Episode 3 - The Fermi Paradox
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Y0Y
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AJ and Matt attempt to answer the biggest mystery as we come up to Valentine's Day; why are we alone?
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, has been around for billions of years, and given how (relatively) quickly life was able to develop on Earth, it should be teeming with extra-terrestrial life. But despite that, we, as a species, have never seen conclusive evidence life, much less intelligent life, exists anywhere else, so what might be hiding it from view?
Are they too far away, too alien, too stupid, too clever or are we really alone in the Universe? The possibilities are endless, but AJ and Matt discuss some of the main theories and argue about the best way to communicate with alien species and whether the Prime Directive is benevolent or racist.
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Sources and further reading:
Kurzgesagt video summing up the Fermi Paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc
Wikipedia article with concise list and links to further reading on the minutiae of solutions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
John Michael Godier video on the Wow Signal: https://youtu.be/aseyBWZa3pY
Excerpts from Professor Brian Cox documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zdhtg
Wikipedia article on the Wow! Signal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
Radio/podcast discussion between John Michael Godier and Dr Stephen Webb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8eklCtMbbc
Netflix Alien Worlds series which goes in depth on what alien life might be like: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80221410
Isaac Arthur video on stupidity unlikely to be seen in alien life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWe8g0zziw
NASA article on Oumuamua: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/oumuamua/in-depth/
Lemmino video on one of the more likely UFO candidates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeSpA3e56A
The Week article on Roswell Incident: https://www.theweek.co.uk/us/59331/roswell-ufo-crash-what-really-happened-67-years-ago
Frontiers article on the Hessdalen lights: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2016.00017/full
Unsolved Mysteries episode on people who believe they've been abducted: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11229146/
Interesting Engineering article on bizarre ancient technology: https://interestingengineering.com/7-ancient-inventions-that-were-way-ahead-of-their-time
This is a Disaster Podcast episode on the Fermi Paradox: https://www.thisdisasterpod.com/episode/we-are-alone/
Playlist of Lemmino videos on space (they are excellent!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ7XwKXhDhDhT__-GEXwlRcFSYRL-pmtF
Arthur C Clarke's Space Odyssey series: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bookseries/B00JQMHHD6/ref=dp_st_0453002692
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