Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Why might alien intelligence evolve at gigantic scales? Big Alien Theory explores how size alone could silence advanced civilizations.

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Big Alien Theory
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Why might alien intelligence evolve at gigantic scales? Big Alien Theory explores how size alone could silence advanced civilizations.

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Big Alien Theory
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How interstellar relays could move data, cargo, and starships between stars using lasers, light sails, and cosmic-scale infrastructure.

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Interstellar Relays - Moving Signals and Spaceships Between the Stars
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How interstellar relays could move data, cargo, and starships between stars using lasers, light sails, and cosmic-scale infrastructure.

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Is math truly universal—or just human? Explore how alien minds might think, count, and reason in ways we don’t recognize as mathematics at all.

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Credits: Alien Mathematics
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:02 Why We Expect Mathematics to Be Universal
6:32 Math Is Not the Same Even for Humans
10:47 How Alien Biology Could Reshape Their Mathematics
16:44 Alien Logic: When the Rules Themselves Don’t Match
20:37 Oldest & Newest
21:41 Can We Ever Bridge the Mathematical Gap?

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