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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.

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00:48:43

The Fermi Paradox: Migration (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/08

We often wonder where all the vast and ancient alien civilizations are, but could it be that they've migrated far away in space or time, or even journeyed beyond our cosmos?

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00:43:34

Life As A Planetary Governor (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/08/01

Join us for a journey to a new world, as we explore what it would be like to lead a colony mission.

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00:24:24

Nomadic Miners On The Moon (2024) (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/28

We so often hear of mining asteroids, but the Moon outmasses every known asteroid combined dozens of times over again, and is closer to Earth too. So what would life be like mining on the Moon?

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00:31:07

Self-Repairing Machines (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/25

We often try to distinguish between what is alive and what is a machine, and note that machines can't reproduce or fix themselves, but that may soon change.

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00:31:38

Self-Repairing Machines

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/25

We often try to distinguish between what is alive and what is a machine, and note that machines can't reproduce or fix themselves, but that may soon change.

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00:46:30

The Fermi Paradox: Fine-Tuned Universe

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/18

Our universe is a strange place, with underlying rules we’re only just beginning to understand, but could the strangest thing of all about our Universe be that we are able to live here to observe it in the first place?

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00:45:57

The Fermi Paradox: Fine-Tuned Universe (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/18

Our universe is a strange place, with underlying rules we’re only just beginning to understand, but could the strangest thing of all about our Universe be that we are able to live here to observe it in the first place?

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00:42:05

Dormant Alien Empires (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/14

When listen to void of space, we hear no alien signals, but could the galaxy be quiet because ancient empires slumber inside it?

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00:42:49

Dormant Alien Empires

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/14

When listen to void of space, we hear no alien signals, but could the galaxy be quiet because ancient empires slumber inside it?

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02:13:28

Interstellar Colonization Compendium (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/11

Space is huge, immense beyond our wildest dreams. In order to explore and settle it, we’ll need to learn to dream a lot bigger and bolder than ever before

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00:30:25

Cyborg Civilizations (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/07

We often contemplate cyborgs, people enhanced by machines, but what would a civilization built upon cybernetics be like?

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00:32:05

Roko's Basilisk (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/04

The dangers of artificial intelligence have long loomed in our future, and seem ever closer. But it may be that the dangers of the future can reach back into the past itself, and even without a time machine.

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00:32:43

Roko's Basilisk

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/07/04

The dangers of artificial intelligence have long loomed in our future, and seem ever closer. But it may be that the dangers of the future can reach back into the past itself, and even without a time machine.

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00:34:52

Free Will, Quantum & Orchestrated Objective Reduction

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/30

An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

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00:36:01

Free Will, Quantum & Orchestrated Objective Reduction...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/30

An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

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00:36:13

Megastructures: Hollow Earth

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/27

Earth is immense, but we only live on a thin shell of its surface. So what if we built a planet with only that thin shell, or with several layers of them?

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00:35:38

Megastructures: Hollow Earth (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/27

Earth is immense, but we only live on a thin shell of its surface. So what if we built a planet with only that thin shell, or with several layers of them?

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00:33:06

What If The Dinosaurs Hadn't Died Off? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/20

What if dinosaurs have survived the asteroid impact? Could we have seen a shared dino-mammal ecology, or even intelligent dinosaurs?

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00:33:38

What If The Dinosaurs Hadn't Died Off?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/20

What if dinosaurs have survived the asteroid impact? Could we have seen a shared dino-mammal ecology, or even intelligent dinosaurs?

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00:39:46

Paradise Planets

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2024/06/16

As we reach out to the stars and settle other worlds, could we find or create ones even better for humanity than Earth?

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