (1080p, sometime use 60 fps) amzn.to/2PjT2pz
(mic mount) Desk-mounted mic boom amzn.to/33kMK1s
(mouse) silent-click mouse amzn.to/3jZMrit
►my ASMR playlists...
▸Space: • Playlist: Space
▸History: • Playlist
▸Science: • Playlist
▸Philosophy: • Playlist

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Why do all aliens have to be “advanced” life forms?? Why can’t there be alien cavemen??

[@shniss5403]

JayDHD Well it comes down to probability, in terms of the earth and our solar system we are fairly young, life here has been around for about 3.8 billion years. The universe as a whole is about ~14 billion years old. This gives life on older planets/ solar systems the chance to be billions of years more evolved and advanced than us. It just comes down to us being a fairly young planet.

[@heyimanameheyimalastname]

They don't have to be; there very may well be teeming hordes of non-advanced aliens, but we have no way of detecting them to confirm their existence and they have no way of reaching or contacting us. In fact, if one theoretical answer to the Fermi paradox is correct - that civilization is simply too prone to destroying itself, or that planets are too volatile and prone to natural mass extinctions, to allow for the eons of uninterrupted advancement necessary to reach extra-solar or even extra-galactic colonization - then cavemen-level aliens would be by far the most common sentient life.

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Right why do we expect all these other life forms to have spacecrafts lol

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I never thought about how quickly we advance. It’s crazy that in 63 years we went from inventing flight to walking on the moon

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Got pretty stagnate though..

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The Fermi Paradox poses a question that I like to answer with another question: Have you not heard of the Prime Directive?

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@ChickensFTW it's a real solution to the fermi paradox. The idea is, that super advanced civilizations would eventually have to become organized and relatively peaceful and have a conscience of some sort to survive as long as they have. They may not trust humanity to not get a hold of their tech and kill ourselves or another civilization. It might be that they think it's wrong to expose us to that kind of advancement at s time when we arent ready for that kind of power. Which makes sense. We can't handle the power our civilization holds right now.

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[@cunningflop]

the 2 main possible reasons of why we aliens havent visited us/we have found no evidence of intelligent life: 1. it is impossible for any being that follows our understanding of physics to reach that level of advanced technology before the species destroys itself via overpopulation/disease/war etc everything humans are going through now 2. it may just literally be impossible to travel between galaxies/solar systems regardless of how technologically advanced a species gets- depressing but i believe the most likely reason

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So basically you're saying, it's possible other aliens exist, however it can be impossible we will (or they will) ever know, because we all kill ourselves beforehand?

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DarkZazo or they don't consider us intelligent enough to make contact

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Sterlo pretty much

[@jeje1421]

Or 3. They don’t care about us lol

[@BGcam]

Your reason #1 is an incredibly egocentric hypothesis that projects your own conceptualization of the human condition onto every potential alien life-form in the unknown universe, completely ignoring an uncountable number of variances that could distinguish hypothetical species from humans and human society. Example: You incorrectly assume overpopulation would be one of three inevitable downfalls of these alien species. The main reason overpopulation is a problem in our society is our ability to derive pleasure from sex: A unique trait amongst even species on our planet, so there's no scientific reason to assume it would be a trait shared by every intelligent extraterrestrial species. Another of the inevitable downfalls that you've ascribed to all hypothetical alien species is war. But imagine for a moment, an intelligent species defined by collective sensory experiences or gestalt intelligence? It stands to reason that such a species would be predisposed to avoiding conflict, such as war. They might not even be capable of comprehending the concept of "war" as we know it, any more then we might be capable of comprehending their methods of intergalactic travel.

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the eye zoom :D lol looking up at the stars and pondering the universe always helps put things in perspective. trouble is, then you walk back inside and into the banal realities of everyday life. sigh

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22:00 if a hypothetical alien civilization were to be keeping track of us and rate our ethical codes, I don't think they'd be watching how we treat each other as much as they would be watching how we treat those who are not human. In this scenario, this outside civilization is scouting our ability to live alongside those who are not like us -- not our species. Maybe we need to treat animals more ethically to rank higher on that scale? Just a thought. Opinions?

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the aliens are just shy and timid

[@robsmith8506]

Great content, can we have another part with other reasons please?

[@pauldhoff]

it is easy, it seems that interstellar travel is a lot harder than Fermi thought.

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I’ve watched this same video 50+ and can’t enjoy the actual topic at all. I just end up sleeping and forgetting everything; definitely a curse as a blessing in disguise.

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12:30 why that look like cybertron from transformers 3 getting hit with the beam 😂

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Waiting for part 2

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Looking at the title, all I can say about that Is just that the universe is so vast its not weird that we haven't see aliens

[@sif7277]

If they exist im sure they have a rule about not contacting us anyway like we have rules about contacting indigenous tribes, there isnt any real reason for them to visit us anyway especially if they've advanced so far to how we theorise them to be. The only reason I can understand would be seizing of resources but even then this is usually rendered null by the technological superiority since im sure they are self sufficient and do not rely on a finite resource to live, who says they even need to breathe, eat or drink. Im sure it comes down to how inquisitive our friends are feeling.

[@bryce754]

I would like to personally thank you for this video because as I listened to it I finally decided to write a book, because I had finally found an idea. Currently I am writing a science fiction book not unlike that of 2001 ( I even use the same writing style) centered around the Fermi paradox, and so I would like to thank you because I would never have gotten the idea if it weren't for you.

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I want to read it

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[@Cuttlebooper]

The thought of there being no aliens terrifies me, it gives to much power to religion, and stuff like it. I dunno. The great filter is an interesting theory

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More vid(s) on this subject please. More theories deeper dive

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AmaZing video!! Like ever

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Is the continuation already uploaded?

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no, i never got around to it. i'd like to thought

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What’s the background music?

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