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December 15, 2021By Origin Ten LTD14 Minutes

Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens – The Dark Forest By Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell


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the universe is incredibly big gun seems full of potential for life with billions of habitable planet

if an advanced civilization have the technology to travel between the stars that 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 and nothing the universe seems empty this is the femi power dogs which we wanted the seemingly empty Universe Humanity faces a dilemma we desperately want to know if we are alone in the Milky Way We want to cool down and reveal ourselves to anyone but that could be the last thing we have to do because maybe the universe is not having tea

maybe it’s full of civilization but they are hiding from each other maybe the civilizations that attracted attention in the past will want to weigh by invisible arrows

this is the Dark Forest solution to the family power dogs

the way of life

the hunter awakes in his hiding place and the Kathy lessons for suspicious noises from the thick undergrowth before he gets out

another night has passed without incident the forest is dark and full of fog

he considers cooling out to others to end his Logan s but stops himself for the last moment what if they are like him

all living things need to survive Security offices and multiply

the greatest obstacle on other living things the shadow Sabre jet competition between species favorite the survival of being an advantageous trade our ancestors were invented at the expansionist and greedy for resources which led them to winning the competition for our planet today most other animals also asked Leah, see that we wipe out about a dozen species a date just as an unintentional byproduct of how we liked to run things but she even some more than individuals from us coaches a badge but also compete with each other competitive and expansionary couches spread faucet and feather and merge with subdued or destroy others if we look at our history it becomes clear we aren’t dangerous

not just whether or she would Nature has driven us to take over every corner of all pennies and soon we will look to the stars both to expand out to Main and ensure access to ever more results and then we might stumble upon others trying to do the same thing

it’s likely that the competition of life also takes place on far away so it’s logical to assume that an alien civilization that came to dominate her. But they said they too may be dangerous

the implication

as the hunter sneaks Through The Dark Forest all alone he knows that there might be others like him he can’t know their intentions if they are aggressive or not the hunter knows he would kill to ensure his own Survival so he has to assume that they would too

and it might be that if he stumbles upon another Hunter the one that shoots first device

none of this means that conflict is unavoidable the progressive the mortal world seems to have made a more peaceful maybe this is true to prevent sleep regress means less complex no more different alien civilizations also should vary from the mild and peaceful to the malevolence and militaristic the existential problem we’re facing is that when we meet others between the Stars we have no way of telling who is peaceful or aggressive and what their true intentions are soon to be they might not understand or trust our intentions even if we tell them that we all peaceful on top of that if we did discover another civilization and they discovered us the light years between us would mean Gears of communication today

both sides would be in a state of uncertainty wondering if the wisest move is to just attack because of that another serious issue technological explosions and the first drink is on vacation we don’t know whether limits of Technology are but we do know how much technological progress matches in war a few hundred or Thousand Years contain conflict with an assessment results into a one-sided masicka Caesar’s Legions would stand no chance against Napoleon tell me with that cannons and muskets which would be eradicated by I’ll take away from the foot which would not stand a chance against today’s drones and guided missiles so the power level of different civilizations may vary massively and even if not between the time it takes us to detect another civilization and saying hi we might already be hopelessly behind down the tank tree which is bad enough but the nature of interest of conflict makes this word

if your opponent is light years away sending an invasion Fleet takes so long but by the time it arrives it might be hopelessly obviously

so between civilization might be just about eliminating the other to remove an existential threat to yourself or someone else who might be so scared of you that they attack the first chance they get

in this environment the only way to guarantee a win this is strike with such force and speed that the target has no chance of survival all time to counter attack or escape to seek revenge later the stakes are the highest possible with no room for error if we assume that the majority of civilizations live on planet that leaves them pretty vulnerable all you need to do is start of something nice if I don’t make it uninhabitable so the ultimate interpenetrate Annihilation weapon is probably something like a relativistic kill vehicle a missile shot into panties at a significant fraction of the speed of light

for example the size of a passive going 95% the speed of light energy as if you wanted to wipe out success would be fat exception even a single hit would suffice

this is no Advantage set of a civilization only slightly above us on the counter shaft scale would have enough energy to send multiple strikes against every planet and its aspects of hard right now

what makes these weapons so Sinister is how much they favour of strike since they would be so fun but it might be impossible to protect yourself effectively against them once that don’t conflict between civilizations may not be lengthy Affair but rapid with it takes whole situation with the first one to shoot weapons

this makes any civilization an existential threat to any other and if every civilization is an existential threat to every other than maybe only two kinds of Civilization V that quiet ones and that one’s so what should we do should we worry it’s unlikely that anybody has noticed you meant yes the radio signals we’ve transmitted in the last 100 years traveled a relatively tiny distance and have long decayed into unreadable noise I found a Lunchable stage if we don’t actively trying to get noticed and if nobody specifically looks at all pretty unremarkable so the system will stay hidden

but one day we will eventually his face in a serious way and need to consider these kinds of questions again

we don’t know if there are others or if we are going through the forest alone but we have no way of knowing for sure for the time being it seems the best we can do is to Kathleen listen and even if we see either step into a clearing and make themselves known we should not reply right away but Kathy wants them from the undergrowth perhaps we are also thinking about this all wrong by A Primitive brain the vault in the context of the gruesome competition of Life to Come Jeff is a predatory aliens or around us maybe the fact that we are looking at the universe like this is a sign that we are not grown up yes as a species that could be a friendly welcoming community of alien civilizations waiting to hear from us when we are ready that’s for now the good news is there is actually let’s do we need to do we just need to be thoughtful about the signals we send out into the Galaxy we need to watch the sky and then more about our galaxy The Forest

because whatever the nature of our forest is full of dangers or friends who owned the castle of Salvation comes out so let’s do that but lost the hunted reaches a clearing and finds a comfortable position

slowly the sun melts the fuck away lost in the cold he admires the vegetation until the 78 keys I ain’t at 9 with another Hunter Frozen entira just like himself his mind is racing considering all the different options

the hunter takes a deep breath and makes a decision

maybe the only way out of the Dark Forest is to step into the caring together

and with this hopeful picture we say goodbye to the year 12021 of this year and are at it was a 100 to say the least still much more fun than 12,000 to 20 cuz I’m at its most successful Montana and published a book which are the love of new techniques and what he goes into Brenda and Cinema 4D videos we have so many ideas for next year and big and ambitious plans to become my to share with you and all of this was and is possible because of your direc support thank you quotes. Only work because of you so into it with the end of the year we’ve designed a few products that will help you to visualize your place in the universe are very shiny the night sky poster shows you the little pieces base we can see from Earth with all Road not traveled around Xoom collection that depicts an open space when increasing distance

Audrey wood on Space themed notebooks sitting posters and Pence we designed and produced every single product with great guy getting something for myself is the best way to support country. We hope you have a wonderful and of the year and the 12022 is more fun and less exciting than the last two yeah thank you for watching