Seeding the Stars

[@vipondiu]

"Diplomacy does not exist because people are nice and friendly, but because we often are not"...these videos are full of bad ass sentences like that. "No one is going to be casual about just deploying self-replicators somewhere in the Solar system to build whatever, because you could be building whatever". Loved it

[@CockatooDude]

Very true though isn't it.

[@milanstevic8424]

But it's very reasonably straightforward. Of course diplomacy exists to address the problem that's clearly solvable by introducing diplomacy. Yes this is a recursive sentence, but it's important that this knowledge is a posteriori, as we had to become aware of the problem in the first place, and once it became obvious that applied diplomacy does solve some things, it painted a clear picture of how things were different before it was practiced. Henceforth "Diplomacy does not exist because people are nice and friendly". In other words, there is no a priori reason to have diplomacy at all. You first need to stumble upon a wall, acknowledge its presence as an obstacle, only then you can expend the energy to try and climb over it. Thus "climbing over" IMPLIES a wall. I'm just glad he's capable of having such a straightforward thought and constructing very concise sentences out of it. That's the only way to climb to the higher, more speculative, level of abstraction where he likes to dwell.

[@catpoke9557]

I thought you said "Bad sentences" and then was ready to get triggered and confused as to why you thought that was a bad sentence :')

[@ldinti03]

This is new, the question is : if we were all nice and friendly, what make you think that we would have had the luxury to not rely on diplomacy ?

[@sean-fj9wj]

Never stop making these videos you are my favorite channel on KZbin Thanks for the likes!

[@Skinnymarks]

He will be 90 and still doing this.

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@Skinnymarks If we push hard enough for life extention, I expect he could get well beyond 90, we've lost too many brilliant inspiring minds, it's time we fought back against that age that tries to claim us all

[@Skinnymarks]

@@UNSCPILOT I find a lot less is lost with death. Generally once people pass a certain age their beliefs become rigid and stop learning or admitting they are wrong. There could be outliers. But generally once someone finds their space of comfort they don't change much.

[@fsmoura]

plz stop making them at least to sleep, you can die from lack of sleep

[@uss_04]

Binge watch, or listen to in the car.

[@epicspacetroll1399]

Congrats on 4 years of this!

[@richardavery2894]

I love this show. I am so excited for year 5!

[@frankmueller2781]

@@richardavery2894 Amen Brother, amen! Thoroughly enjoy Isaac's work.

[@UsurpersAndAssassins]

There is nothing I love more than a hot cup of tea, a snack and watching these videos. Thank you Isaac. You are wonderful.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Andrew Costello just what I'm doing now ☺

[@masterchief6332]

Very relaxing

[@iamcleaver6854]

Great content. I remember when your channel had 16000 subs and almost no animations. It was great then and even better now.

[@TiaguinhouGFX]

So he lost roughly 15,7 million subscribers?

[@iamcleaver6854]

My apologies for the mistype))))

[@RedGunBullets]

true this has become my favorite channel on science and the future immediately and now over 1 year since then it still is

[@biomutarist6832]

Happy Arthursday and preemptive Happy New Year!

[@marinuslouis]

Thanks, Isaac for your continued excitement-seeds about the future! Happy & Prosperous 2019!

[@mikelfunderburk5912]

Sorry I'm late sir. Had to get my drink and snack. Happy Arthursday!

[@Robert-mx3id]

yep got the chocolate rice cakes!!!

[@grhegde2839]

I am a regular watcher of your channel.This channel is simply the koh-i-noor. Thank you so much for the service you are doing by spreading knowledge and seeding dreams. Wish you 2 million subscribers in 2019 :)

[@aimeeslager2654]

DAM YOU! Now I want to watch the whole stargate series again.

[@cryan9376]

I somehow missed that episode, didnt have dvr's so i may have missed a lot more then I thought.

[@lenandov]

Posted one hour ago. Six thousand views. You rock! Thanx again for another happy

[@f.lyondewall9705]

Having a bad day... on days like these I love to watch the latest and thought experiment a bit. I don't know why, but I find your voice relaxing. Happy anniversary it seems. Thanks for your channel and thoughts.

[@nicboo9191]

I absolutely love it when you use examples from geeky sci-fi universes like Stargate SG-1, Warhammer 40 000 and such. Thank you for your great channel!

[@HereticActual]

I always look forward to Thursdays. I wake up, get ready for work and either listen in the car, or save it for later when it's a really fascinating subject and requires my full attention. I especially appreciate that you give a heads up as to upcoming episodes.

[@Fightosaurus]

Your show is like Cosmos or Nova for our era. I hope you know how cool what you're doing really is, man. Thank you so much.

[@R_C420]

FOUR MORE YEARS! Subjective time is preferable. Can't wait to try the restaurant at the end.

[@cannonfodder4376]

Had my lunch and drink ready. Another great video Isaac and crew. A Happy New Year to you all as well. 2019 will bring great things for us.

[@johannesh7610]

Wow, the animations get so good!!

[@SenorGato237]

End of year 4 already? Wow. Have a happy year 5 PA everyone! (Post Arthursday is my new calendar.)

[@Drew_McTygue]

Wow! 4 years? It seems like yesterday when you started this channel Isaac. Thanks for continuing your work, it is truly extraordinary

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Yeah it both feels like way longer and just yesterday.

[@dudeist_priest]

4 years?? That's awesome, congrats!

[@exoplanets]

Merry christmas Isaac !

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Thanks!

[@anrisiel7930]

Nice stellaris music!

[@Seagate2k]

OMG! i F-ing love your videos man... (tho some of them are way to much for my little brain xD ) marry christmas and a happy new year isaac :)

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Thanks, Happy New Year to you too!

[@6169Brooklyn]

My little brain too, but they make for excellent re-watching! Merry christmas and a happy new year to all.

[@MrGreenotwo]

This channel is great, thank you so much for your time and interest in all of this!

[@tiny021085]

I've been watching Isaac Arthur's videos since 9pm it's now 5:24 am. I found this channel about a month ago. Best KZbinr ever. Thank u Isaac for filling my brain with knowledge.

[@metalwellington]

one of the very few channels actually worth watching. please don't stop Isaac.

[@Mudkippzs]

I miss the snack and beverage reminder at the start of the episodes :(

[@karelysparada6510]

The Naked Monk vital

[@84Supervisor]

Such concern for our well being.

[@Mudkippzs]

@Steelrocker it's funnier you think that. It's not that we need it, it was just an endearing feature of the opening of his videos. Of course people know how to pause a video and grab a snack.

[@mavisdavies9769]

Hello best comment section on KZbin.

[@infinitasalo472]

For real

[@ronwilliams9804]

Looking forward to the next season Issac. Thank You for sharing Your knowledge and imagination with us.

[@SynGreis]

Really love your channel man. keep up the great work!

[@drumcrazy100]

Keep up the great videos isaac!!! I've been here since 15k subs and still loving the videos!!!

[@glitchtastic759]

Stellaris music lets go great vid

[@QuestionableObject]

Gave me a moment of "Wait a minute" when I heard it, hah.

[@Maia_Cyclist]

Next sword of the stars music

[@butteredmap9064]

It always makes me think I accidentally opened it with the music in the background, but much appreciated.

[@LucaDR8]

lol y'all always make me laugh with those comments. Stellar is music will keep coming

[@user-yt9ek2xh6i]

Its funny, I always listen to SFIA when I play Stellaris so have to turn off the soundtrack-and then this video comes along. I

[@Sishqabob]

Thanks for another great episode Isaac! I hope you had an awesome holiday!

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

I did, the sister and nieces came by, of course these days they're more into coffee and wine than hot chocolate, damn time for passing :)

[@tycho_m]

Heyyy that's the Stellaris soundtrack! Great video once again and thanks a lot for another year of so much effort by the entire SFIA team

[@moofymoo]

one of the best transitions to sponsor advertisement! :) I might actually check those courses..

[@zacharyhenson5376]

Isaac my man, my favorite Thursday ritual is after work coming home, getting a drink and snack and watching the new episode. I have a feeling you’re going big places. If you ever have had the urge to write a sprawling sci fi epic book series, I think it would become one of the best out there. Sorry for the rambling message, just wanted to say hi and tell you that you’re awesome, and keep it up!

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

I think I've already gone to as big a place as I want, truth be told, I'm always still a little shocked the channel has grown to even this size. Though pleasantly so, pondering these topics years back I tended to take for granted very few folks would find them interesting. I did consider the novel approach in the past, but while I might kncok out a non-fiction book on one or more of these topics at some point (though I prefer the video medium) I'm really quite terrible at writing dialogue :P

[@RevolverRez]

Fantastic content as always, happy new year and heres to season 5!

[@kelpengineer5303]

Four years on and still getting better with each and every episode... happy new year

[@zell9058]

Enjoyed with a cup of eggnog! Excellent as always!

[@ArcherWarhound]

I think one of the most interesting outcomes of humanity seeding the stars is the possibility of speciation occurring due to the divergence of different colonies into distinct gene pools adapted to different environments and ecologies.

[@pedrogouveia4326]

it already happens on earth, take canadians for example...

[@colonelgraff9198]

ArcherWarhound or carbon based intelligence vs silicon based intelligence

[@metajarra]

@@pedrogouveia4326 as a canadian i can confirm

[@Barabel22]

If we don’t find any aliens or they’re rare or primitive, we’ll make our own through uplifting and genetic engineering, because just traveling with humans will get pretty damn boring...

[@ls200076]

@@metajarra Hello alien, nice to meet you.

[@Chris-te3ce]

Much better than tv! Many thanks for making these videos it must be a lot of work

[@ramonpizarro]

A happy new year to you and yours as well, Isaac

[@naypalmacus]

Great video & great background music (stellaris). Now need to go make a SFIA civilization!

[@gubzs]

BOY MY SNACK IS ALREADY HOT LETS DO THIS

[@richardavery2894]

Same lol...

[@christianagi]

I already ordered a quantum cheeseburger for today.

[@ithemba]

I love the thought of all the die hard fans of Isaac sitting down at the same time with a drink and a snack to engage in one of our epic journeys to the stars.

[@fsmoura]

giggity

[@kylebrown4978]

@@ithemba keep in mind some of Issacs fans are Aneroxic and its slightly offensive to talk about your cheese burgers while I eat my water.

[@illeatyourbird4149]

I use to smoke crack but I moved on to bigger and better things

[@CockatooDude]

That's awesome man, good job.

[@bxmully]

Big and better rocks hahhaa ayyyyyyy Jk

[@Paydirt90847]

No notification from KZbin. Thank god for fb. Good stuff as usual Isaac

[@brettrobinson9713]

only channel that was so good I had to support it on patreon....never stop making these videos

[@quantumfoam539]

Congratulations for the anniversary. Thank you!

[@rdgk1se3019]

Another excellent video Isaac......have a happy new year.

[@timothyfouch5568]

Esta fue una clase de construir universos en nuestras mentes! Bien hecho Professor Isaac Arthur :)

[@BubuSnow93]

Been following you fro the very beginning, since the very first videos about Fermi's paradox! Happy that the channel had so much success! P.s lovely choice of soundtrack, Stellaris OST Is amazing!

[@benjamincrom7276]

Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy new year to you all! Love this channel!

[@evematrix_70]

Great video once again, Wishing you a Happy New Year, health and happiness for 2019.

[@apolloreinard7737]

I've been waiting for your coverage of this particular topic for months. Well done. The upcoming Panspermia edition in January should give further insight into how mankind can ultimately fulfill it's destiny in the universe. Many thanks! Vielen dank! Spasiba! Gracias!

[@ghrey8282]

As always a top notch production. Once again I contemplate immortality....

[@nashemucharambeyi5331]

I'm loving the graphics! Great Work Isaac!

[@lenon3579ify]

Make those 4 years be 40 years!!! Good job, man. Good job. Have a great 2019!

[@abz998]

Thank you for another year of great content. Liked it before watching.

[@Lordslade1]

The best part of my Thursdays.....Congratz on the 4-year run man....here's to another 4 and more

[@closair]

I’m amazed that I have been here for 2 years. Happy 4 years of KZbin!

[@brettsgamingtavern7429]

Happy early New Year Isaac. Still my fav channel.

[@Glasher1]

Enjoyed it as usual. Thanks!

[@allanroberts7129]

Merry Chistmas and Happy new year Isaac!

[@sbichett]

Eres un Maestro Isaac. No te mueras nunca!! Greetings from Chile!🇨🇱

[@Sirhaian]

Oh well, now I have to rewatch SG-1 all over again. Thanks. :')

[@AlaskanBallistics]

Happy new year and thanks for 4 great years of content...

[@hueban1643]

yet again with the stellaris sountrack? Nice!

[@slybek8077]

I allways download your videos Sir.This time thats not possible.I hope i can next time.I have no wifi or tv connection and your voice helps a troubled mind fall to sleep,seeds manny dreams and sooths a lott of worriesThank you for all you do

[@LucasDimoveo]

This video is a great summary of this year's videos. Happy 4 years, good sir

[@DreamskyDance]

Issac Arthur talking how to colonize a new planet / system while Stellaris music plays in background... :) P.S: it would be awesome if Stellaris had "tutorial videos" for various technologies/ways to develop civilization written and narrated by you, i think folks would learn something and got into the game and enjoy it more XD P.P.S: ..whilst at Stellaris, i dont remember if you mentioned somewhere this but would a wholy biologicaly developed star fareing civilization be viable ( ala Prethoryn Swarm in stellaris that are a kind of "biological borg" ). It does not need to be alien, we dont know how biological evolution can get in few millions of years ( Bryan Aldiss Hothouse .. ).. maybe if humans get radically changed or viped out. Is there some physical and biological ( well and technological with genetic manipulation ) basis for civilization / race / species like that ?

[@garret1930]

I can't see it arising naturally, but I don't see why it couldn't be possible to make sufficiently large organisms that are essentially less efficient spaceships.

[@Maia_Cyclist]

I think theres is a fungus based species in sots2 only missing FTL

[@skylark306]

"Sees SFIA video" "Start colonizing systems to aggressively deny territories for others."

[@b0cipapa]

I think I am on the 5th run, on watching your videos again(yes ALL OF THEM :D ). And I still love them.

[@Lukegear]

More like seeding my youtube's history with Isaac's videos hahaha

[@joemassaroni8962]

I appreciate the paradox music, thank you Issac!

[@fuzzylumpkin8030]

Damn 2.7k already what a beast love you man go Issac 👍💥🚀

[@Ipanophis]

Your videos are always a pleasure, Isaac.

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Thanks Tim!

[@beingsneaky]

That was a very lovely song at the end.

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

Thank you! Have a great new years eve!

[@chrisgurney2467]

A happy, joyous and prosperous new year to you

[@TheAprone]

@28:43 A planet-sized Jurassic park? So like a Jurassic... world? I chuckled at this because it reminded me of the old Simpsons episode when Milhouse exclaimed "Whoa, it's like Speed 2, but with a bus instead of a boat!" :D

[@ownerfate]

Always interesting and fascinating topics.

[@JanjayTrollface]

Cheers for the years work Isaac!

[@Gettingbetter907]

Best channel ever

[@vincentcleaver1925]

I forgot how much Isaac's speech has changed in the past few years. I love any of his content, no matter how he communicates he always has something interesting to say! Atomic bearhugz on a decade of good work!

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Thanks Vincent!

[@blank6604]

19:23 whats a RKM ? I never herd about it. Edit: I coudnt find any Informationen about killer missile space probes (RKM), only about Anti-Satelite missile.

[@europademon]

Another great video that makes me go... Hmmm?! I love this channel.

[@spaceham1710]

Isaac. You are awesome buddy. Keep it up!

[@multilevelintelligence]

great episode Isaac, heve to rewatch it to get all details :)

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Oh my god, I just got done watching Stargate SG-1! Ahhh, great reference!

[@bilgisayarekranndakicizik9365]

I would want to experience the journey and the terraformung process thou.

[@SixHolyStrings]

You talked a lot about shielding a ship at high speeds during this episode, I’d like to see an in depth episode about shields in the future. How can we deal with flying through a dense cloud of dust without big buckshot holes in the hull if we never figure out some sort of Star Trek-like energy field that repels rock as much as it does metals? Several meters thick hulls seem like a really inefficient and wasteful way of dealing with these problems and could be insanely costly, it could seriously hinder trade and make it so there never really are civilian-run cargo ships, only government and corporate ships, which is kind of a bummer.

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

There's the forcefields episode and the interstellar travel challenges episode for that.

[@SixHolyStrings]

Isaac Arthur You are a *stellar* human being... get it?! But seriously you’re awesome man, I’ve been listening for probably two years by now and you keep the good work up so much I’m unaware you’ve got videos ready for my hungry brain to absorb just waiting for me. So thanks, for doing excellent work educating and entertaining, as well as being *down to earth* enough to answer a dumb question.

[@iainballas]

Your first tour's finished. I'm glad to hear you're re-upping. Really, thank you for your service, and thank you for continuing serving the public. Your videos do just as much good, by making people think and engage with new and advanced ideas, as your time in the armed forces. You're definitely on the level of Feynman (and a few steps above Bill).

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Now that is a compliment, Feynmann loosely tied with Ben Franklin as my personal patron saint, even over Sagan.

[@iainballas]

​@@isaacarthurSFIA Comparing someone to Feynmann isn't something I'd do lightly. He was a genius who specialized in introducing concepts to people who might have otherwise given up. Sound familiar? PS anyone who is already most of the way through college at 17 can be argued as a 'genius' where I come from.

[@Jenab7]

Those little droids walking around on the spaceship (17:15) reminded me of Huey, Dewy, and Louie on _Silent Running._

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Now there's a films I havne't watched in a while

[@Jenab7]

Ends with a bang. Seriously, though, I really liked Joan Baez singing _Rejoice In the Sun._

[@wilhelmhakansson3105]

Love the Stellaris music in the background!

[@thr0ne1997]

Love the videos, man! Keep 'em coming! Also: Is it just me, or is his speech getting better?

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

:) I hope so, I've been doing speech therapy for a year and a half now

[@thr0ne1997]

@@isaacarthurSFIA That's really great to hear! Really heartwarming to see a creator put in this level of effort towards their audience. If I remember correctly, you said something about possibly switching to a narrator if it didn't get any better. I'm really glad it's working out for you. These videos wouldn't be the same without your voice. Much love from Belgium!

[@dronillon2578]

Thank you. Congratulations. Lots of happy new years. Hope to meet you one day, perhaps in an artificial landscape simulated on a computer inside a gardening ship, speeding up to distant stars.

[@freeratikals]

Your videos are epic!

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Thanks!

[@insaneunicorn5266]

Love that the backtrack is also in stellaris makes me feel more evolved than I am currently

[@briankuthe4700]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

[@jaikumar848]

is there any alternative for mechanical power in future? or will we continue to use machines made of iron and copper for mechinal power..

[@seraphina985]

@christopher snedeker Course graphene is problematic where both high temperatures and Oxygen coincide.

[@thedeveloper4207]

Or nano material

[@Robert-dB]

The top ten most common elements (in the Universe) include Iron and Carbon, so steel is not going anywhere. The top four are Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen and Carbon; three of these are elements found in Lignin, Cellulose and many other plastics. Silicon is also common and with Oxygen forms Quartz and other 'rocky' materials. However, carbon is four times as common as Iron and seven times as common as silicon, so the allotropes of Carbon (such as graphene and diamond) will become more common, eg: diamond for chip substrates rather than silicon. Magnesium, Sulphur, Calcium, Aluminium and Nickel aren't too far down the list and so are likely to end up reasonably "cheap" too. Of course cheap mass transmutation would change this.