Channel: The Science Asylum

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Description: Where are all the aliens?! This is the essence to the Fermi Paradox. It's most popular solution is the "Great Filter." What is the obstacle that life and/or intelligent species are unlikely to survive? Let's discuss. 00:00 Cold Open 00:18 Introduction 00:48 History of the Fermi Paradox 02:48 Fermi Paradox Explained 03:55 Drake Equation Explained 07:04 The Great Filter 09:56 Rare Earth Hypothesis 10:53 Geologic Time in Galactic Years 14:48 Evolution of Intelligent Life 17:03 Conclusions 19:11 Poll Results 19:47 Outro 20:10 Featured Comment Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Natalie Wells - Researcher ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS What is Life? youtu.be/AF2Ykg8Fq2w Cosmic Time: youtu.be/mbe6ZbGuQFg ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS PBS Space Time on Fermi Paradox: youtu.be/BAoEnV3Zt_Q youtu.be/8wa1l7M5gU8 Kurzgesagt on Fermi Paradox: youtu.be/sNhhvQGsMEc youtu.be/1fQkVqno-uI youtu.be/UjtOGPJ0URM ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Fabio Manzini, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, OnlineBookClub, Sean K, Wacky, Blank NA, Flying Monkey, Christopher Schiele Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: Benjamin Dixon, Benjamin Reynolds, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, James Coley, Jon Adams, Jonas Wepeel, Jonathan Reel, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Stephen Blinn, Stephen Gailey, Don Wilshe ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES General Background: seti.org/project-ozma seti.org/drake-equation-index aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/30665 lanl.gov/discover/publications/1663/2013-july/_assets/docs/firsts.pdf osti.gov/biblio/5746675-where-everybody-account-fermi-question Details and Facts: mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html technologyreview.com/2008/04/22/220999/where-are-they asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2015/07/22/how-many-stars-in-the-milky-way exoplanets.nasa.gov/discovery/exoplanet-catalog scientificamerican.com/article/when-did-eukaryotic-cells naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/early-life-earth-animal-origins britannica.com/topic/Homo britannica.com/topic/Homo-sapiens/Origin Scienfic Papers: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9841 ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AsBio..16..359F/abstract arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404 doi.org/10.2307/2709100 doi.org/10.1089/ast.2014.1247 Books: openstax.org/details/books/astronomy "Intelligent Life in the Universe." by I. S. Shklovskii & Carl Sagan (1966) books.google.com/books/about/Intelligent_Life_in_the_Universe.html?id=QrnoPwAACAAJ "Is Anyone Out There?" by Frank Drake & Dava Sobel (1992) books.google.com/books/about/Is_Anyone_Out_There.html?id=DYXvAAAAMAAJ "If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life" by Stephen Webb (2002) books.google.com/books/about/If_the_Universe_Is_Teeming_with_Aliens_W.html?id=Kp6g79LuKWEC ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS youtube.com/watch?v=fivCstgXlDo&lc=Ugxl3ekHrRHBwSMlaax4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=fivCstgXlDo&lc=Ugy9jlvTtIkSA6i9vOV4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=fivCstgXlDo&lc=UgzkGAgy76jmjMfLPYV4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Heavy Bombardment (Bennu's Journey): svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=20220 Los Alamos ID Badge Photos: lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/badges.php Herbert York: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_York.jpg Frank Drake: repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla%3A291451