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.
@CoolWorldsLab2 жыл бұрын
Thanks this one was special to make
@pomskylifenova73442 жыл бұрын
For sure
@bunkerbuster67292 жыл бұрын
His voice is so hypnotizing. It's like a great journey into the unknown. 🚀🌌🧑🏼🚀👨🏻🚀
@chrisklinetob73892 жыл бұрын
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.
@chrishope10120022 жыл бұрын
@@dannypope1860 thats the point :/
@templargfx2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Jesse_359 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
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?
@PetervanHofwegen2 жыл бұрын
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
@RT710.2 жыл бұрын
This is reminiscent of the contemplations of Sagan and others throughout time. Wonderful thoughts to be thunk.
@prototropo2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jkeister2 жыл бұрын
Such a sweet sentiment about your kids.
@Athleticigsmoker2 жыл бұрын
@@RT710. beautiful comment fam.
@skateboardingjesus40062 жыл бұрын
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.
@MikkelMadsen Жыл бұрын
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.
@tomascabrera1 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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-f9b10 ай бұрын
Well your Internet friends are here with you to share it with.
@tomascabrera110 ай бұрын
@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!
@niftyskates8510 ай бұрын
There's many anamolies and structures on the moon. They look ancient and covered up in moon dust and hills.
@MarinCipollina8 ай бұрын
I wouldn't expect a human Mars colony anytime soon. Possibly maybe never. Too many challenges with Mars.
@Thuazabi2 жыл бұрын
This was the perfect intersection of science communication and science fiction. Wish content of this quality was way more common. Masterfully done.
@micahspleen96342 жыл бұрын
@@cstuartdc you know what? Shut up…
@thebogsofmordor73562 жыл бұрын
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.
@Karldin832 жыл бұрын
Arc'teryx jacket kinda drives the point home a little extra
@emmanuel95462 жыл бұрын
Yeah, 'alien' tragedy...
@Aurealeus2 жыл бұрын
The "alien" is us.
@hellz234562 жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
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 .
@wizzardofpaws24202 жыл бұрын
Dr. Kipping is such an excellent story teller. You feel like you're living it.
@tubaguy02 жыл бұрын
And to know that we are, in fact, living it! 🤯
@thegreenbean58912 жыл бұрын
@@tubaguy0 Yep, a little on the nose for the good Dr lmao
@ibizenco2 жыл бұрын
It is his British accent that does it :-) It reminds one of David Attenborough. :-) David Kipping - the David Attenborough of astronomy.
@DelftTrains2 жыл бұрын
I use his video's to fall asleep to. These video's are perfect.
@davidt80872 жыл бұрын
Except its stupid why would aliens have the same cultural evolution and physical chemistry as us?
@sizweshange2 жыл бұрын
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.
@rizalpunio59195 ай бұрын
Star Wars
@ortherner3 ай бұрын
Star Wars
@alanberka42262 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 ....???
@fred_20212 күн бұрын
I could glibly say that humans 'are what they are', with all the hit-and-miss primitive baggage endowed by evolution, and there's no way to change us for the better, but I'd be wrong. There's a road to survival and progression through our species using its legacy of intelligence to remake itself - sans characteristics that would otherwise lead to our demise - with greatly enhanced capacity for rational behavior and spirituality.
@alanberka42262 күн бұрын
@fred_2021 We are always getting better. What was 100 years ago? 200? 300? It was worst. Much worst. It is our negative mind that tells us that "Now, everything is going so bad". And it is not true.
@dbsti30062 жыл бұрын
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.
@skipperofschool83252 жыл бұрын
@@PuppyCuddler somewhere else unlikely
@jeschinstad2 жыл бұрын
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..11382 жыл бұрын
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 👽🛸🤨
@justachipn30392 жыл бұрын
@@THX..1138 🤣🤣👍👍
@rtxproductions87472 жыл бұрын
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.
@seankimbrough84892 жыл бұрын
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.
@jayknight1392 жыл бұрын
We are more than a flicker but i get what you mean. If there is other life we need to work together.
@ossiehalvorson77022 жыл бұрын
@@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_online61042 жыл бұрын
we are the universe observing itself
@edykauan2 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine what the other way would be. The story of the last civilization to emerge in the galaxy. Well written.
@fmlAllthetime2 жыл бұрын
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.
@kabivose2 жыл бұрын
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.
@mariusvanc2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Prometheus72722 жыл бұрын
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.
@koxtheknight70872 жыл бұрын
That's even darker
@musicandactionfigures2 жыл бұрын
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!
@mikaelc15972 жыл бұрын
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!
@Dionis07302 жыл бұрын
I actually got emotional towards the end - a testament to how well the story was told. Thanks for that video!
@RonBest2 жыл бұрын
"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-3302 жыл бұрын
I’m praying there’s a part 2 where a scientist finds their time capsule!!!😭😭😭😭
@firesofcreation2 жыл бұрын
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
@topdog52522 жыл бұрын
So did I.
@abrahampringle82842 жыл бұрын
Im literally choked up. One of the saddest stories I've ever heard.
@clmk282 жыл бұрын
That was incredible, Cool Worlds keeps pushing the envelope. In 25 mins you were able to convey an eon worth of information.
@jeanbonnefoy13772 жыл бұрын
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.
@blokin50392 жыл бұрын
Are you married Jean?
@Durp882 жыл бұрын
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…
@BohoAstronaut7 ай бұрын
He's made it pretty obvious he believes we probably are...
@runnymedeworks63263 ай бұрын
The underlying belief behind the collective desire to leave something behind is that curiosity is a universal constant.
@reidloscidem35622 жыл бұрын
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.
@wehonewsАй бұрын
Not to mention he is gorgeous
@Firenze19242 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you all day Dr. Kipping. This was absolutely beautiful.
@evergreen77542 жыл бұрын
You finished the video quick
@mcfaddy58192 жыл бұрын
ASMR with Knowledge... Right?
@Raygo.2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Kipping makes exceedingly good -cakes- videos.
@Its0kToBeWhite2 жыл бұрын
Listen to his latest appearances on Event Horizon!!
@pomskylifenova73442 жыл бұрын
For sure 😋
@Datan0de2 жыл бұрын
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.
@bandini222212 жыл бұрын
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.
@toko3d2 жыл бұрын
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!)
@isaacharvison53232 жыл бұрын
We are being visited we just start enough to realize it
@chelseadanico8772 жыл бұрын
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.
@andic86632 жыл бұрын
I see a good competition for Avatar movies!! James Cameron, I hope you see this!!!
@artful19672 жыл бұрын
@@isaacharvison5323 LOONY alert
@arsamsafabakhsh29 күн бұрын
dudeee wtfff?? this made me actually cry it was fantastic
@mongevoador2 жыл бұрын
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.
@firebird1cool7982 жыл бұрын
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.
@jettmthebluedragon2 жыл бұрын
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 😑
@maryann26282 жыл бұрын
What if sentient life was so rare that we are the first civilization in the galaxy
@jettmthebluedragon2 жыл бұрын
@@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 😑
@davidth.o.g.22292 жыл бұрын
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
@madliv212 жыл бұрын
Hello internet stranger, I really appreciated the video and I hope you did it too :)
@Astronomiespechtler2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Me and my 10 year old daughter just love videos like this
@HisameArtwork Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@Astronomiespechtler I was so invested in this fictional civilisation I felt the urge to yell at this fictional astronomer. Such an amazing journey
@patrioticmucus23294 ай бұрын
2 years later I had to come back and listen to this. Such a compelling story.
@PhilipEnders2 жыл бұрын
I’d be fascinated in a 10 billion years in the future style story like this!
@dn8443 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the story will be about humans after we're long gone
@Marumbon11 ай бұрын
I hope you saw the latest video, your wish came true
@groovechampion14627 ай бұрын
This video shows it.
@BlackZar842 жыл бұрын
I feel like you guys should have made a novel out of this, or a mini series. Such a great story.
@firesofcreation2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see this made into a film! Somebody should be working on the screenplay!
@christianmarx32492 жыл бұрын
made this movie in your mind
@DoveSimon2 жыл бұрын
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.
@prototropo2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree-he is!
@MegaBISP2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful way to describe science. I love this content
@cooswillemse75512 жыл бұрын
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
@Friendway2 жыл бұрын
@@cooswillemse7551 the ending of the multiverse video crushed me as well.
@Marcus-l7q6 ай бұрын
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!
@ricardoafonso1711 Жыл бұрын
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.
@pskry2 жыл бұрын
I just discovered your channel yesterday - am binge watching since. Thank you for your effort producing quality content!
@ryanb97492 жыл бұрын
I've been watching for 2 or 3 years, this is probably my favorite episode.
@elongatedmusk31322 жыл бұрын
*binge 😏
@pskry2 жыл бұрын
@@elongatedmusk3132 corrected, thank you. English is not my first language 😊
@ravenlord42 жыл бұрын
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.
@HomoSapienMan2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jenkem44642 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@xBINARYGODx2 жыл бұрын
We used to think that Milk Way was the entire universe, and we didn't feel lonely.
@ravenlord42 жыл бұрын
@@xBINARYGODx Wow! That was last postulated in 1924. You're pretty old to remember whether you felt lonely or not. Thanks for the insight :)
@HomoSapienMan2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@DmanAS19892 жыл бұрын
The idea of telling their story of their civilization through the light of their is truly imaginative. Loved this story. Thank you
@ElectronFieldPulse2 жыл бұрын
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.
@manasranjanbiswal69706 ай бұрын
The similiarity between their ozone crisis and our global warming is striking. Nice allegory. Top tier storytelling.
@SoulChainGames2 жыл бұрын
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.
@oneworldonehome2 жыл бұрын
"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.
@johnchapman51252 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ivan
@nevar1082 жыл бұрын
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!
@Reyajh2 жыл бұрын
It was indeed fresh, and deeply inspiring!
@BelleRiverHeating2 жыл бұрын
Or maybe annoying
@MarinCipollina8 ай бұрын
@@BelleRiverHeating Sounds like you would be the annoying one.
@JonnoPlays2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jodybubner32852 жыл бұрын
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..,
@jagtestusa25342 жыл бұрын
Layman are not as simple as portrayed just bored with details when we can grasp the truth of faith in our own genius
@InAverySilentWay Жыл бұрын
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.
@juggaloscrub3652 жыл бұрын
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.
@TwitchyTopHat12 жыл бұрын
What incredible lore building. Love the parallels with humans and the realistic feeling society constructed in just 15 minutes
@handlemonium2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Avatar world but much more fleshed out.
@ChineduOpara2 жыл бұрын
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.
@mirandak32732 жыл бұрын
This made me weep for an ancient civilization lost and never known, even though it’s fictional. Thank you.
@Nitidus2 жыл бұрын
Their story sounds rather familiar, doesn't it?
@BaptisteLegrand2 жыл бұрын
Statistically, such a civilization probably existed at some point
@irjake2 жыл бұрын
Because it's us. You're weeping for us.
@patjonas011 ай бұрын
Like scipio weeping at the destruction of carthage
@TheLycanStrain2 жыл бұрын
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.
@richardallan27672 жыл бұрын
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.
@darthgormagander96432 жыл бұрын
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.
@chilloff59482 жыл бұрын
TNG and DS9 have some of the best sci fi stories ever told! Wish I hadn't already watched them all
@aashishdevgun2 жыл бұрын
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 🤯.
@aashishdevgun2 жыл бұрын
It seriously makes me think should we have examined Oumuamua more thoroughly, sent a probe toward it if, possible?
@aashishdevgun2 жыл бұрын
The DS9 reference was contextually correct though in a way.
@jacobbosley19462 жыл бұрын
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.
@calumnagle67432 жыл бұрын
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
@fatherhanktree20112 жыл бұрын
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!
@AzaGameplay Жыл бұрын
This is an amazingly written allegory. Maybe the channel's underrated magnum opus
@Ian_Ward_Army2 жыл бұрын
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.
@jkeister2 жыл бұрын
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.
@eduardloomans68592 жыл бұрын
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!
@cowboy93162 жыл бұрын
I believe this is the best science channel on YT and I’m full of anticipation and joy every time you post. Proper brainfood
@HawkTuahAgressivePhonkRemix98Ай бұрын
Unbearably new but this is amazing. I love this kind of stuff
@jackolantern2yt2 жыл бұрын
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".
@u.v.s.55832 жыл бұрын
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!
@emark89282 жыл бұрын
I am without words to do this story justice. Unbelievably touching and beautiful. Thank you.
@Genious_Moments2 жыл бұрын
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.
@mandalasaisrinivas78352 жыл бұрын
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
@ClavinNicoalAnthonyАй бұрын
Omfg the story telling on this video is captivating it’s beautifully crafted well done
@stevewilson18412 жыл бұрын
This is, by far, the best KZbin channel...... EVER!! Thank You Cool World's.... We're not worthy 🤘🏽😆🌎
@jjackomin2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Intelligent dude with a pleasant voice.
@andrewd.34692 жыл бұрын
You'll like kurzgesagt, ridddle, and sciencephile the AI then
@deeplife96542 жыл бұрын
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 😎
@nic12082 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidbrisbane7206 Жыл бұрын
Just because the galaxy is up for grabs does not mean that other civilisations would want to colonise it.
@charleshowell6693Ай бұрын
Because their star is dying,a new home they would colonise
@quiverdancervolcaАй бұрын
YES! SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION AND CIVILIZATIONS! I love this! This really fuels my autism
@Rivermano2 ай бұрын
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
@rogersnick172 жыл бұрын
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.
@sallywingles90572 жыл бұрын
This was so beautifully presented that I will never forget it, thank you.
@RekAkATom2 жыл бұрын
This was one of the most beautiful videos I've ever watched, thank you for this story and the message behind it! Truly amazing!
@michaellee64892 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@phillipburke95222 жыл бұрын
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.
@keitharoo19622 жыл бұрын
Philosophy, poetry, science and a fabulous story all in one. Well done!!!
@GuyGamerz2 жыл бұрын
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👍
@andrewkenny20192 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@JeffSunnyside2 жыл бұрын
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.
@ullscarf2 жыл бұрын
Yes he is a hero and he's suffered for his science.
@pendragon090510 ай бұрын
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
@jorgefreigedo93432 жыл бұрын
Marvelous video! This is same place we are right now. We need to change and appreciate fragil life.
@marijandesin82262 жыл бұрын
Very imaginative. Love your content.
@AussieGuy-qb8mhАй бұрын
Science videos are so cool, free documentaries
@MassEffect19882 жыл бұрын
Yet another fantastic video 👏 you have a talent in putting across what could be considered "dense" subjects. A storyteller for sure, bravo!
@ShelbyGT52810 ай бұрын
I m back. This is probably the video I ve watched the most on KZbin. After your most recent video, I had to come back to this one. I ve watched this video well over 50 times now. I have no words. It makes me feel things I can’t even put into words.
@motorthor12 жыл бұрын
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.
@acanuck16792 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking in its scope and imaginative exploration of what might have been---and what we might try to accomplish.
@arim.66062 жыл бұрын
I've been feeling pretty low, but Cool Worlds content always brightens my day ✌🏽💜
@tsppm2 жыл бұрын
That was a beautiful well articulated fictional story that mimics are own civilizations path. Thank you for writing it and sharing.
@michaelcriger63592 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite thing your channel has done!
@damienkilcannonvryce2 жыл бұрын
So heartbreaking and full of hopelessness. All I could say in my mind is, “at least they believed and tried”. Bittersweet but beautiful!
@frankroquemore49462 жыл бұрын
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
@rga16052 жыл бұрын
This is so well-communicated, I really loved the story written on the Imins
@ThyRavenWings2 жыл бұрын
Suddenly I feel like starting a new game of Stellaris
@Sontus7182 жыл бұрын
You make a great case for the third, and most important, consideration for a solution of the Fermi Paradox - Universe Time. We spend all of our efforts concentrating on the 'numbers of worlds' in our galaxy, first consideration, and the massive distances between stars in our galacy, hence time, second consideration, of our 'current' environment that we don't consider sufficiently the billions of years that came before where civilizations began, grew, and ended without leaving anything for us to find. You also make a great point as to the limited view of what 'may be' because it is different than the environment familiar to us.
@SapoNeko2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@MarinCipollina8 ай бұрын
Never mind a video game. James Cameron needs to do a full bore IMAX blockbuster movie with this one.
@mattpeters47002 жыл бұрын
This is the most thought provoking video I have seen on the platform in a long time. Great job, this was amazing.
@Andy-th9kj2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely beautiful, David. Bravo!
@mythperson99992 жыл бұрын
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
@LoreFriendlyMusic9 ай бұрын
The world building in the beginning of this video is amazing
@Seer_Of_The_Woodlands9 ай бұрын
"once the universe was young and bright, now it is fading and cold. like a flower, I see the dawn of the universe in my dreams, but when I wake up, I see it getting dimmer and thinner year after year." I could imagine that these early creatures would be like the elves of fantasy stories, depressed by the fading of the world and the withering of its greatness. Great Video !