Will the Galileo Project Solve the Fermi paradox?

[@friendlytalbot4050]

That quip at the end made me think: what if there was an alien probe that had recorded most of Earth's history? We'd get to see our own history play out before us. Doubtful, but one can dream.

[@UwUOwl]

True history as well, as opposed to the biased history that has been told.

[@fredriks5090]

@@UwUOwl Not only biased, but lost in translation/etymologic drift.

[@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629]

Enter black knight satellite.

[@realzachfluke1]

@@fredriks5090 Man, that would be _beyond incredible_

[@meltee01]

It would change everything. Just imagine what would happen to major religions.

[@someRando-e4r]

Still the best voice on KZbin.

[@A_ali98]

Check out David butler, you won’t be disappointed!

[@ianriddell5635]

Liiiiiiiiiiive

[@DogsaladSalad]

DAGOTH UR WELCOMES YOU NEVERAR

[@chromabotia]

For an extremely interesting voice check out Ken Nordine!

[@arlenburton9490]

@@DogsaladSalad Strange. This outcome I did not foresee. That you would come unprepared.

[@deusexaethera]

3:01 - "This effort will be entirely separate from any government; it's not illegal to look at the sky." Allow me to introduce you to Russia, where it's illegal to own an optical telescope above a certain size, or a radio telescope of _any_ size, without a permit -- which is of course impossible to get unless you're friends with a political insider.

[@basilgaizka4672]

Allow me to introduce you to New York where you need a stargazing permit. I kid you not.

[@jarrysciligo5395]

@@basilgaizka4672 That's because in New York most of the available telescopes are pointed at buildings and not at the stars.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

@@jarrysciligo5395 There are plenty of stars in the buildings in NYC, especially in the penthouses.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

And 5 US states just banned gaming PCs. You don't need to look at Russia to find tyranny.

[@iraniansuperhacker4382]

@@jarrysciligo5395 As in like people looking into homes to creep on people? If that is the case I still think its a bit of an overreach. While I think its 1000% creepy to look into someones house but if you arnt on their property I dont see why using a telescope to look thru windows in people homes should be criminalized or controlled in anyway. Windows are basically public viewing spaces and it should be the persons job inside the home to make sure they arnt doing anything in a way where its visible to the outside world. That doesn't mean there shouldn't social consequences tho.

[@monkieassasin]

This is literally the best video youve ever done. Really, the open mindedness coupled with proper levels of skepticism, is absolutely encouraging.

[@realzachfluke1]

Couldn't have said it better. I wholeheartedly agree.

[@JROD082384]

The skepticism is a joke when you compile the Mt Everest sized pile of evidence for past and current extraterrestrial contact with our planet. The capabilities of the UAPs alone, without even mentioning potential occupants piloting the craft or remotely controlling them, are technologically beyond the capabilities that any government or private company possesses by MANY orders of magnitude, and these craft certainly aren’t a phenomenon of the new millennia. They have been seen for over a century, well before man ever took first flight, and there are plenty of vague mentions of similar things going back millennia by civilizations from every corner of the globe. The inane resistance to understanding what is plain as day by the skeptics is just another symptom of human egotism getting in the way of doing proper observational and historical science…

[@derp195]

@@JROD082384 Agreed. I don't know of anyone who has taken the time to do real research and remained a skeptic. Even if you take just the top 1% most credible evidence by only the most trustworthy sources, it's absolutely overwhelming. For God's sake, it includes the first director of the CIA outright saying they lied about it and tried to play it off as conspiracy nonsense. How much more do people want before they take it seriously?

[@urphakeandgey6308]

@@JROD082384 Not every flying object that isn't man-made is a UFO. That's the entire basis of your shit argument. "We've been seeing things in the skies forever, so it must be aliens." So you only have anecdotal evidence and never cared to consider that there are *_other natural things that appear to do incredible things in the sky?_* Give us actual sauce or STFU with your tinfoil bullshit. The UFO and UAP phenomenon could turn out to just be advanced spy drones. Never mind an anti-climactic ending like ball lightning, which is *_still unexplained._* And before you try to insist on the technological capabilities... that's according to public knowledge. You really think the public would know a lot about top secret spy drone tech??? Occam's Razor favors these explanations, but I'm ready for you to try to misuse it and jump to "aliens" again. That's the game you people play. It's like religion. You can't prove it's aliens, so instead you shift the burden of proof and say "but you can't _disprove_ it's aliens, so it must be!" Occam's Razor doesn't mean "the most convenient answer." No one is saying it can't be aliens, but it's an assumption until there's strong evidence. Occam's Razor is antithetical to assumption.

[@dotdashdotdash]

literally. hearing that word a lot nowadays

[@pled8395]

The last part of the video before the credits was actually very unsettling. So spooky. Much better than any hollywood 'horror'

[@LoneReads]

Can't wait to watch the Event Horizon interview. Thank you John!!

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Do you mean that excellent movie "Event Horizon" ? :D "Hell is not a word, it is much, much, much worse .."

[@skirmisher1901]

"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or this quote is way overused. Both are equally terrifying." -Arthur C. Clarke

[@costel13112002]

talking about recursive quotes

[@deusexaethera]

"The problem with quotes found on the internet is that the attribution can be difficult to verify." - Abraham Lincoln, 1872

[@zeroxcrusher]

Only one possibility exists: that I will see this quote on every video that is even remotely related to aliens

[@chrisstearns10]

The terrifying thing is that some humans don't want to accept that there are ET's out there.

[@abit9485]

The debate is over. They are real and they are here. To many of us have seen them.

[@polluxsrecyclebin7193]

John, I've been watching your videos for years and this is the first time I'm commenting on one. It has to be one of your top 3 videos and/or subjects. Amazing food for thought. You are a blessing to this platform, I really hope you continue making videos, on both channels. Thank you.

[@JohnMichaelGodier]

Thanks! And yeah, I took extra care to get this one just right fitting of the topic.

[@tothally]

Aliens have no chance against John, long before they could exterminate us John will scare us all to death.

[@eduardolima6191]

What a perfect timing, John. It's 4:52AM here and i just woke up to make some tea and then there's a new vídeo. Couldn't be any better . Thanks !

[@Pfromm007]

No matter how bad the day may have been, having John telling me about the cosmos puts my weary soul at ease.

[@ryuk5709]

you're not alone, maybe it'll get better someday.

[@Jimmyinvictus]

"Alien scientists have to take what they can get." Sounds like dating over 40. Poor Alien scientists.

[@tuneboyz5634]

:(

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

:(

[@Chad.Commenter]

:(

[@wayfa13]

xD :(

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

😂😐😭

[@washinours]

_Somewhere in our galaxy_ "Sir, our probes on Earth have been discovered" "Well, that was faster than last time. Start the reset procedure"

[@333mron]

Initiating meteor throwing sequence and after that planting of dinosaur bones to confuse the next generation

[@wayfa13]

@@333mron Oh god, the creationists would be right x'D

[@kliersheed]

@@333mron that cracked me up for some reason :D (im normally pretty indifferent)

[@jackofcades]

@@333mron that's giving me some major Strata vibes

[@annoyed707]

I think somebeing kicked the power cord while the simulation was rebooting.

[@spindoctor6385]

The "great" silence is badly misnamed imo. We have been looking/listening for such a short period of time and in such narrow ways that it is at most an apparent silence.

[@chaz000006]

I disagree. Yes, our observations are a narrow slice, but they represent all of the time UP UNTIL NOW that alien civilizations may have had to develop and expand. We've seen different spectrums of light from billions of light years away and are able to detect exo-planets 13,000 light years away. Theoretically there should be thousands if not hundreds of thousands of advanced civilizations out there, some millions of years old, as John mentioned. But nothing's been verified - the silence is deafening.

[@ken7165]

@@chaz000006 that's assuming we could detect them. I doubt every potential alien species use radio waves to communicate or generate anything we could detect from hundreds or even thousands of light years away. An analogy is we use the telegraph and they're using cell phones.

[@topsecret1837]

@@chaz000006 Depending on the interpretation of the Fermi Paradox, the best place to look in the universe is at different points. But do keep in mind that the only extraterrestrial life that would have had the time to respond to our signals would be 40 light years away: as our first signals were sent 80 years ago, they would take forty years to reach the star system in question and then return a signal. So far, our neighborhood seems empty, but considering the very low occurrence of habitable worlds, and especially ones that were created biotically, it makes sense. Anything farther out would not know that we’re here, and even then only a few select planets would be able to detect our own planet transiting the sun!

[@bozo5632]

We are almost deaf. We couldn't hear a civilization like our own more than ~100 LY away. That's almost zero distance. We don't have any info yet.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

@@chaz000006 That's true what if their development is at or around our point though? TV and radio signals are not that powerful to be picked up from another galactic arm for example. Or they use a communication method unknown to us which they would have to if they are here and performing operations for decades without our knowing. Or like John said what if they are unbound by the speed of light and can cross the universe in a minute? Or just not come from this universe instead of another/ouitside?

[@noahsmith4148]

Thank you so much! Your videos are a great relief in a long week.

[@JohnMichaelGodier]

Glad you like them!

[@iLikeMyOwnPosts]

A brand new John Michael Godier? Give me a HELLLLLLLL YYYEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH.

[@ClaytonBigsby01]

The cloning was successful

[@jonahcolombo4131]

Couldn’t they just as likely be interstellar goobers who hijacked an advanced species ship and went partying across the universe?

[@NoSTs123]

Aliens might not have the same interests in partying as we do.

[@soybasedjeremy3653]

@@NoSTs123 It's a joke.

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

"Goobers"! ..............LMAO!

[@wafflehouse5289]

@@NoSTs123 Well, you certainly are not a interstellar goober who’d steal a spaceship and go partying across the universe.

[@MinMaxxx]

@@wafflehouse5289 Or that’s just what an interstellar goober would want us to believe. Until further notice I’m assuming every “human” I meet is, in fact, a 3-D printed human acting as an alien spy!!!

[@ianriddell5635]

Your videos relating to the Fermi Paradox are definitely my favourite. Love your perspectives when it comes to this particular topic.

[@TheJestersDoor]

Let's just hope it's not the Tyranids

[@thetruth45678]

It won't be. The Emperor Protects.

[@avonacolyte]

Dark Eldar would be just as bad, and not inconsistent with some reports of UFO behaviour and abductions...

[@unlightenment]

@@avonacolyte Nah, a dark eldar scenario wouldnt play like this at all and you know it. The druchii would have openly ambushed, pillaged and raped us (in any order or all together) as soon as they had detected our defenses to be almost non-existent. They CERTAINLY arent paragons of subtlety.

[@jonahcolombo4131]

Death Korp got us covered

[@off_Planet]

40k is shit my guy there's no starships but space steam boats, no space marines but medieval space knights, no interesting alien societies but cyber orcs, no fans but 40 year old men stuck with the minds of 15 year old social rejects posting comments containing the word "emperor" and thinking that's funny and clever

[@ericsilver9401]

I know there are different interpretations of the zoo hypothesis, but I definitely don’t believe it is the worst scenario, and honestly i’d prefer it over other alien reasonings

[@geophat75]

I think it would be best to integrate into a visiting alien intelligence if given the chance. Hopefully it would be altruistic and friendly.

[@gorbachevdhali4952]

I agree, even the term "zoo" is so loaded as if to imply we are just animals. It could simply mean that if ET is rare and one ET civ has discovered us, they remain disconnected and don't initiate direct contact for a myriad of reasons, or likely they just don't care. I don't see what is so bad about that.

[@Trapster99]

He forgot to add to the Zoo Hypothesis: Penal Colony!

[@greytroll1632]

Definitely better than the petri dish hypothesis.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Maybe they would see humans as we see dogs - over time, we could become their faithful friends, and go out and conquer the universe with them. Woof?

[@beachbummer3434]

either way, chuck norris clones should be a top priority

[@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688]

Our army to conquer the galaxy. Darth Vader, you're a pussy! Git him Chux!

[@jelaninoel]

Chuck Norris is the singularity

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Yes

[@scotted3140]

It’s all interesting & I’m watching & listening to every word spoken on the subject

[@46europe]

Aliens could also be operating at the micro scale, for instance aliens could be made up of two surviving members of a once very large civilization... alternatively they could be utilizing tech that is very small, or both.

[@joshp3898]

I've re watched every single one of your videos at least 3 times while going to bed lol

[@MatthewLong8]

How about cool worlds? David kipping is a bad ass and has a very soothing voice.

[@joshp3898]

@@MatthewLong8 I'll check it out, thank you!

[@scotth6814]

Yeah, as fascinated as I am in the subject of the videos, John's voice puts me to sleep. I just woke up at the end of this video. I'll have to restart it from the middle again. Very frustrating!

[@tigrevaqq1693]

I hope to see amazing scientific discoveries in my lifetime. Another great video, JMG. Love you, chief.

[@craig221]

Unintentional asmr king

[@janaslechtova5504]

No. ASMR is disgusting. John is awesome.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Jason Blaha is the king

[@JimmyJoeBob]

The alien steps out of it's saucer. "People of Earth, I have urgent news regarding your car's extended warranty!"

[@dougbennett8592]

I knew it! Interplanetary spam!

[@jluchette]

That’s really clever. I can’t believe how many times I see those calls referenced across various topics/platforms. That just speaks to their prevalence. Their sheer volume! Where are they coming from????

[@RestrictedHades]

@@jluchette india

[@IanBourneMusic]

@@jluchette Aliens

[@shutup-gc2yk]

*Astronaut scientist finally reaches a UFO, approaches* Alien: "Hi, welcome to Chili's"

[@alistairwatt8767]

this is a topic which deserves far more scientific attention

[@meditationstories5142]

That ending has to be the best one I’ve heard from your videos in a long time. Cheers

[@nategreat2]

John you are the sum of your parts with these videos. One of the best ones to date.

[@RAKKAR7]

Love the open discussion of advanced ancient civilizations! All must be considered and openly investigated, considered and discussed!

[@realzachfluke1]

Avi Loeb is a true treasure, and not just a national, or even an international treasure, but a genuine _planetary_ treasure, or Earthly treasure if you'd prefer lol. It's not only _what_ he thinks, nor what he thinks _about_ any given topic that makes me appreciate him as much as I do-it's _how_ he thinks that really drives it home for me. I wholeheartedly believe that we should teach and encourage the next generations of kids on Earth to approach the world, life, or really anything, like Avi does. There isn't a doubt in my mind that the world would be a better place if we did. Can't wait to watch the recent Event Horizon episode after this video, which I'll add has been one of my absolute favorites from this OG channel. 🔥 Thank you, John. Really. I am so grateful for you, and the work that you do, and for anybody/everybody else who helps in bringing out content for this channel, or the EH channel. Appreciate you very much 🤜🤛

[@JohnMichaelGodier]

Thanks Zachary!

[@realzachfluke1]

@@JohnMichaelGodier Absolutely, my man. Absolutely.

[@OpusBuddly]

This is John's best lecture on the subject to date.

[@jonsnowight9510]

This is fascinating, but Godier's voice is so smooth and soothing I want to fall asleep. Its like a constant struggle between being intrigued and being lulled to sleep.

[@kylekissack4633]

More exciting news then I ever could've hoped for.. thanks for paving the way on these types of interviews on KZbin inspiring many thanks John🎩

[@123Legolordman]

Another outstanding video good sir, keep it on man!

[@MrJamesjustin]

I'm not overly scared of carnivorous dinosaurs. My mother in-law is one. A bunch of Chuck Norrises would make me feel better though.

[@Trapster99]

Chomp, Chomp.....and they go right for the testicles first, as we both know

[@ezziboo]

My sister-in-law is a bitchadactyl.

[@joshpaige5745]

This is one of your best videos yet. And I've seen almost all of them. The latter half especially gets more and more unsettling as it goes on. Really drives home the enormity of the situation. Keep them coming John, this is my favorite content on KZbin.

[@sheenushandilya]

Thankyou so much for much awaited video on ," JMG".

[@Nunya.Bidness]

Nice! Good subject, and I'm hopeful for Galileo but Avi is saying 1 year but I'm not going to hold my breath

[@MuscarV2]

Where did Avi say that?

[@fredbowles4721]

One year for available technology to look in our sky (not space) isn't really that difficult.

[@pcb8059]

Itd take about a year of to figure out proper tools and cameras for the job, networking and computer software stuff. setting up equipment , testing etc etc.

[@unlightenment]

I think once all is set, We`ll find stuff WAY before one year is up. They're quite open and abundant these days - which is why sightings of all sorts are on the rise.

[@greenrocket23]

There's one resource that is rare in the universe at large and abundant in relatively high concentrations on our planet, phosphorus, without which life as we know it isn't possible

[@QT5656]

13:25 You mentioned this idea of von Neumann probes having a record of life on Earth previously. As a professional palaeontologist I hope you are right. The idea makes me happy. Although it would be ego crushing to have our highly patchy current knowledge laid bare and super seeded it would also be fascinating to have so many questions answered and perhaps even rewarding to have a few hypotheses actually confirmed.

[@AppiusOS]

What if they're here but they don't care about us at all. They've just never seen insects or birds before, and are studying those. What if they decided that our civilization was a threat to their study subjects? 😬

[@christophermasterson8753]

Equally terrifying!

[@aemrt5745]

Intersting take.

[@512TheWolf512]

it's way easier from ANY point of view to negotiate with us than to try and exterminate us

[@eac-ox2ly]

Highly unlikely. If you found an immense biosphere in an alien planet that had a single species capable of space flight, would you focus most of your studies on which species? Of course the highly advanced one. It's the only one you could potentially communicate with, or that could present some tangible threat to you.

[@human678]

They are hanging out around nuclear technology aka. Plants, warships and nuclear bomb facilities. They also have fucked around with the weapons such as turned them on and off at will in multiple countries. There are three possibilities: some country or countries have come up with this technology and hidden it or they are extraterestrial/interdimentional or they could even be another species from this planet hidden in the oceans. Ancient writings from thousands of years ago have written about flying machines capable of traveling in water, air and space. My personal belief: they are here and they have always been here.

[@Charles-xe2qh]

Very interesting! And somewhat unsettling! Regarding the UAPs I find it hard to believe that they are of alien origin. It's very hard to imagine any plausible reason why an alien civilisation advanced enough to fly probes in our atmosphere would bother doing so in the way these UAPs are doing. Why would they bother tantalising us like that, with these fleeting visits? They could easily sit secretly somewhere and monitor all our communications and within days they would know everything there was to know about humans and the Earth. The only possible reason that I can think of why they would want to partially reveal themselves to us in the manner of these UAPs is to slowly "break us in" to the idea of their existence. But that seems awfully considerate. Isn't it more likely that they would either keep themselves concealed or else reveal themselves in full?

[@bradleypoe6846]

I'm sorry to bother you with this, as I just got to your comment tonight, August 4th, late into the morning of the 5th, 2021. But in general I'd think any alien species that's watched us for any length of time would know we have some . . . strange Uncanny Valley issues. It's not just that many of us panic or freak out at anything somewhat, but not entirely "not us", it's that we use that hair-trigger-ness to half-justify a lot of our worst implicit bias issues (of your sexist, racist and chauvinist/culture bigot sort). I would think a "reveal in full" would be off the table entirely for that reason, that only a _tiny_ minority of us on Earth wouldn't have some sort of panic over genuinely alien exo-people. Whether that panic was natural and sincere or otherwise. So why would they be considerate? Well, they're able to get here. Odds are we _aren't_ able to do much of anything, outside of hurting their feelings, to them. So this may be about keeping us from killing ourselves trying to hurt them. Consider: even if they aren't gods on Earth, but merely "supermen" relative to us, still, which do you think they'd do to keep us from flailing (suicidally) against them? Would they dress in silly, "underwear-on-the-outside" outfits if it calmed our nerves? Or would they decline to insult our intellect and simply show up in the most intimidating appearance possible? I know, bleak and nerdy of me to say. But I hope this helped at least a little.

[@lyledal]

Listened to this while sipping my morning coffee. Such a cheery way to start my day! :D

[@TheMusicscotty]

Okay the last part where you switched music gave me chills. I'd *never* thought of that stuff before.

[@sinisterminister6478]

Well, John thanks. That was certainly a cheery interpretation of things. We are at the mercy of powers vast and ancient. Yup, that certainly brightened up my day. lol

[@astyanax905]

lol!! he was rather bleak, I agree -- yet entertaining/logical

[@jarrysciligo5395]

Yes but for how long? If they've (whoever "they" are) been here basically forever, and they've done basically nothing to us thus far, what's to assume that behavior is apt to change. If they're basically content to observe and ignore us what does it matter if they're here. ETA: If I'm one of them, I'm blissfully unaware of that fact, lol. I know I know, that's just what one of them WOULD say XD

[@brandonortega926]

Love the show & this video. I love listening to this while I'm at work. I work in a molecular biology lab & listen to this channel while I'm at work. It makes my day even more fascinating. Thanks!

[@eXWoLL]

This system has a single very interesting thing for alien civilizations to, at least, keep an eye on: the Earth's capability of creating an AI agent that could in a couple of hundred years be sent out to self-replicate around the galaxy (if we survive as a species to that point, of course). Aliens might not care about our resources, our life, our culture. But they will for sure care about the possibility of the creation of a synthetic organism that will represent some kind of danger for them in the future. And a self-replicating, probably self-improving, alien AI galactic swarm that might at some point surpass any other intelligence levels, is for sure something that any developed civilization out there would be wary of. I would even venture to state that the level of threat of a "singularity event" may not only be a critical point for life on earth, where it is greedily being sought without having the right protective mechanisms set in place, but for life on other planets as well. The situation might resemble a grumpy 6yo kid with ADHD, playing with a nuclear bomb detonator, in the middle of Tokyo. If our communication stream to space leads other civilizations to believe we are close to reach this level, they will have only a couple of options: 1) Positive Scenario: Help us to navigate the change without risking an out of control SAI agent, seeking benefit for everyone. 2) Negative Scenario: Actively disrupt the intents of reaching such technological state to develop said agent. 3) The Worst Scenario: Preventively destroy our capacity to develop said agent and/or the species as a whole.

[@williambrandondavis6897]

Nothing can reproduce anything without errors. Eventually those errors pile up and over time those results will be of no resemblance to the original. Nothing stays the same for long in this universe except for change. We could make the borg today but guaranteed it will not stay the same over the course of time. The only thing that does that is nothing.

[@turkishjedi2195]

Talk about making me think... "Think about that for a second... Forced existence" and "if you were a government that knew [we are at the mercy of a greater intelligent race], would you tell the public?" God damn, goosebumps every time I watch these videos. Amazing.

[@SaladFingers_]

Back to back videos we're in for a treat :D

[@michaelcarlin6049]

A perfect follow up to your interview with Avi Loeb. I'm stoked about this. Thanks to Avi for sticking his neck out and John for the insight to pursue this scientific endeavor on his KZbin channels. As a civilization we can figure this out once and for all!

[@derp195]

I think the most likely explanation is that we're mostly seeing alien AI research drones doing basically exactly what we do to research uncontacted tribes.

[@perks6292]

One of your best videos, sir. Well done!

[@EventHorizon31]

Let me just say, that if you are high, this is mind blowing is so many ways.

[@Monkforilla]

Being high has nothing to do with your mind being blown. Not trying to be mean

[@mike7652]

@@Monkforilla That's true, I'm high most of the time and it's a rarity for anything to be mind blowing. Maybe I'm just too cynical lol

[@EventHorizon31]

@@Monkforilla Thanks lol. I'll keep that in mind.

[@heavencanceller1863]

I don't think you're wrong. It's up to personal option and experience

[@craigthescott5074]

Best one yet John thx. I’m going to listen to this one twice!!

[@tonyoliver4920]

“All shall love me and despair” - love to death

[@slackhackman9115]

Good reference! 👍

[@basilgaizka4672]

“You ain’t nothing.” -The kid to the Judge in “Blood Meridian”

[@jjackomin]

You don't look anything like Cate Blanchette.

[@tuneboyz5634]

"Meet my little friend" - Scarface

[@michaelpierson3669]

Man, I just love these videos! Please do more on this channel! I just love this format! Thanks for all you do!

[@gentlestorm]

If the US navy says they spotted these things daily, you would think it would be pretty easy for this project to get some high res images of it very soon.

[@abit9485]

They have Hi Res images but they are classified.

[@nightfury6836]

EPIC stuff!!!! I'm staying tuned to this channel.

[@gravitywaves2796]

This is fantastic news. I don't know what to think about these phenomena and choose to wait for more information before committing to any idea.

[@jameshonore1072]

last 5 minutes of the video had my imagination going all over the place. Your content is sooooo good. Thank you

[@DrogoBaggins987]

Imagine an alien handing over a backup to the library of Alexandria. Imagine an alien showing you your family tree so detailed that every individual has at least a short bio all the way back to before your family was even human. Imagine a quick trip to an alien doctor that leaves you more robust than a fictional immortal from the Highlander movies. It's enjoyable to imagine such things.

[@Sergeant_Camacho]

This! Imagine if the aliens have footage of all our history. Photographs, videos, samples of our ancient history.

[@csb8336]

This might have been the most awe-inspiring and frightening episode you've ever made on the fermi paradox. Well done sir! bigly fan:)

[@alteredbeast7145]

A lot of hate on that Avi Loeb interview comment section for pushing a book/ asking honest questions/ proposing solutions. Its like he says though, if you see something you dont understand, you investigate. Thats science! Its cool seeing astrophysicists with open minds.

[@iraniansuperhacker4382]

I cant fathom why he is being attacked the way he is. He has never suggested he discovered aliens or that this is proof of aliens, he only suggested a possibility and the entire scientific community jumped on his back. Other academics were getting on youtube literally talking about how :pissed off" they were and that Avi is making a joke out of their career.. They were acting exactly like a religious sect whos belief system is being attacked. I dont understand why like 95% of people on both sides of the alien debate are unable to separate how they believe the world works with what is actually happening. String theory with its zero evidence and zero ability to actually test its validity? Yeah that is fine. Aliens that might be at a star relatively close to us and launch a probe here? Pseudoscience.

[@rebellion2054]

Wholeheartedly agree 👍 thank you for ‘rising from your grave’ to write this.

[@nutyyyy]

@@iraniansuperhacker4382 Criticism isn't an attack. I'm not that keen on Avi Loeb but I think investigation into these phenomena is very important as much as I doubt ETI is involved that cannot be ruled out without good data and solid research and it shouldn't be dismissed off handedly as it is possible.

[@parkerrichardson3833]

It’s almost 1:30am and I see this video pop up so I may actually be soothed to sleep tonight. Love your content!

[@mbarnlund]

21:08 Small correction: if I’m not mistaken, the plural of Chuck Norris is… Chucks Norrii.

[@Chris5685]

🥇

[@rb3872]

I like the positivity and lightheartedness of this video.

[@PandoraKin564]

Watch this project get shut down hard. Once I heard that the project will look towards millitary and rural areas I instantly thought this'll be destroyed and shut down.

[@williamblack4006]

Well, one year after your comment the project is going forward with the station in operation and collecting data and numerous well known scientists on staff. Not shut down. Not destroyed. So much for your conspiracy theories.

[@stevefoster4370]

One of the BEST summations of Where are the Aliens I've see on KZbin.

[@DaveTexas]

30 years ago, I dated a guy who eventually told me he was regularly abducted by aliens. (That revelation pretty much ended the relationship, BTW.) he told me a lot about the "research" he and other "abductees" had collected. The main thing was that these aliens were not interstellar travelers, but rather interdimensional travelers. They came from the same physical space as us, just from dimensions we couldn’t see or interact with. It made zero sense and these people couldn’t back up anything they said, but it was at least a way of dealing with the vast distances of interstellar space. He also claimed that certain people had genetic markers inserted into their DNA many hundreds or thousands of generations ago, and that the descendants of those people were the ones being abducted and studied. In other words, you were born to be abducted, and your offspring would continue that trend. Of course, this guy also told me he had been diagnosed with lymphoma and that he was treating it with a paste made up of certain plants. The paste was rubbed on the skin over the tumors, and the tumors were "drawn out" through the skin. He was refusing to seek actual medical treatment. This was more horrifying to me than the whole alien-abduction thing. My guess is that he didn’t end up living very long. Or maybe the aliens cured him so they could keep probing him. I got far away from him as quickly as I could.

[@DrClock-il8ij]

Did you ever get hold of what he was smoking

[@gorbachevdhali4952]

John, your thinking on this subject is very much appreciated, it's so refreshing cutting through the woo garbage that surrounds this topic!

[@knightswarm1]

3D printed alien crafts and even aliens! never thought of that one... you now have my head spinning with new ideas! Great video, thank you JMG!

[@Joaocruz30]

Dear Sir. Your comments are extremely compelling and you make me think. Really Think. And that is awesome! Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Greetings

[@ianriddell5635]

And heading over to watch the interview with Loeb ASAP! He's my favourite Event Horizon guest - always exciting stuff when he's on

[@SupremeCleave]

A new vid! YEAH! Love your content. Keep up the great work :)

[@grumpyaustralian6631]

This and the last event horizon episode were awesome, however on that last point, I doubt the govenments of earth know any more than the public do at this point, and if they did, they would probably fail to keep it a secret.

[@williamalvarez9563]

Governments are indeed bad at keeping secret, they are nevertheless, very good at blurring the truth at their own convenience.

[@_Ocariao]

The most beautiful voice here. We love you, Godier!

[@FirstLast-vr7es]

HP Lovecraft meets Star Trek. I like to think that it'll be a tad more cheery than that, but in the end, what do I know?

[@jjackomin]

There was an episode of Star Trek that was strongly influenced by HP Lovecraft. Cat's Paw

[@Sorrowfulsoull]

Thank you John for all the insightful videos!

[@FTADaddio]

Well this one ended on a dark note, I guess it's welcome to the alien Bob-iverse for us humans

[@Nemisis025]

I'm OK with this

[@Luthiart]

Will there be slack?

[@thedeepestthinker]

It's always fun pondering on the fermi paradox! :)

[@Sarnarath]

15:35 That's a Third Rock from the Sun reference

[@patrickbyrne5070]

Thank you for your work John. I really appreciate it. You’re a skeptic but an imaginative and learned one. Much love from UK. Sometimes all it is just is a calm lovely voice with a great idea.. sometimes that really helps a mind like mine

[@patrickbyrne5070]

It’s nice to put away my cynicism before bed 🙂

[@patrickbyrne5070]

.... then it’s Avi Loeb... 😑 .. I’ll try..

[@patrickbyrne5070]

It’d be easier if he wasn’t trying to sell something..

[@NoSTs123]

We will probably not find any artifacts or alien satellites lurking in our solar systems and definitely no Alien Ufos roaming around in our atmosphere or siting frozen in polar ice. Resources will be spend on this, which could definitely be spent in more fruitfull endeavours, but at least it will be settled and if we find something it would be worth it. The same applies to the more traditional SETI methods, which are more effective, but seamingly not as popular as this. Please acknowledge me and my rational opinion.

[@MayhemKeys]

Why do you believe this project will settle the debate?

[@jackwarren1687]

Excellent, dear film maker! Love to listen to these with a bowl and a cocktail

[@infinidominion]

Wouldn't even feel it going by if they harness gravity

[@thenewtalkerguy496]

Finally someone making sense when it comes to the UAP/UFO Phenomenon.

[@problemecium]

"25 seconds ago" NEW PERSONAL RECORD AND I'M FIIIIIIRST OMG sry to be obnoxious this is the first time I've ever been first xP

[@420edsativaorindica2]

You have me looking up at the stars 🔭 ✨ keep up the great work!

[@TheSoundrookie]

Time is the magic word. Both when it comes to their maneuverability and who they are. Who besides ourselves could have an interest in such a bunch of genetic dead ends?

[@D5quared91]

I greatly appreciate the humor at the end of the video because frankly, this stuff creeps my out sometimes why do I watch these videos right before bed??

[@scottmedchill4210]

3d printed Chuck Norris' sound even more scary than velociraptors!

[@spindoctor6385]

Imagine the amount of infomercials.

[@dexraikkonen7]

One of the best, John. 🎩

[@siddharthverma1249]

Imagine if first contact lies just few years ahead of us.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

Imagine if it lies 500 000 years ahead of us.

[@artman2oo3]

If John ever ends a video with “...universe in which we DIIIIIIIIIIIE” then we know he knows something, and we’re in trouble.

[@mr.nobody9697]

"Aliens of the gaps" I love that.

[@foreverware]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, best voice on KZbin! Also helps he provides great content!

[@happyhammer1]

Do you think it's possible that if aliens exist they developed under something different from darwinian evolution?

[@olbluelips]

I think it's possible, but certainly hard to imagine. Especially if you start thinking really generally about evolution being in a sense, the propagation of stable configurations in a system. That probably doesn't qualify as Darwinian evolution at that point idk

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

I’m hearing a slew of theories here. And that’s good. Excellent graphics! c appropriate music. Read a couple of your books. Well done, young man! I wish you continued success. You’re on your way! 👍

[@JohnMichaelGodier]

Thanks and not so young, turning 46 later this year.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@JohnMichaelGodier When you’re over 70, your age of 46 is young. Keep up the good work!

[@JohnMichaelGodier]

Thanks, and indeed, by the time I get to 70, it may well be the new 40 :)