The Fermi Paradox: Migration

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Published 2024-08-08
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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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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox: Migration
Episode 459; August 8, 2024
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
LegionTech Studios
Sergio Botero
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"

Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:16 Cluster Migration
8:52 Core Migration
21:49 Rim Migration
31:17 Time Migration
35:20 New Universe Migration
36:26 Multiverse Migration
43:10 More Fertile Dimensions

All Comments (21)
  • Any civilisation sufficiently advanced, migrates to a nice tropical resort planet and retires there.😂
  • Best feeling is the YouTube feed blessing me with new Isaac fresh outta the space oven! Love the Fermi series man. Thanks
  • @FattyMcFox
    Meanwhile Aliens all around us: "These humans are made of Baryonic matter. They can't see us. Do you think they get lonely?"
  • This channel gives me a lot of hope for the future. That's something i honestly need right now.
  • God damn I've been watching that many of your videos that the drink and the snacks given me type 2 Diabetes
  • @cannonfodder4376
    Another great video to listen to and make work enjoyable. Fantastic work as always, Isaac.
  • This reminds me of the book "the eternity artifact" by L.E. Moddeset jr The find an alien structure far above the galactic plane, and work out that aliens had used it billions of years ago to travel to a younger universe
  • @Jayc5001
    Oooo new video just dropped! Let's go!
  • @lonjohnson5161
    EPISODE SUGGESTION: Detection Ranges. Any channel regular knows that there are virtually limitless activities that civilizations may be up to, ranging from campfires, through tiny space probes all the way (and possibly beyond) to moving entire galaxies. I wonder what the detection ranges are for various activities in three categories: 1) How far can something be detected, assuming extreme luck? This could be something like a laser communication sent to someone in line with the Earth just as JWST is looking in that direction. 2) How far can something be detected by reasonable telescopes and it be determined as more likely than not to be artificial? This could be a laser detected by Kitt Peak, with a spectrum, and another at the same location detected days later by Hubble. 3) How far can something be detected by anyone and only the most stubborn refusing to believe it is artificial? For instance, a laser bright enough to appear as a new star in the sky that blinks in prime numbers.
  • @BobtheX
    Ayyy this episode came out on my birthday. Thanks for the present Isaac. 🎉
  • @8-7-styx94
    It always amazes me how tin foil can move us across the universe. I tried explaining to my wife and she just thought I was insane cause I was trying to pull a star with some imaginary rope of Tin foil. So even when I explain it thoroughly she looks at me like I'm some mad scientist. To that I say, Pah, the other great mystery of the universe: Women!
  • @djschultz1970
    Future episode idea. Grey Goo as Fermi-Paradox solution. Any sufficiently advanced civilization eventually creates self replicating nanobots that convert everything into paperclips
  • @seanhewitt603
    The use of crude oil as an energy production is a great filter event. The ability to make intuitive connections between a seemingly useless byproduct and a planets ability to play host to a living ecology.