Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell
Season 9 Episode 17 - Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest
The Universe is incredibly big and seems full of potential for life, with billions of habitable planets. If an advanced civilization had the technology to travel between the stars, at just 0.1% of the speed of light, It could colonize our galaxy in roughly 100 million years. Which is not that long given the billions of years the milky way has existed – so in principle any spacefaring civilization should be able to spread rapidly over huge sectors of the galaxy. And yet we see nothing, hear nothing, the universe seems empty. Devoid of others. This is the Fermi Paradox, which we have discussed in more detail in other videos. Confronted with the seemingly empty universe, humanity faces a dilemma. We desperately want to know if we are alone in the Milky Way. We want to call out and reveal ourselves to anyone watching but that could be the last thing we ever do. Because maybe the universe is not empty. Maybe it’s full of civilizations but they are hiding from each other. [...]
Episodes in Season 9
How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
11 min
What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse
9 min
Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?
11 min
The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes
12 min
TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross
12 min
What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End
10 min
The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute
12 min
How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)
13 min
The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison
14 min
How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE
11 min
This Virus Shouldn't Exist (But it Does)
11 min
Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
16 min
What Dinosaurs ACTUALLY Looked Like?
12 min
You Are Immune Against Every Disease
12 min
Is Meat Really that Bad?
12 min
...And We'll Do it Again
11 min
Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens - The Dark Forest
12 min
