Space isn't just unbelievably massive and spread out, it's delving into numbers so incredibly large that we can't fathom it. That endless sequence of possibilities means that the odds are there is tons of life out there, but it also means the odds are space is so large we may never experience it. I think it's the case that alien life exists abundantly but encounters between them are so rare as to be non-existent.
I think people also forget that information, therefore communication, travels at a certain speed and isn’t instant. Our earliest radio broadcasts have only reached out to about 100 light years. In our galaxy i believe 2 habitable planets are on average 200 light years apart…meaning even if someone is out there they haven’t heard us yet and won’t hear our signals until it actually reaches them in about 100 more years (to cross that total of 200 light year span)
There's a sci-fi author who makes UA-cam videos about space named John Michael Godier. He has a few videos on possible solutions to the fermi paradox. He uses research papers and interviews with astrophysicists as a foundation for his solutions. I'd really recommend checking out his videos!
@@m3driver245 You're correct. Our impact on the galaxy, much less the universe, is nearly non-existent. I think human beings have a very difficult time thinking in anything remotely approaching the scale of galaxies.
@@m3driver245 It’s also making the assumption that if there is another species out there, they are communicating in a way we would recognize and be capable of receiving. That is a significant assumption on its own. We didn’t even have radio communications all that long ago and using lasers to communicate in space is a fairly new shift. Thinking that potential aliens are doing thing X because of our current understanding of physics and our technological limitations seems a bit much to me. Let’s say they were using something we do understand, like lasers. We would still have no way of detecting/intercepting those communications unless something was aimed directly at us.
I love when Daz and Dave offer their ridiculous theories "they forgot to change the light bulb in the sun" or "the dinosaurs fell onto another planet" and Mike just responds with "Ah" 🤣
Also gotta think, Earth has technically had life for like 4 billion years. But for 3.5 billion years it was just .... slime (cells, bacteria etc). Hard to detect from space, cant communicate with it, it's just ...there. There could be slime everywhere that never develops into anything more complex
Alpha Centauri is 4.3 lightyears away and that's our closest neighbor in our Milkyway Galaxy. With our current technology in space travel, it would take at least 100,000 years to reach. .....I'm honestly dumbfounded that people are still surprised that we haven't found Life outside of our own Solar system.
Pretty much. We have no way of knowing how common life is in the universe, what forms said life may take, or how frequent what we would define to be intelligent life evolves. We have a sample size of one, so there’s literally no way for us to make any informed guess on that.
What gets me is the mention in discussions about planets in the universe capable of supporting life. Our exploration seems to be looking for conditions that would support life as found on earth; carbon-based lifeforms. My tiny brain asks why couldn't there be other types of life forms that we can't even comprehend. Perhaps even lifeforms we can't even see; have been here and we don't know it and that there is, therefore, no paradox. We just don't know what we're looking for.
Well, we know that life on Earth is made from the most common ingredients in existence and carbon can form more compounds than any other element. There is a reason it became the basis for life on earth. So, given those two facts, it is likely that life on at least some other planets is based on carbon and that gives us *some* idea of what to search for. But as you noted, most astrobiologists will readily admit that we don’t know what other kinds of biochemistry there can be. They are looking for signs of what we have the most familiarity with because we may not recognize signs of life based on a completely foreign paradigm. As our understanding of the possible pathways for life grows, we may develop the ability to broaden our search and look for signatures we wouldn’t currently think to investigate.
@@clipsedrag13 Sorry ,there are millions of civilizations out there and their number one destination is the planet earth,sure it may take them million of years even at the speed of light to get here but it will be well worth it, enjoy a swap meet take in baseball game take home a bottle of this stuff we call water enjoy your weekend holiday on planet earth.Look stop getting your data from sci-fi films, there have been billions of species on this planet and this planet has only been able to produce one species that can create a civilization now multiply that by the few planet in our galaxy that can sustain life(the goldilocks zone) and that gives you my original comment.let's face it after 13.77B years we are the best the universe can do.
think about it,,, anyone farther than our small corner of the milky way when looking at earth would see it in the past and before humans were even here. so when we look into space, the farther you look the deeper into the past you are viewing ,, so who knows whats there now.
According to Bob lazaar (and pinch of salt with this) but apparently at least one of the craft he saw in S4 of area 51 was found in an archaeological dig...
Loved this one. It really could explain how sad and lonely we will continue to be and tp get used to it 😂 What is covid when you got complete isolation with your insufferable family for all eternity?
If there were only 2 humans on earth left, while you may feel you have an obligation to repopulate, you will almost immidiately run into incest and humanity would still probably die.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to conclude that an ultra advanced civilization, even merely just a type 2 civilization that harnesses only the energy of its sun and immediate planets would also have the technological capability to completely cloak its footprint from the rest of the universe. If a type 3 civilization exists that harnesses the recourses of an entire galaxy, forget about it, you’re talking about a hypothetical civilization that would have technology and capabilities that the human brain can not even fathom or comprehend. Don’t you think such a civilization would be capable of completely hiding itself and it’s existence if it wanted?
I’m surprised the video didn’t even mention the Drake equation. It’s worth a look if you’re really interested in the possibility of alien life in our galaxy.
If you look at a graphic showing how little distance we've looked out into space for alien signals, it's laughable. The universe is surely loaded with tons of life...and we'll never know it, and that's okay, too. Hell, our little slice (our "observable universe") could be a grain of sand in the bigger picture.
The fact that we know about dinosaurs has in no way being to find alien civilizations unless we could go dig on their planet. We don’t have Star Trekesque sensors that can read life signs from light years away
What if millions of years ago aliens came to this planet and planted the seeds for human life to be able to evolve? In other words what if we're the aliens and we're looking to the skies for aliens?
They are definitely already here and probably have been a while. Canadas ex-defense minister has said as much. Could all be bullshit but we’ll never know
If the world was left down to 2 people to repopulate it wouldn’t work anyway because for it to continue there would have to be inter-breeding. Imagine how “Hills Have Eyes” people will be 6 generations into interbreeding 🤣🤣🤣
Quite sad to think that humans are the only thing in the whole universe! And to answer Dave if there's only 2 people left on earth how do you repopulate, you end up with incest and deformities. 🤣
Even if an advanced civilization could manage interstellar travel, why would it bother? (And Dave, no species can survive with only two individuals, much less populate the planet, especially if they want to avoid birth defects and ginger offspring and that sort of thing.) 😬🔥👍
If it's down to 2 people, then you are already too late to repopulate the planet. You won't have enough genetic diversity amongst the later generations, which will lead to eventual stagnation in the best case scenario. I believe I read somewhere that the minimum you can get away with is 6 different couples, but you would need to math out the mating sessions to ensure enough diversity. That comes with making some horrific choices, but it would still be technically possible.
The statement this video makes about how we'd know by now about Aliens that had already achieved the ability to explore space is absolutely 100% incorrect. The fact that we don't even know how large the universe is immediately explains that.
The issue with finding life on other planets is that the planet would have to be above us in technology. There could be billions of planets with life but they are at 18th century technology and we haven't been broadcasting long enough to be detected outside of 200 light years, that's just a few solar systems.
Timelapse of the future by Melodysheep will blow your mind.
I second this ^
I third this
I agree but also the “museum of alien life” by melodysheep
One of the best videos on UA-cam
Too long though
"Depends what she looks like"
Well I can tell you one thing. She would technically be the most beautiful woman on the planet.
"Not even if you were the last man on earth"
Space isn't just unbelievably massive and spread out, it's delving into numbers so incredibly large that we can't fathom it. That endless sequence of possibilities means that the odds are there is tons of life out there, but it also means the odds are space is so large we may never experience it. I think it's the case that alien life exists abundantly but encounters between them are so rare as to be non-existent.
I think people also forget that information, therefore communication, travels at a certain speed and isn’t instant. Our earliest radio broadcasts have only reached out to about 100 light years. In our galaxy i believe 2 habitable planets are on average 200 light years apart…meaning even if someone is out there they haven’t heard us yet and won’t hear our signals until it actually reaches them in about 100 more years (to cross that total of 200 light year span)
There's a sci-fi author who makes UA-cam videos about space named John Michael Godier. He has a few videos on possible solutions to the fermi paradox. He uses research papers and interviews with astrophysicists as a foundation for his solutions. I'd really recommend checking out his videos!
@@Joseph-R I haven't heard of him, thank you.
@@m3driver245 You're correct. Our impact on the galaxy, much less the universe, is nearly non-existent. I think human beings have a very difficult time thinking in anything remotely approaching the scale of galaxies.
@@m3driver245 It’s also making the assumption that if there is another species out there, they are communicating in a way we would recognize and be capable of receiving. That is a significant assumption on its own. We didn’t even have radio communications all that long ago and using lasers to communicate in space is a fairly new shift. Thinking that potential aliens are doing thing X because of our current understanding of physics and our technological limitations seems a bit much to me.
Let’s say they were using something we do understand, like lasers. We would still have no way of detecting/intercepting those communications unless something was aimed directly at us.
I love when Daz and Dave offer their ridiculous theories "they forgot to change the light bulb in the sun" or "the dinosaurs fell onto another planet" and Mike just responds with "Ah" 🤣
Also gotta think, Earth has technically had life for like 4 billion years. But for 3.5 billion years it was just .... slime (cells, bacteria etc). Hard to detect from space, cant communicate with it, it's just ...there. There could be slime everywhere that never develops into anything more complex
That type 3 alien race that wipes out all advanced races at their apex reminds me of "The Reapers" from the game Mass Effect.
I had the same thought.
Alpha Centauri is 4.3 lightyears away and that's our closest neighbor in our Milkyway Galaxy. With our current technology in space travel, it would take at least 100,000 years to reach.
.....I'm honestly dumbfounded that people are still surprised that we haven't found Life outside of our own Solar system.
Kurzgesagt is the shit! Can't go wrong watching those
Love hearing the Silver Fox sharing his thoughts.
You blokes should check out The Egg Short Story, it's an incredibly made video about what happens after a man dies in a car crash. Super insightful
Dave : Humans like us are highly unlikely
Me: But Dave we exist, so how unlikely is it?
Pretty much. We have no way of knowing how common life is in the universe, what forms said life may take, or how frequent what we would define to be intelligent life evolves. We have a sample size of one, so there’s literally no way for us to make any informed guess on that.
The way they all looked at each other after hearing a type 3 Civ would just wipe us out when we got smart enough.
Infinite realities with infinite timelines
-Rick Sanchez
Pleeeaaaaase more from this channel. They are SO GOOD.
Yay! Glad you guys checked this one out!! 🖤
Either way, if we're alone in the universe or not, both are very scary futures.
I say "uncertain" or "unknown" rather than scary
What gets me is the mention in discussions about planets in the universe capable of supporting life. Our exploration seems to be looking for conditions that would support life as found on earth; carbon-based lifeforms. My tiny brain asks why couldn't there be other types of life forms that we can't even comprehend. Perhaps even lifeforms we can't even see; have been here and we don't know it and that there is, therefore, no paradox. We just don't know what we're looking for.
Well, we know that life on Earth is made from the most common ingredients in existence and carbon can form more compounds than any other element. There is a reason it became the basis for life on earth. So, given those two facts, it is likely that life on at least some other planets is based on carbon and that gives us *some* idea of what to search for.
But as you noted, most astrobiologists will readily admit that we don’t know what other kinds of biochemistry there can be. They are looking for signs of what we have the most familiarity with because we may not recognize signs of life based on a completely foreign paradigm. As our understanding of the possible pathways for life grows, we may develop the ability to broaden our search and look for signatures we wouldn’t currently think to investigate.
Just imagine you are the last man and the last woman is your mother-in-law...
We are the first,last or the odds are so slim that even in this huge universe even the odds of us existing is rare.
The govt already confirmed off world ships. What more do you need to understand we’re not alone?
@@clipsedrag13 Sorry ,there are millions of civilizations out there and their number one destination is the planet earth,sure it may take them million of years even at the speed of light to get here but it will be well worth it, enjoy a swap meet take in baseball game take home a bottle of this stuff we call water enjoy your weekend holiday on planet earth.Look stop getting your data from sci-fi films, there have been billions of species on this planet and this planet has only been able to produce one species that can create a civilization now multiply that by the few planet in our galaxy that can sustain life(the goldilocks zone) and that gives you my original comment.let's face it after 13.77B years we are the best the universe can do.
React to Melodysheep blokes.
Who knew science is when the redhead started making sense.
I love the Galactus-chicken type-3 alien. LOL
Do Whatever Kowalski said.
Galactus better come get his Galacduck out of our backyard
think about it,,, anyone farther than our small corner of the milky way when looking at earth would see it in the past and before humans were even here. so when we look into space, the farther you look the deeper into the past you are viewing ,, so who knows whats there now.
THE BIG YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN.
Class video, really enjoyed it. 🤟🤟
According to Bob lazaar (and pinch of salt with this) but apparently at least one of the craft he saw in S4 of area 51 was found in an archaeological dig...
Loved this one. It really could explain how sad and lonely we will continue to be and tp get used to it 😂 What is covid when you got complete isolation with your insufferable family for all eternity?
If you use the right pair of dark glasses, you will see them right under your nose lol
Great video as always ☺️
He actually did a few more Fermi Paradox videos. You should watch em.
"Skyhook" would be a good video to view.
Please react more of this channel! It's so amazing!
No we still don't have the technology to look very detailed into planets and stars in our own galaxies
Given the basis of probability and that nearly anything is possible in this universe, what are the odds there is a planet made out of Stella Artois?
If there were only 2 humans on earth left, while you may feel you have an obligation to repopulate, you will almost immidiately run into incest and humanity would still probably die.
I was gonna comment this but you beat me to it. That how i also see that situation going.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to conclude that an ultra advanced civilization, even merely just a type 2 civilization that harnesses only the energy of its sun and immediate planets would also have the technological capability to completely cloak its footprint from the rest of the universe. If a type 3 civilization exists that harnesses the recourses of an entire galaxy, forget about it, you’re talking about a hypothetical civilization that would have technology and capabilities that the human brain can not even fathom or comprehend. Don’t you think such a civilization would be capable of completely hiding itself and it’s existence if it wanted?
6000 years! Haha
lol. we're not even a type one yet.
I’m surprised the video didn’t even mention the Drake equation. It’s worth a look if you’re really interested in the possibility of alien life in our galaxy.
Man! is there anything that guy can’t do? He makes hits and now he’s doing equations
If you look at a graphic showing how little distance we've looked out into space for alien signals, it's laughable. The universe is surely loaded with tons of life...and we'll never know it, and that's okay, too. Hell, our little slice (our "observable universe") could be a grain of sand in the bigger picture.
Haven't started this video yet, but since it deals with space and aliens, I'm anticipating some really ignorant thoughts by Daz lol
More by Dave
The fact that we know about dinosaurs has in no way being to find alien civilizations unless we could go dig on their planet. We don’t have Star Trekesque sensors that can read life signs from light years away
What if millions of years ago aliens came to this planet and planted the seeds for human life to be able to evolve? In other words what if we're the aliens and we're looking to the skies for aliens?
They are definitely already here and probably have been a while. Canadas ex-defense minister has said as much. Could all be bullshit but we’ll never know
I'm gonna die one day. Prove me wrong.
10:24 lol
the earth is 70% water and that water is not carbonated, so technically the Earth is flat
Never change Daz :-)
Yay science!
Listening to you three speculate about science is painful.
I was thinking the same thing. Especially the part about dinosaurs.
I find it unlikely that we're the only living things n the universe
Religions need a new book.
Watch part 2 please
If the world was left down to 2 people to repopulate it wouldn’t work anyway because for it to continue there would have to be inter-breeding. Imagine how “Hills Have Eyes” people will be 6 generations into interbreeding 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone has a sexy cousin so might as well try lol
@@LC-xn4dp 🤣🤣🤣
Quite sad to think that humans are the only thing in the whole universe! And to answer Dave if there's only 2 people left on earth how do you repopulate, you end up with incest and deformities. 🤣
Even if an advanced civilization could manage interstellar travel, why would it bother? (And Dave, no species can survive with only two individuals, much less populate the planet, especially if they want to avoid birth defects and ginger offspring and that sort of thing.) 😬🔥👍
If it's down to 2 people, then you are already too late to repopulate the planet. You won't have enough genetic diversity amongst the later generations, which will lead to eventual stagnation in the best case scenario. I believe I read somewhere that the minimum you can get away with is 6 different couples, but you would need to math out the mating sessions to ensure enough diversity. That comes with making some horrific choices, but it would still be technically possible.
Dave be careful with how many bars you sing from final countdown, might get the video blocked!
Do one from channel vsause very good ones are there
More kurzgata
A surprising amount of inaccuracies in this video. And makes a lot absolute about things we don't know and can't prove.
Not very scientific.
More kurzgesagat
Mika mori I love you 😘
Mikita moria I love you Mike 😢
The statement this video makes about how we'd know by now about Aliens that had already achieved the ability to explore space is absolutely 100% incorrect. The fact that we don't even know how large the universe is immediately explains that.
Nerds.
crap
The issue with finding life on other planets is that the planet would have to be above us in technology. There could be billions of planets with life but they are at 18th century technology and we haven't been broadcasting long enough to be detected outside of 200 light years, that's just a few solar systems.