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Cool Worlds · Saturday · 33 min

Why Finding Aliens Could Doom Humanity

Use code coolworlds at https://incogni.com/coolworlds to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. The "Great Filter" is a pivotal idea in astrobiology. It may very well explain the Fermi Paradox. Today we explore what it is, some candidates for it's cause, and the shocking consequences it implies with respect to our future detections. Written & presented by David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas → Support our research: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/cool-worlds → Check out our podcast: www.youtube.com/@CoolWorldsPodcast THANK-YOU to D. Aron, B. Bueche, S. Lee, G. Bylinsky, M. Czirr, C. Fitzgerald, S. Shardool, B. Gaalen, G. Metts, D. Hoffman, M. Simmons, C. Frederick, H. Schiff, D. Stewart, M. Sanford, R. Borbidge, S. Patterson, M. Farabee, M. Elliott, A. Kochkov, B. Cartmell, G. Fullwood, C. Seay, Z. Danielson, J. Bergman, D. Lee, P. Stevenson, S. Brownlee, B. Reese, B. Daniluk, N. Offor, T. Ford, R. Williams, I. Williams, L. Cunningham, N. Haan, K. Howard, C. Bottaccini, C. Souter, A. Nimmerjahn, W. Ruf, G. Belsak, J. Alley, M. OBrien, T. Zajonc, S. Lewis, J. Canning, R. Provost, T. Inc, J. Matters, B. Devermont, B. Kingston, A. Huch, R. Chaffee, M. Hedlund, M. Everest, M. Gillette, V. Popovski, J. Armstrong, D. Daughaday, N. Corwin, S. Murray, C. Fitzsimmons, T. Donkin, C. Kennedy, M. Adler, L. MacFarlane, B. Langley, E. Garland, S. Vystoropskyi, J. Bryant, D. Ervin, M. Morrow, B. McMillan, J. Bassnett, T. Edris, J. Kruger, C. Hansen, L. Schreiner, D. Smith, R. Muriuki, P. Borisoff, B. Ross-Lee, A. Schoen, L. Deacon, I. Venzor, P. Johnston, W. Smith, J. Murphy, R. Lovely & J. Rockett. MUSIC Licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via CC Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) or with permission from the artist. You can see all of our past music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Bu2UQlKDb0KaeliLZUOZn 0:00 It Wasnt Mine To Begin With - Hill 3:18 Dust and Light - Hill 4:59 World of Wonder - Hill 6:30 Cylinder Four - Chris Zabriskie 8:04 First and Last - Hill 10:59 Don’t Think - Hill 16:36 Cylinder Two - Chris Zabriskie 19:29 Cylinder Six - Chris Zabriskie 24:31 To Accept the Partings That Must Come - Hill CHAPTERS 0:00 Teaser 0:18 Background 5:00 Incogni 6:31 Candidates 15:45 Tier List 19:13 Bostromian Logic 26:04 Outro and Credits #GreatFilter #AreWeAlone #CoolWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Use code coolworlds at https://incogni.com/coolworlds to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan.

The "Great Filter" is a pivotal idea in astrobiology. It may very well explain the Fermi Paradox. Today we explore what it is, some candidates for it's cause, and the shocking consequences it implies with respect to our future detections.

Written & presented by David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas

→ Support our research: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support
→ Get merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/cool-worlds
→ Check out our podcast: www.youtube.com/@CoolWorldsPodcast

THANK-YOU to D. Aron, B. Bueche, S. Lee, G. Bylinsky, M. Czirr, C. Fitzgerald, S. Shardool, B. Gaalen, G. Metts, D. Hoffman, M. Simmons, C. Frederick, H. Schiff, D. Stewart, M. Sanford, R. Borbidge, S. Patterson, M. Farabee, M. Elliott, A. Kochkov, B. Cartmell, G. Fullwood, C. Seay, Z. Danielson, J. Bergman, D. Lee, P. Stevenson, S. Brownlee, B. Reese, B. Daniluk, N. Offor, T. Ford, R. Williams, I. Williams, L. Cunningham, N. Haan, K. Howard, C. Bottaccini, C. Souter, A. Nimmerjahn, W. Ruf, G. Belsak, J. Alley, M. OBrien, T. Zajonc, S. Lewis, J. Canning, R. Provost, T. Inc, J. Matters, B. Devermont, B. Kingston, A. Huch, R. Chaffee, M. Hedlund, M. Everest, M. Gillette, V. Popovski, J. Armstrong, D. Daughaday, N. Corwin, S. Murray, C. Fitzsimmons, T. Donkin, C. Kennedy, M. Adler, L. MacFarlane, B. Langley, E. Garland, S. Vystoropskyi, J. Bryant, D. Ervin, M. Morrow, B. McMillan, J. Bassnett, T. Edris, J. Kruger, C. Hansen, L. Schreiner, D. Smith, R. Muriuki, P. Borisoff, B. Ross-Lee, A. Schoen, L. Deacon, I. Venzor, P. Johnston, W. Smith, J. Murphy, R. Lovely & J. Rockett.

MUSIC
Licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via CC Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) or with permission from the artist. You can see all of our past music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Bu2UQlKDb0KaeliLZUOZn
0:00 It Wasnt Mine To Begin With - Hill
3:18 Dust and Light - Hill
4:59 World of Wonder - Hill
6:30 Cylinder Four - Chris Zabriskie
8:04 First and Last - Hill
10:59 Don’t Think - Hill
16:36 Cylinder Two - Chris Zabriskie
19:29 Cylinder Six - Chris Zabriskie
24:31 To Accept the Partings That Must Come - Hill

CHAPTERS
0:00 Teaser
0:18 Background
5:00 Incogni
6:31 Candidates
15:45 Tier List
19:13 Bostromian Logic
26:04 Outro and Credits

#GreatFilter #AreWeAlone #CoolWorlds

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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