The First Civilization to Emerge in the Galaxy

[@joz6683]

This is one of the most moving and beautiful depictions of the Fermi Paradox I have ever heard, you may have the mind of a scientist but the soul of a poet, thank you.

[@CoolWorldsLab]

Thanks this one was special to make

[@pomskylifenova7344]

For sure

[@bunkerbuster6729]

His voice is so hypnotizing. It's like a great journey into the unknown. 🚀🌌🧑🏼‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀

[@chrisklinetob7389]

I absolutely agree. Given the truly unimaginable distances within and between galaxies coupled with the undeniable "fact" that the different civilizations would have to form practically simultaneously for any chance of communication or detection to be possible. I see no paradox. It would be much more paradoxical if we ever do find evidence of intelligent life of which there could be (or have been or will be) billions of advanced societies all MUCH to far from the others in time or space or both for detection, much less communication to occur.

[@chrishope1012002]

@@dannypope1860 thats the point :/

[@templargfx]

Its sobering to think that a story like this could have played out thousands of times already in just our galaxy alone, let alone all the other galaxies!

[@TheMelbournelad]

It’s a mind bender. It’s fun thought to think is the universe early middle or late in life. It all depends if star system like ours are the norm or a flash in the pan flash fast. If norm, universe is Middle Ages and we are pretty average, but if red star systems are more the norm, then the universe could live for trillion of years, and we could be one of the earliest races

[@kellycowan8966]

Or it could have played out zero times before. Humans could be the Imins. Just because the galaxy and the universe are "old," doesn't mean that other civilizations could have arisen in the galaxy in a few hundred million years. It may very well take 9 billion years for life to arise for our type of life to begin arising about 4 billion years ago. Based on the evidence we have on our planet, it may just take that long. I think the point of the story is to not be biased to think other life has to exist or has to not exist just because that is what you want to believe. In the absence of knowledge, we do not have to let fantasy fill the gap.

[@jssomewhere6740]

Another way to see this story. This could be describing us. If one believes heat death is the future. Then this universe is barely in its diapers.

[@Vastin]

@@TheMelbournelad Eventually red dwarf stars will be the norm - completely dominating the spectrum of stars due to their vastly longer lifespan as new star formation becomes rare, and the existing giants burn themselves out.

[@danielmisgana2672]

I think the reason why life exists is to become complex enough to ultimately defy the heat death. Even if the heat death is true, what besides life possibly has a chance at defeating it?

[@PetervanHofwegen]

I will save this story for when my kids are old enough... I know that I as a kid would have loved this to the last crumb, I hope my kids will have the same love for this kind of stories that convey so much more than meets the eye. Thank you Dr Kipping

[@RT710.]

This is reminiscent of the contemplations of Sagan and others throughout time. Wonderful thoughts to be thunk.

[@prototropo]

Same here-I would have melted watching David Kipping unfurl the possibilities of reality, and life, like he does. It would have been like a miracle when I was 10. Unfortunately, I’m not sure my kids are as vulnerable to the same visceral stupefaction as I! But I’ll ask them to watch it.

[@jkeister]

Such a sweet sentiment about your kids.

[@Athleticigsmoker]

@@RT710. beautiful comment fam.

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

That's a nice sentiment. Hopefully they and future generations will place more emphasis and importance on such matters than ours did. No more whispering across the void; it's time to scream.

[@sizweshange]

This would make a great 2 or 3 part movie. Basically our story told through a different civilization in a different time in the formation of the universe. This was greatly written.

[@rizalpunio5919]

Star Wars

[@ortherner]

Star Wars

[@tomascabrera1]

I don't know of any of my friends could share this feeling with me, but this type of videos is absolutely mind-boggling to me, thinking about countless civilizations living and dying within our galaxy is truly a profound thought. Hopefully before I die we'll have a self sustained colony on Mars to secure our midterm survival as a species.

[@tomascabrera1]

I watch this video every once in awhile to remind myself of our small place in our galaxy, let alone our universe. However this time I found it necessary to leave a comment. Sorry for the rant.

[@DanielTownsend-f9b]

Well your Internet friends are here with you to share it with.

[@tomascabrera1]

@user-ju5bh5sc6s Thanks, at least this is a place where I can have discussions relating to astronomy and astrophysics. Even though I'm about to become an industrial engineer, space has always been one of my passions, so I hope to keep this avenue of learning and amazing open throughout my life!

[@niftyskates85]

There's many anamolies and structures on the moon. They look ancient and covered up in moon dust and hills.

[@MarinCipollina]

I wouldn't expect a human Mars colony anytime soon. Possibly maybe never. Too many challenges with Mars.

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

Dr. Kipping is such an excellent story teller. You feel like you're living it.

[@tubaguy0]

And to know that we are, in fact, living it! 🤯

[@thegreenbean5891]

@@tubaguy0 Yep, a little on the nose for the good Dr lmao

[@ibizenco]

It is his British accent that does it :-) It reminds one of David Attenborough. :-) David Kipping - the David Attenborough of astronomy.

[@DelftTrains]

I use his video's to fall asleep to. These video's are perfect.

[@davidt8087]

Except its stupid why would aliens have the same cultural evolution and physical chemistry as us?

[@Thuazabi]

This was the perfect intersection of science communication and science fiction. Wish content of this quality was way more common. Masterfully done.

[@micahspleen9634]

@@cstuartdc you know what? Shut up…

[@thebogsofmordor7356]

This is the most beautiful alien tragedy ever told. It puts so much into perspective using centuries of gained knowledge of the cosmos. My new favorite video of yours.

[@Karldin83]

Arc'teryx jacket kinda drives the point home a little extra

[@emmanuel9546]

Yeah, 'alien' tragedy...

[@Aurealeus]

The "alien" is us.

[@helldronez]

@@Aurealeus i believe our fate is to be alone in the universe because it is too vast, i magine when u got ftl u need to travel from 1 system to another would takes ages. i think kurzgesagt already point it out about when u start a war with other alien life when u travel to their homeplanet it would be a different technologies when the first annouce about the war.

[@thomas.parnell7365]

It is true though had these immins truly been determined to survive building o Neil cylinders around the home sun would buy them a few thousand years to develop the technology to slowly travel to young solar systems with time and patience reaching type 2 status could be achieved before rest of galaxy even had single celled organisms thus rule the galaxy for millions of years even go so far as to seed life as planets formed .

[@MikkelMadsen]

What a beautiful way to illustrate the Fermi Paradox. Suddenly, it becomes almost tangilble and - well - personal. It is not just a series of factors and probabilities, multiplied with each other, but a living, breathing civilization that once was, and now is just a data blip among thousands of others on some random human astronomer's computer. And then you realize: Somewhere in the future, that will be us humans. A faraway random astronomer will look at OUR last remnants (whatever that is) and chances are, that he or she will never really guess the true nature of these remnants.

[@musicandactionfigures]

I'm obviously late, I just watched this video and it is a perfect mix of science fact and science fiction. This is a gripping and informative storytelling at its finest! For a guy like me who ponders about life in the universe ever since I was a kid, this is very moving! You're the man Dr. Kipping!

[@dbsti3006]

There will eventually be another advanced civilization wondering if there were others before them, without ever knowing humanity once existed long ago. In the vast expanse of time since the beginning, there could have been many before us.

[@skipperofschool8325]

@@PuppyCuddler somewhere else unlikely

[@jeschinstad]

There might've been life elsewhere in the past. There may be life elsewhere now. And there might be life elsewhere in the future. But the fascinating fact, is that right now, we don't know enough to even guess. Why? Because we have no clue how life comes into existence. None. But Mars might tell us the answer to that very question, because unlike Earth, it might have evidence of life that was not polluted into extinction by the process of evolution or geology. We have a realistic hope of getting answers in our lifetimes. To me, that is much more fun than guessing and rationalizing it into a belief.

[@THX..1138]

Yes!....They will be called the Reticulans! They'll be little gray aliens with big heads. They will also have giant black eyes because they evolved on a world bathed in the dim light of a red dwarf. Which are by then only stars still burning. As Reticulans themselves don't have bungholes they will send exozoologist to travel back through time and space to examine ours...As payment for the discomfort of their unwilling human subjects the Reticulans will gift us a wonder material that would come to be called Velcro 👽🛸🤨

[@justachipn3039]

@@THX..1138 🤣🤣👍👍

[@rtxproductions8747]

Maybe one day life will find us but that is most unlikely. I am still young and would love to be in a world where other life exists.

[@Dionis0730]

I actually got emotional towards the end - a testament to how well the story was told. Thanks for that video!

[@RonBest]

"And the Immens Hope project was never detected again." That sentence made me emotional to the point i got goose bumps on my goose bumps.

[@Shante-330]

I’m praying there’s a part 2 where a scientist finds their time capsule!!!😭😭😭😭

[@firesofcreation]

What makes one the most sad, is how distant stars are from each other. And how less likely it becomes to make contact with another civilization

[@topdog5252]

So did I.

[@abrahampringle8284]

Im literally choked up. One of the saddest stories I've ever heard.

[@edykauan]

I can only imagine what the other way would be. The story of the last civilization to emerge in the galaxy. Well written.

[@fmlAllthetime]

Right? Even if your civilization found many of these time capsules such as voyager etc., knowing you weren't the only ones, to figure out that no one is left and the potential for that to happen again was abysmally low would be... heavy to say the least. That would be, hard.

[@kabivose]

For an earlier intelligent society try The We Who Sing by Stephen Baxter, and for the last one, The Gravity Mine also by him. Both stories in Phase Space.

[@mariusvanc]

There was a video on a channel that went through how the heat death of the universe would unfold, from the perspective of a long lived civilization, and how, eventually, they would cannibalize their own history and knowledge to power more lifespan. Finally, as the universe dissolves into an atom-less, time-less soup of elementary particles, a consciousness and intelligence might spontaneously form, and, perhaps, even more than one, such that they may communicate and ponder the nature of the universe between themselves. It was one of those "how the universe will end" videos, if you look around a bit you'll find it.

[@Prometheus7272]

The last astronomical objects in the universe life could extract energy from would be black holes. Mabye future civilizations would belief they were alone in the universe and would not see stars as they would have either all died or were too far away.

[@koxtheknight7087]

That's even darker

[@alanberka4226]

I wish humanity wakes from current chaos to better awareness of itself. This is great metaphor to how fragile and unique we are. Thank you for such a Inspiration.

[@paystar3436]

Since HUMANS are intending to venture out into the universe with ATOMIC WEAPONS and in the FUTURE much more DESTRUCTIVE inventions and POLLUTING SPACE . .. Aliens are like our babie's when parent's do something with our children by just showing us something like a "Baby Rattle"; ... to start our LEARNING PROCESS about venturing into SPACE and dirty up what the Creator has created as PERFECT for life on Earth and Human's DESTRUCTIVE METHODS in our past of expansion? As HUMANS are the most destructive and animal species ON OUR PLANET !!!! Get it yet ....???

[@mikaelc1597]

Im an art history student and today i coincidently wrote about the last pictures project- an archive of photos that was sent into our orbit on a satellite in hopes that the images would outlive our species and even the eventual death of our sun. Even more coincidentally, i finished an essay recently that argued ufo sightings as being orchestrated in order to distract us from bigger issues. Its so gratifying to see these very same concepts represented here in your work. I love your channel and the way you blend culture and philosophy with science!

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Another reason to love your scientific work and endeavours: it's not just cold hard science. It's an intensely warm one. Thank you, Pr Kipping.

[@blokin5039]

Are you married Jean?

[@clmk28]

That was incredible, Cool Worlds keeps pushing the envelope. In 25 mins you were able to convey an eon worth of information.

[@seankimbrough8489]

I always tear up thinking about how fragile we are as a civilization, we are just a flicker in the overall light of the cosmos.

[@jayknight139]

We are more than a flicker but i get what you mean. If there is other life we need to work together.

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

@@jayknight139 I don't think you understand the scale of the universe if you imagine we're more than a flicker, since a flicker is generous. A thousand civilizations might be a blip. If all thousand worked together (finding each other in the first place would be nothing short of miraculous, never mind reaching each other and working together) AND lasted a very, very long time, we might be a short dot against the universe. The universe has existed for 13,000,000,000 and some odd years already, and is basically still in its infancy. The current form of humankind has existed for 300,000 years, being civilized for maybe a few percent of that by a lot of the earliest claims. Now here's the number to really put it in perspective: our universe will likely go on for 10¹⁰⁰ more years (that's a Googol, or a 1 followed by 100 more zeroes) before it's practically unrecognizable. It's not possible for us to even imagine those kinds of timescales. That's not even to say the medium (or whatever else you want to call it) of our universe ends there, or even that it'll have stopped expanding by that point, that's just when all matter will have decayed or been swallowed by black holes, and those black holes will have evaporated, leaving an "empty" universe for the first time. So yeah, even saying we're a flicker is exceptionally generous.

[@random_shit_online6104]

we are the universe observing itself

[@bandini22221]

I can’t get this story out of my head about the Immins. I would love to explore them more. Would you ever consider writing a novel about them. The possibilities would be endless.

[@toko3d]

I second that! I was going to write a story 20 years ago about a neighboring culture, I would LOVE to have this gentleman help me since I am not really capable of telling such a story. I don't know what it takes to tell a story like THIS! Wow! He tells it so well, I question if I could have even though I wrote a "notebook" kinda like the one Gene Roddenberry wrote. (That was my INSPIRATION!)

[@isaacharvison5323]

We are being visited we just start enough to realize it

[@chelseadanico877]

That would be so awesome. I also liked the story of the immins in the video, I got a lot of inspiration for the sci-fi horror story I’m writing. I’m planning on writing a plot line that will focus on the immins for the story I’m currently writing. My sci-fi horror story takes place at first on a large ancient space habitat, then it will take place on a lost yet ancient planet in the oldest region of space.

[@andic8663]

I see a good competition for Avatar movies!! James Cameron, I hope you see this!!!

[@artful1967]

@@isaacharvison5323 LOONY alert

[@Durp88]

This channel is a gift. Every new video is like Christmas morning to me. Edit: The clear and allegorical parallels to Earthly happenings is fun. Either as common links among many worlds, or commentary on our own situation, it’s fun to think about. As long as we aren’t the lonely genesis civilization…

[@BohoAstronaut]

He's made it pretty obvious he believes we probably are...

[@reidloscidem3562]

This man literally has the voice of a lore speaker. I feel like I need to always visit his channel in order to retain a small portion of wisdom way beyond my current understanding.

[@wehonews]

Not to mention he is gorgeous

[@Firenze1924]

I could listen to you all day Dr. Kipping. This was absolutely beautiful.

[@evergreen7754]

You finished the video quick

[@mcfaddy5819]

ASMR with Knowledge... Right?

[@Raygo.]

Dr. Kipping makes exceedingly good -cakes- videos.

[@Its0kToBeWhite]

Listen to his latest appearances on Event Horizon!!

[@pomskylifenova7344]

For sure 😋

[@davidth.o.g.2229]

I wish I had someone I could share this with who could really appreciate the beautiful complexity in this mixture of so many things I love to let my mind explore

[@madliv21]

Hello internet stranger, I really appreciated the video and I hope you did it too :)

[@Astronomiespechtler]

Hi David :) you are not alone, we unfortunately just don't know each other personally. I think many came her to let their mind explore and Mr. Kipping is an excellent leader on the journey. Who else can't hold their tears when the astronomer detecting the remnants of last hope project closes his laptop? :(

[@meshacklouw2272]

Me and my 10 year old daughter just love videos like this

[@HisameArtwork]

yeah, you're not alone. that being said if they were smart enough to leave the atmosphere they could have definitely found a way to live underground and grow veg at light bulbs or something. and like you can have psychopaths in humans who lack empathy you can have immins who don't have the organ parts for high sociability and empathy. I wouldn't be surprised after that tragedy you'd have a divergent species of space faring psychopaths roaming the galaxy for resources. dun dun dun.

[@dvdh4856]

@@Astronomiespechtler I was so invested in this fictional civilisation I felt the urge to yell at this fictional astronomer. Such an amazing journey

[@TheLycanStrain]

I know you probably don't check comments on videos this old, but thank you for making this. The ending unsettled me so much that I haven't gotten this out of my head since I saw it first in April...you have a truly special gift for science communication and storytelling, and I really hope your channel hits huge subscriber numbers. You deserve it Professor.

[@patrioticmucus2329]

2 years later I had to come back and listen to this. Such a compelling story.

[@Datan0de]

I came here expecting hard science and descriptions of the early galaxy with a bit of Fermi Paradox thrown in. What I got was a beautiful story, made more beautiful by its grounding in science without being lost within it. This was an unexpected, thoughtful, and touching video. Thank you.

[@BlackZar84]

I feel like you guys should have made a novel out of this, or a mini series. Such a great story.

[@firesofcreation]

I would like to see this made into a film! Somebody should be working on the screenplay!

[@christianmarx3249]

made this movie in your mind

[@firebird1cool798]

The fact that this just might be the fate of our own civilization one day is what makes this story truly beautiful. A civilization driven by the want to connect with a higher force....their cosmic brothers. On the other side it shows the nature of the universe, that nothing is forever and you must continue on without looking at the past.

[@jettmthebluedragon]

Well no matter what we do all of us will face extinction and their is nothing we can do about it 😑the universe is NOT fine tunned for life it is this planet that makes life fine tunned 😐and until a planet like this forms again is how long we will be dead again 😐you think the universe is is only 14 billion but that’s ware your wrong 😑you and I were all ready dead for who knows how dam long 😐if the universe is finite you need a cause and effect on what created the universe to begin with 😑and if the universe is infinite it means it has no beginning or end 😐believe in what ever you want to believe but thir is only one theory to the cosmos and their is nothing we can do about it 😑

[@maryann2628]

What if sentient life was so rare that we are the first civilization in the galaxy

[@jettmthebluedragon]

@@maryann2628 I highly doubt that 😑any civilization needs evolution and for that to happen you need a planet like this to happen again and I hate to break it to you any civilization was born on this planet😑 and depending if the universe is finite or not will give us the odds I’d this planet forming again but ether way it’s pointless you were all ready eternally in a endless sleep bedore you just can’t except the fact beasue your alive you FEEL as if everything happens just like that but it took way longer 😑life is an illusion an illusion to make you believe everything happend so fast but it took millennial 😑

[@PhilipEnders]

I’d be fascinated in a 10 billion years in the future style story like this!

[@dn8443]

Maybe the story will be about humans after we're long gone

[@Marumbon]

I hope you saw the latest video, your wish came true

[@groovechampion1462]

This video shows it.

[@runnymedeworks6326]

The underlying belief behind the collective desire to leave something behind is that curiosity is a universal constant.

[@JonnoPlays]

I gain a lot of understanding from watching these videos. I know it's all hypothetical but hypothetical and theory are the psychological soil where the seed of truth can begin to grow. Thanks for your hard work in understanding the material, explaining it in laymen terms, and editing the videos.

[@jodybubner3285]

Thank you for such an enjoyable summarization of how and why a situation of primordial humanity emerges from the much younger and varied circumstances of life possibilities on the earlier earth and the birth of a newly stimulated intellect of wonder,with a reality of fiction that awakens the previously sleeping mind..,

[@jagtestusa2534]

Layman are not as simple as portrayed just bored with details when we can grasp the truth of faith in our own genius

[@DoveSimon]

Such a thought provoking video. Your narration is truly amazing Professor Kipping. Our planet may be a jewel of the Milky Way, but you sir are a jewel of humanity. Thank you for everything you and your team does.

[@prototropo]

Yes, I agree-he is!

[@TwitchyTopHat1]

What incredible lore building. Love the parallels with humans and the realistic feeling society constructed in just 15 minutes

[@handlemonium]

Sounds like the Avatar world but much more fleshed out.

[@juggaloscrub365]

I must say this is a very thought-provoking video. It also makes me think of our own understanding of the universe and the question if we are the first even though we are very young. Listening to this makes me feel like it's us being discussed.

[@ricardoafonso1711]

I find it truly amazing how you and other few KZbin artists manage to imbue such poetry into science videos. Your narration is so soothing and beautiful.

[@mongevoador]

When my kid grows a little more, I’ll show him these stories. He’s already dreaming of becoming an astronomer, but I think your channel will make him even more certain of his place in this world: a spark of consciousness in love with the Cosmos. Thank you for this work of art, guys.

[@DmanAS1989]

The idea of telling their story of their civilization through the light of their is truly imaginative. Loved this story. Thank you

[@ElectronFieldPulse]

Actually, that is how scientists look for signs of alien life right now. It is one of the best ways to determine I'd there are artificial structures across the universe from a very long distance. So, it wasn't really imaginative, just using the same process that has been used by astronomers for a long time. Great story though it was fun to listen to.

[@ravenlord4]

This makes me wonder about the other direction -- a time in the future after the local merger. A civilization that emerged and reached our tech level would see the home galaxy of Milkdromeda, but noting else, as the other galaxies have already retreated beyond the observable horizon. No knowledge of the Big Bang or an expanding universe. And if they were the only ones, how lonely would they feel indeed. No way to figure out where they came from, how they got there, and where they would be going. Today's scientists are so privileged to exist at a time when we can peer back to nearly the very beginning, and also to be able to extrapolate to various endings.

[@HomoSapienMan]

You make a valid case, however also realize that we know little to nothing about the Big Bang and what happened before it (Big Bang is just a word and our intellects attempt at categorizing this moment of hyper inflation which seems to have really bloomed exponentially 13.5 billion years back) Or if it is even a thing, my argument also is hypothetical but I think we are similar to this advanced civilization in not knowing where we came from or why or what lies ahead. For this milkdromeda race “ doomed to die lonely, what if there is another race that have harnessed wormhole travel and take them out of their event horizon through one. Or they themselves learn how to? What if they discover tachyons and are able to technically peer back further than the time of light travel speed and can look at us as we existed in the past? Past to them and present to us. They might be doing so now, also what if these taychons also prohibit the interacting or changing things in this past? (quantum’s entanglement paradoxes of time travel and knowing past etc, all,avoided this Way) so they see us but only as a film which they can have no effect on and we can have no effect on them except in their knowledge that we existed. What if that 13.5 billion years ago Big Bang barrier that physics has set on our understanding is in fact only a limit to stop us from interacting with races that existed over 13.5 billion years back?mand thus affect the past and eradicate us from existence as things would then happen different in our timeline. I haven’t finished the video yet only a minute in so perhaps my views willl change or this will be touched upon in the video.

[@jenkem4464]

@@HomoSapienMan Yeah, and for all we know, our current universe could be 100's of billions+ of years old but we only see a small 13 billion light year potion of it.

[@xBINARYGODx]

We used to think that Milk Way was the entire universe, and we didn't feel lonely.

[@ravenlord4]

@@xBINARYGODx Wow! That was last postulated in 1924. You're pretty old to remember whether you felt lonely or not. Thanks for the insight :)

[@HomoSapienMan]

@@ravenlord4 also you realize if humanity makes it to when milkdromeda becomes the only galaxy visible and causally connected to our part of the universe we are going to be a highly advanced civilization at that point, possibly above type 3 so what we currently consider as impossible won’t stand true to them. Also information from our era could also make it to then. Though to them it might just look like conspiracy theories. If they are advanced enough (Which I’m guessing they should be at that point) to calculate that space is indeed expanding faster the further away it is then they should be able to put two and two together. Intact the vast distances of space and the facts it’s expanding may not even be a problem to them, they may have already convoluted the galaxy and find that since humanity is constantly growing they use the extra people to bridge the gaps in space by having a chain of communication from so the constantly expanding space is bridged by our constantly growing population, civilization and technology

[@richardallan2767]

Top tier stuff. Really great idea. Honestly, i have often thought we might be might be the first species to get this far, at least in this corner of the galaxy. Makes us getting through this great filter we are stood at, and preserving this incredible oasis of life we are made from so more pressing.

[@InAverySilentWay]

This is a profoundly moving story. This story feels on par with some of my favorite SciFi. Thank you for this channel. It has quickly become my favorite channel.

[@nevar108]

This was brilliant! Sparking the imagination the way this story has, is never a bad thing. You would make a fine companion, sitting by a campfire telling tales!

[@Reyajh]

It was indeed fresh, and deeply inspiring!

[@BelleRiverHeating]

Or maybe annoying

[@MarinCipollina]

@@BelleRiverHeating Sounds like you would be the annoying one.

[@MegaBISP]

What a beautiful way to describe science. I love this content

[@cooswillemse7551]

This guy has done some fantastic work. The best for me is the end of our solarsystem .(watching the end of the world) Have a look at it . You’ll be struck with beauty and sadness

[@Friendway]

@@cooswillemse7551 the ending of the multiverse video crushed me as well.

[@jkeister]

This was absolutely amazing. Beautiful. Thought provoking. Imaginative. Chilling at times. This marks a high-point in your body of work here on KZbin. We are so fortunate to have your intellect and creativity available to us with just a few keystrokes of our electronic devices. This was a very moving 25 minutes for me tonight. I plan to share this with many friends, and watch it again right now. Thank you.

[@manasranjanbiswal6970]

The similiarity between their ozone crisis and our global warming is striking. Nice allegory. Top tier storytelling.

[@Ian_Ward_Army]

Outstanding as ever, I wish you were my teacher when I was in school. You have this way of delivering the subject, with clarity. You should get into full on documentary making; I think we have a David Attenborough in the making. You just have this way of explaining things, with a calm and easy to understand voice. Keep up the excellent work, I always like what you produce; and are always looking forward to your next video.

[@CelicaSound]

This channel is outstanding. Dr Kipping, you Sir are an absolute credit to the scientific community as a whole. The elegance you show weaving a narrative into the multi-layered topics you cover shows what humans should attempt to attain... Legend👍

[@andrewkenny2019]

Excellent

[@darthgormagander9643]

Impressive. Reminds me of a sad version of TNG's "The Inner Light" with the Imin not being successful. One remark on the initial images: The footage seems to be taken from DS9's "The Visitor". Sisko was not talking to an ancestor of his but to his aged son due to a temporal phenomenon. But nevertheless, thank you for using this anyway.

[@chilloff5948]

TNG and DS9 have some of the best sci fi stories ever told! Wish I hadn't already watched them all

[@aashishdevgun]

This is what I exactly thought of too, infact this video is easily at par with the best of Startrek episodes, in my opinion top 5 of them. Imagine if Dr. David Kipping becomes a writer for the newer Treks 🤯.

[@aashishdevgun]

It seriously makes me think should we have examined Oumuamua more thoroughly, sent a probe toward it if, possible?

[@aashishdevgun]

The DS9 reference was contextually correct though in a way.

[@jacobbosley1946]

I rewatch that episode often. The timing of the storyline for "The Inner Light" suggests the planet in a system somewhere around Romulan and Borg space. I wondered if the writers deliberately left clues about the origins of the planet Picard experiences life on.

[@ChineduOpara]

Damn near brought tears to my eyes. This channel is a rare gem. Sometimes you *merge* astronomy and poetry... and you make it work... *somehow* . It's like, ASMR taken to the Next Level. Thank you.

[@Marcus-l7q]

Cool worlds is by far the best channel on any platform. There is no close second! Dr. Kipping you're my hero!! Thanks to all of you!

[@davidbrisbane7206]

Just because the galaxy is up for grabs does not mean that other civilisations would want to colonise it.

[@charleshowell6693]

Because their star is dying,a new home they would colonise

[@oneworldonehome]

"In every aspect of human life, a Greater Community understanding and awareness are necessary. This is to prepare humanity for the future and to offset the damaging influences that are being placed upon humanity at this time from intervening races who are seeking to plant ideas in humanity’s mind that will undermine its strength, its power and its wisdom. For the world is already being influenced by certain groups from the Greater Community. This is part of your reality now. Extraterrestrial life will not be some distant fantasy, but a growing reality and a growing emphasis. This will break through the veil of secrecy and ridicule that has surrounded it in the past century to come back into people’s minds, conversations and awareness. It is a matter of great importance and great significance." A quote from *Life in the Universe* by Marshall Vian Summers.

[@johnchapman5125]

Thanks Ivan

[@mirandak3273]

This made me weep for an ancient civilization lost and never known, even though it’s fictional. Thank you.

[@Nitidus]

Their story sounds rather familiar, doesn't it?

[@BaptisteLegrand]

Statistically, such a civilization probably existed at some point

[@irjake]

Because it's us. You're weeping for us.

[@patjonas0]

Like scipio weeping at the destruction of carthage

[@pskry]

I just discovered your channel yesterday - am binge watching since. Thank you for your effort producing quality content!

[@ryanb9749]

I've been watching for 2 or 3 years, this is probably my favorite episode.

[@elongatedmusk3132]

*binge 😏

[@pskry]

@@elongatedmusk3132 corrected, thank you. English is not my first language 😊

[@SoulChainGames]

I'm so glad I subbed to your content. It's always entertaining. I could listen to you for hours and hours just talk about space and things and not get bored.

[@jackolantern2yt]

Yet another in your fantastic series of videos. This channel has quickly become one of my favourites! Like Carl Sagan, you wrap science in a poetic narrative that is deeply moving, capturing the essence of science, the awe and wonder we all feel when contemplating our place "lost between immensity and eternity".

[@JeffSunnyside]

This man , Dr. David Kipping is a hero. The stable and concise communication of his knowledge is a benefit to all of us. Thank you Sir for sharing such thought provoking ideas. This particular episode nudged me into buying a Cool Worlds mug.

[@ullscarf]

Yes he is a hero and he's suffered for his science.

[@fatherhanktree2011]

Thanks for a wonderful,truly moving video,Dr Kipping. Your fable,or even parable,of the Imin will stay with me for a long time. Almost two years ago, May of 2020,we were 2 months into a pretty tough,draining lockdown when,one Thursday evening,v close to my 55th birthday, I watched Isaac Arthur's Firstborn episode. The idea that we might be the first,or perhaps even only intelligent life in our galaxy,or even local group, inspired me with a sense of awe that I can only call religious - and I say that as someone who has been a non-believer since his late teens/early 20s. Your video has brought that feeling right back-keep up the good,and highly necessary,work!

[@calumnagle6743]

Loved the video Dr Kipping. Also thank you for that EPQ project you helped me with in a short online interview a few years ago. Wishing you all the best

[@OtoGodfrey]

You could definitely write science novels, of high detail and precision, with your knowledge and poetry it is deeply captivating!

[@emark8928]

I am without words to do this story justice. Unbelievably touching and beautiful. Thank you.

[@nic1208]

The imaginative and philosophic elements in these videos are what makes Cool Worlds so special. Professor Kipping, thank you for providing us with such a thought provoking and exciting look at our universe.

[@u.v.s.5583]

This is sad and amazing and hopeful, and has so many layers. The quality of the animation, the feasibility of the science... How does someone produce something like this? You are making my nerd dreams a reality. Thank you sir. Screw the Nobel, our love must be greater than that!

[@eduardloomans6859]

It must have been so much fun to come up with this video! I can imagine the discussions about all the cool ideas. I just wish I could have been a part of it :) At the same time so insanely informative and to be honest, probable, as in at least theoretically acceptable (in general lines). Chapeau!

[@Rivermano]

Two years since this was released and I have been here more times than I can remember to watch this again. Thank you for all you are your team do. You are a scientist, an educator with the soul of a poet

[@Genious_Moments]

Please continue the work you do. This video was amazing and brought me to tears toward the end, presenting topics that we must consider now before it’s too late to preserve our civilization in any way, shape or form. Very well done.

[@mythperson9999]

Thank you for doing this, this is one of the best things that has come out recently, you inspire me to look beyond and more

[@frankroquemore4946]

I read some of the comments before watching the video and they really got my expectations high. I’m even more pleased and surprised now that despite you having those unfair conditions to work against, you still exceeded my best expectations. This was beautiful

[@acanuck1679]

Breathtaking in its scope and imaginative exploration of what might have been---and what we might try to accomplish.

[@Nicoalanthony03]

Omfg the story telling on this video is captivating it’s beautifully crafted well done

[@RekAkATom]

This was one of the most beautiful videos I've ever watched, thank you for this story and the message behind it! Truly amazing!

[@MassEffect1988]

Yet another fantastic video 👏 you have a talent in putting across what could be considered "dense" subjects. A storyteller for sure, bravo!

[@keitharoo1962]

Philosophy, poetry, science and a fabulous story all in one. Well done!!!

[@KingBritish]

Was good to see you Collab with John Michael Godier recently, David. Both your content is high class. I think you'd do a great TV documentary about your exomoon project 👍🏻

[@BigDsGaming2022]

the Webb is going to make a close up pic of it for him

[@sallywingles9057]

This was so beautifully presented that I will never forget it, thank you.

[@AzaGameplay]

This is an amazingly written allegory. Maybe the channel's underrated magnum opus

[@cowboy9316]

I believe this is the best science channel on YT and I’m full of anticipation and joy every time you post. Proper brainfood

[@mattpeters4700]

This is the most thought provoking video I have seen on the platform in a long time. Great job, this was amazing.

[@tsppm]

That was a beautiful well articulated fictional story that mimics are own civilizations path. Thank you for writing it and sharing.

[@HawkTuahAgressivePhonkRemix98]

Unbearably new but this is amazing. I love this kind of stuff

[@phillipburke9522]

This is the best thing I've watched in some time. The closest parallel to the wonderful feeling of awe it gave me is the Star Trek TNG episode "The Inner Light". If you've seen it you might agree. If you haven't seen it, go find it and watch it now.

[@rogersnick17]

I knew you were an amazing researcher and astronomer, I had no idea you were so masterful at using a narrative to translate a concept to others. And so beautifully told. I will always be subscribed to this channel.

[@stevewilson1841]

This is, by far, the best KZbin channel...... EVER!! Thank You Cool World's.... We're not worthy 🤘🏽😆🌎

[@jjackomin]

Agreed. Intelligent dude with a pleasant voice.

[@andrewd.3469]

You'll like kurzgesagt, ridddle, and sciencephile the AI then

[@deeplife9654]

Yes . We are so lucky that youtube exists and can hear directly from a scientist ❤️‍🔥about our favorite topics that he is working. And it is free 😎

[@street_struggle7]

This was amazing. Please do more of these videos imagining different cultures and societies out there.

[@mandalasaisrinivas7835]

Before watching this video i was so anxious that I couldn't sleep. The music, the narration and the story calmed my nerves and soothed me. Also gave a great story to share. Thank you for this

[@pendragon0905]

Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved? - Odysseus of Ithaca

[@ThyRavenWings]

Suddenly I feel like starting a new game of Stellaris

[@arim.6606]

I've been feeling pretty low, but Cool Worlds content always brightens my day ✌🏽💜

[@rga1605]

This is so well-communicated, I really loved the story written on the Imins

[@michaellee6489]

Dr. Kipping is, IMHO, one of the best storytellers of our time. His voice is soothing, clear, full of emotion and character. A definite pleasure to listen, and also great filming and direction to watch. BRAVO!!!

[@SapoNeko]

Someone NEEDS to do a cinematic videogame about this, the first thing I thought was Final Fantasy and then was overwhelmed by how beautifully adhering to science this is. Thanks for making me love even more my life, because from this one can put into perspective how remarkably special our existence is. I'll hug my dear ones as soon as they get home.

[@KZorander]

In Final Fantasy 14, there is an ancient civilization which was near perfect, but then the world was sundered into fourteen parts and each part was just a pale reflection of what had been before. Only three individuals escaped this sundering, and spent the next 10,000 years struggling to rejoin these fourteen shards one at a time to bring back the world they had lost. In the end, they lost, and there's a scene where one admits defeat and fades away, saying "Remember us. Remember that we once lived." That's ALL I kept hearing at the end of this video, so it definitely hit me when you mentioned Final Fantasy.

[@MarinCipollina]

Never mind a video game. James Cameron needs to do a full bore IMAX blockbuster movie with this one.

[@damianphelps]

Thank you. This was absolutely breathtaking. I loved your narration as always completely captivating 👍

[@marijandesin8226]

Very imaginative. Love your content.

[@martinwhipkey9343]

I loved this mind experiment! I'd like to think something like this has happened either before us, or even now, just in another part of the universe. Knowing that life is not just a super rare fluke that happened only on Earth would be the biggest discover of humankind.

[@RipTommy]

If you think about it speculation about this topic is pointless, since there is basically an infinite number of scenarios that could have existed. We have no idea and could never fathom this topic!

[@LoreFriendlyMusic]

The world building in the beginning of this video is amazing

[@theworldofayya]

Really love this style of science education and storytelling. I feel really emotional watching this and feel a deep connection to them because in truth it is us, desperate to connect yet so unwilling to realise our actions and addictions are killing the only place we know of in the entire universe where life exists. How can we be so flippant and murderous towards life on earth and yet so curious and keen to talk with life outside. You think if they are listening or watching what we are doing they would want to connect?

[@desmond-hawkins]

Wow! This was incredible. Such a beautiful story, and so moving. The slow speed of light relative to the size of our universe is a tragedy, truly one of the most frustrating aspects of its physical laws. It seems highly unlikely that we'll ever get in touch with alien civilizations: between the vast distances that separate us, the complex conditions likely required for life to emerge, and our own self-destructive behavior, it can often feel like we are unlikely to ever establish contact… all the more reason for trying as hard as we can.

[@dismalthoughts]

If we could travel between galaxies in a split second, we would simply long to explore further and faster. For the curious mind, the pursuit of mystery gives life immeasurable and unceasing meaning. So it's not a tragedy that obstacles exist which stand in the way of our pursuit of knowledge; it's the breath of life which gives that pursuit meaning.

[@cristinataliani5619]

Very Insightful!!!!

[@prototropo]

I agree, Desmond. It makes me so sad to consider the impossibilities that surround us. But life on Earth, and it’s estimable fossil history, and the astonishing history of our own species, and the archival wealth of civilization-these all offer centuries of beauty and surprising investigation. Not to mention the future-it waits for us to write it!

[@jaysmythe154]

Believing in the speed of light barrier is just the same as believing in the sound barrier.

[@dismalthoughts]

​@@jaysmythe154 I see where you're coming from, but like... assuming you mean *travelling* faster than light (in a vacuum) is just as possible as travelling faster than sound (in air)... I mean... one of those has lots of evidence of happening all the time and fits into our model of physics... the other has 0 evidence of ever occurring and doesn't fit into our model of physics. Now that's not to say it's not possible, and if you can find evidence you best believe that me, the entire science community, and the world would adore you forever. But it *does* mean that there's more reason to believe one and not the other until that happens. If we just threw away evidence and physics, then might as well say there's also no reason not to believe that you can jump from here to the moon because the possibilities of reality are only as small as your beliefs

[@Andy-th9kj]

This is absolutely beautiful, David. Bravo!

[@AussieGuy-qb8mh]

Science videos are so cool, free documentaries

[@motorthor1]

Hello Cool Worlds! I've been watching your channel(s) for a long time, there have been many things I didn't agree with, but even science is in the eye of the beholder. I many times find myself rewatching shows. Today, while browsing your channel, I stumbled upon this gem! I have totally missed it, somehow. I now have a newfound respect for you. Thank you for this video, it should be an eyeopener for many! Sincerely Thor.