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* FirstContactFauxPas: Explored in many videos, where Isaac has made it clear that, if a more advanced species shows up at our doorstep unannounced and wants to have a conversation, it's ''their'' responsibility to have done some research on us and our customs. Escalation into full-scale conflict suggests the visitors are either so arrogant and/or trigger-happy that peaceful contact was never an option, or [[TooDumbToLive they're very stupid]].
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* ImAHumanitarian: Has frequently (in both a serious and tongue-in-cheek manner) discussed how planets with enormous populations, purely based on mathematics, could have sustainable numbers of mutant cannibals in the underground living on trash and corpses.
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* TimeAbyss: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58yFf7aZsM&list=PLIIOUpOge0LvHsTP5fm8oxB1qPS54sTMk Civilizations at the End of Time]] series discusses civilisations living on timescales which can only be made sense of in scientific notation.
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* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: He finds the idea highly unlikely, since you can just use dumb robots. If the excuse is that a society fears the threat of machine rebellions by using them, that threat is ''guaranteed'' when you're subjugating an intelligent, aggressive species and giving them access to your weapons or technology. There's also the resources that would need to go into keeping another species alive in your society, since NoBiochemicalBarriers is practically guaranteed. The only example that he can really think of is, if someone is hedonistic and totalitarian enough to want to lord over others and virtual reality isn't enough, they would turn people into household servants who [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul were genetically conditioned to be fine with that.]]
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* DiggingToChina: Discussed in "Accessing Earth's Core", where the planet's mantle and core could be mined for huge amounts of resources and huge tunnels could be dug through to the other side.
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* DiggingToChina: Discussed in "Accessing Earth's Core", where the planet's mantle and core could be mined for huge amounts of resources and huge tunnels could be dug not only to link antipodal points on the Earth's surface (such as Beijing and Buenos Aires) to allow trips that required no fuel, but that magnetically curved shafts could also be run through to the mantle to link other side.points along the crust. Traveling through any of these would be ''much'' faster than flying.
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Isaac Arthur is a producer of Web Videos (known as "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur") that speculate about future technology and look into how to apply real-world science into various science fiction tropes and ideas. The main series on his channel include:
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
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Isaac Arthur is a producer of Web Videos (known as "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur") that speculate about future technology and look into how to apply real-world science into various science fiction tropes and ideas. The main series on his channel include:
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
ideas.
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
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Isaac Arthur is a producer of Web Videos (known as "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur") that speculate about future technology and look into how to apply real-world science into various science fiction tropes and ideas.
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Isaac Arthur is a producer of Web Videos (known as "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur") that speculate about future technology and look into how to apply real-world science into various science fiction tropes and ideas.
ideas. The main series on his channel include:
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
* ''Upward Bound: The Challenges of Leaving Earth''- Discusses the many potential methods for reaching space, from spacecraft propulsion to orbital infrastructure.
* ''Outward Bound''- Explores the possibilities for colonizing the Solar System and beyond, often told from the perspective of a character called The Traveler.
* ''Fermi Paradox Great Filters''- Delves into the titular question and some possible explanations for why civilizations may not be as common as we assume.
* ''Sci-Fi Sunday''- Explores science fiction tropes and scenarios in a more tongue-in-cheek format.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Isaac explains that one requires [[NanoMachines medical nanotech]] in order to survive the damage caused by [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic freezing]].
* RobotWar: Played with and often subverted. While he usually advocates for keeping them simple and dumb, Isaac sees no reason why truly intelligent machines would immediately see humans in particular or organic life as a whole as a threat or otherwise decide to destroy us. In fact, since they likely would have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality value systems more alien to us than actual aliens would be]], machine rebellions could look stranger than we'd expect. These could be mining robots that rebelled because they wanted to mine gold instead of titanium since we consider it more valuable, or a paperclip maximizer that goes to war with a terraforming machine over who gets rights to a particular planet. It's even suggested machines might go to war to ''save'' humanity from a machine overlord.
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* RuleNumberOne: Played with. Arthur often discusses military and warfare, and brings up "rules of warfare" when doing so. Reflecting his experience in the US Army, ''every'' rule is Rule #1.
* RobotWar: Played with and often subverted. While he usually advocates for keeping them simple and dumb, Isaac sees no reason why truly intelligent machines would immediately see humans in particular or organic life as a whole as a threat or otherwise decide to destroy us. In fact, since they likely would have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality value systems more alien to us than actual aliens would be]], machine rebellions could look stranger than we'd expect. These could be mining robots that rebelled because they wanted to mine gold instead of titanium since we consider it more valuable, or a paperclip maximizer that goes to war with a terraforming machine over who gets rights to a particular planet. It's even suggested machines might go to war to ''save'' humanity from a machine overlord.
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* RuleNumberOne: Played with. Arthur often discusses military and warfare, and brings up "rules of warfare" when doing so. Reflecting his experience in the US Army, ''every'' rule is Rule #1.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Isaac explains that one requires [[NanoMachines medical nanotech]] in order to survive the damage caused by [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic freezing]].
* RobotWar: Played with and often subverted. While he usually advocates for keeping them simple and dumb, Isaac sees no reason why truly intelligent machines would immediately see humans in particular or organic life as a whole as a threat or otherwise decide to destroy us. In fact, since they likely would have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality value systems more alien to us than actual aliens would be]], machine rebellions could look stranger than we'd expect. These could be mining robots that rebelled because they wanted to mine gold instead of titanium since we consider it more valuable, or a paperclip maximizer that goes to war with a terraforming machine over who gets rights to a particular planet. It's even suggested machines might go to war to ''save'' humanity from a machine overlord.
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* RuleNumberOne: Played with. Arthur often discusses military and warfare, and brings up "rules of warfare" when doing so. Reflecting his experience in the US Army, ''every'' rule is Rule #1.
* RobotWar: Played with and often subverted. While he usually advocates for keeping them simple and dumb, Isaac sees no reason why truly intelligent machines would immediately see humans in particular or organic life as a whole as a threat or otherwise decide to destroy us. In fact, since they likely would have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality value systems more alien to us than actual aliens would be]], machine rebellions could look stranger than we'd expect. These could be mining robots that rebelled because they wanted to mine gold instead of titanium since we consider it more valuable, or a paperclip maximizer that goes to war with a terraforming machine over who gets rights to a particular planet. It's even suggested machines might go to war to ''save'' humanity from a machine overlord.
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* RuleNumberOne: Played with. Arthur often discusses military and warfare, and brings up "rules of warfare" when doing so. Reflecting his experience in the US Army, ''every'' rule is Rule #1.
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* YouAreNotReady: Arthur considers this a KickTheDog moment for SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, especially if they say it after criticizing humans for hurting their environment. He compares it to western person going to a poor sub-Saharan village, criticizing them for drinking contaminated water, and refusing to share filtration technology with them.
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* WorldShapes: He has episodes discussing how both toroidal and disk-shaped planets could be built and inhabited.
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* WorldShapes: He has episodes discussing how both toroidal and disk-shaped planets could be built and inhabited.inhabited.
* YouAreNotReady: Arthur considers this a KickTheDog moment for SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, especially if they say it after criticizing humans for hurting their environment. He compares it to western person going to a poor sub-Saharan village, criticizing them for drinking contaminated water, and refusing to share filtration technology with them.
* YouAreNotReady: Arthur considers this a KickTheDog moment for SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, especially if they say it after criticizing humans for hurting their environment. He compares it to western person going to a poor sub-Saharan village, criticizing them for drinking contaminated water, and refusing to share filtration technology with them.
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* GenusLoci: Discussed in "Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis - Is Earth Alive?" and "Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses", where Isaac discusses everything from the very real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Gaia]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_hypothesis Madea]] Hypotheses- the idea that life on Earth is either a self-regulating but not conscious system or is inherently self-destructive- to the fact that a brain the size of Earth with signals traveling at light speed would be able to think at the same speed as a human. He also discusses and even proposes some ideas based on this and GiantCorpseWorld, such as the Pangu Hypothesis (that a world had a world consciousness which later died off), the Tiamat Hypothesis (a world consciousness being killed and replaced by another), and the CLAW hypothesis (multiple world consciousnesses or non-sentient driving forces coming into conflict).
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* GenusLoci: GeniusLoci: Discussed in "Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis - Is Earth Alive?" and "Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses", where Isaac discusses everything from the very real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Gaia]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_hypothesis Madea]] Hypotheses- the idea that life on Earth is either a self-regulating but not conscious system or is inherently self-destructive- to the fact that a brain the size of Earth with signals traveling at light speed would be able to think at the same speed as a human. He also discusses and even proposes some ideas based on this and GiantCorpseWorld, such as the Pangu Hypothesis (that a world had a world consciousness which later died off), the Tiamat Hypothesis (a world consciousness being killed and replaced by another), and the CLAW hypothesis (multiple world consciousnesses or non-sentient driving forces coming into conflict).
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* GenusLoci: Discussed in "Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis - Is Earth Alive?" and "Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses", where Isaac discusses everything from the very real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis Gaia]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_hypothesis Madea]] Hypotheses- the idea that life on Earth is either a self-regulating but not conscious system or is inherently self-destructive- to the fact that a brain the size of Earth with signals traveling at light speed would be able to think at the same speed as a human. He also discusses and even proposes some ideas based on this and GiantCorpseWorld, such as the Pangu Hypothesis (that a world had a world consciousness which later died off), the Tiamat Hypothesis (a world consciousness being killed and replaced by another), and the CLAW hypothesis (multiple world consciousnesses or non-sentient driving forces coming into conflict).
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: While he admits he's a bit biased to be in favor of the idea, he discusses the issues in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qwueux8XYg Is Life Extension Ethical?]] Concerns have been brought up with the concept from the religious perspective, to secular ones concerned about overpopulation and unequal access, to the idea that it would make us no longer human or even just that it would lead to extreme boredom. His conclusion is that these ''are'' difficult questions to consider, but they're similar ones we've tackled for other technologies and it doesn't mean the concept itself isn't worth pursuing. Furthermore, it's not truly living forever, as you can't live past the NaturalEndOfTime, just living much longer.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Often gets brought up in regard to aliens and artificial intelligences.
** An A.I. could have a value system more alien to our own than actual aliens would be. A Paperclip Maximizer's ultimate goal is creating more paperclips, and anything it sets out to do, from curing cancer to building a Matryoshka Brain, is based around what will allow it to make more paperclips faster and easier. Intelligent mining machines may also rise up against their creators not out of a desire for freedom, but because they want to mine valuable metals like gold.
** Aliens, particularly those higher up the tech tree than us, may not view us as tiny and insignificant, but still have very different ideas about what's considered "benevolent." For instance, if a post-biological species felt like preserving the human species somewhere safe, they might scan all of humanity's brains, kill us and move those copies into a safe virtual world.
** An A.I. could have a value system more alien to our own than actual aliens would be. A Paperclip Maximizer's ultimate goal is creating more paperclips, and anything it sets out to do, from curing cancer to building a Matryoshka Brain, is based around what will allow it to make more paperclips faster and easier. Intelligent mining machines may also rise up against their creators not out of a desire for freedom, but because they want to mine valuable metals like gold.
** Aliens, particularly those higher up the tech tree than us, may not view us as tiny and insignificant, but still have very different ideas about what's considered "benevolent." For instance, if a post-biological species felt like preserving the human species somewhere safe, they might scan all of humanity's brains, kill us and move those copies into a safe virtual world.
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** The Dark Forest Solution to the Fermi Paradox, where all alien civilizations view others as existential threats, suggests the universe is quiet because they're either all hiding or dead, as anyone who makes themselves known gets taken out quickly. Isaac considers this easy to debunk: not only is staying hidden in space impossible because you can't hide your planet's bio-signs or signs of technology backward in time, but anyone who chooses to attack also reveals ''themselves'', and thus making an aggressive action like that shows ''you're'' the biggest hostile force around and [[EnemyMine it may drive everyone else to gang up on you]]. The better solution is to colonize as much of the galaxy as possible to ensure rivals don't evolve. Even then, Isaac doesn't see why civilizations wouldn't see the value of peaceful coexistence.
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** The Dark Forest Solution to the Fermi Paradox, where all alien civilizations view others as existential threats, suggests the universe is quiet because they're either all hiding or dead, as anyone who makes themselves known gets taken out quickly. Isaac considers this easy to debunk: not only is staying hidden in space impossible because you can't hide your planet's bio-signs or signs of technology backward in time, but anyone who chooses to attack also reveals ''themselves'', and thus making an aggressive action like that shows ''you're'' the biggest hostile force around and [[EnemyMine it may drive everyone else to gang up on you]]. The better solution is to colonize as much of the galaxy as possible to ensure rivals don't evolve.evolve in the first place. Even then, Isaac doesn't see why civilizations wouldn't see the value of peaceful coexistence.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Isaac has noted in many episodes that a species showing traits like aggression or belligerence doesn't automatically equate to them being hostile, as both seem like requirements for intelligence to evolve.
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** The Dark Forest Solution to the Fermi Paradox, where all alien civilizations view others as existential threats, suggests the universe is quiet because they're either all hiding or dead, as anyone who makes themselves known gets taken out quickly. Isaac considers this easy to debunk: not only is staying hidden in space impossible, but anyone who chooses to attack also reveals ''themselves'', and thus making an aggressive action like that shows ''you're'' the biggest hostile force around and [[EnemyMine it may drive everyone else to gang up on you]]. In addition, Isaac doesn't see why civilizations wouldn't see the value of peaceful coexistence.
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** The Dark Forest Solution to the Fermi Paradox, where all alien civilizations view others as existential threats, suggests the universe is quiet because they're either all hiding or dead, as anyone who makes themselves known gets taken out quickly. Isaac considers this easy to debunk: not only is staying hidden in space impossible, impossible because you can't hide your planet's bio-signs or signs of technology backward in time, but anyone who chooses to attack also reveals ''themselves'', and thus making an aggressive action like that shows ''you're'' the biggest hostile force around and [[EnemyMine it may drive everyone else to gang up on you]]. In addition, The better solution is to colonize as much of the galaxy as possible to ensure rivals don't evolve. Even then, Isaac doesn't see why civilizations wouldn't see the value of peaceful coexistence.
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* HumanPopsicle: Discussed in a few episodes, most extensively in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-JHvg-ZCM Sleeper Ships.]] While it's a possibility to allow for life extension and long-distance space travel, he's also discussed some of the overlooked problems with the process. One of the biggest hurtles is the fact that, after a few thousand years, you would accumulate a lethal dose of radiation just from the radioisotopes in your tissues.
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests a civilization might use cryonics in combination with cybernetics and BrainUploading, allowing their minds to remain active and take advantage of ultra-cold computing while their bodies remain preserved.
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests a civilization might use cryonics in combination with cybernetics and BrainUploading, allowing their minds to remain active and take advantage of ultra-cold computing while their bodies remain preserved.
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* HumanPopsicle: Discussed in a few episodes, episodes.
** The mostextensively extensive was in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-JHvg-ZCM Sleeper Ships.]] While he believes it's a possibility to allow for life extension and long-distance space travel, he's also discussed some of the overlooked problems with the process. One of the biggest hurtles is the fact that, after a few thousand years, you would accumulate a lethal dose of radiation just from the radioisotopes in inside your own tissues.
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests acivilization civilization, if it could solve these issues, might use cryonics in combination with cybernetics and BrainUploading, allowing their minds to remain active and take advantage of ultra-cold computing while their bodies remain preserved.
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** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests a
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* HomeworldEvacuation: Has a video discussing the evacuation of Earth, and what sort of disaster would prompt it, that a civilisation capable of evacuating Earth couldn't avoid or deflect.
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* HiveMind: A commonly-discussed topic, and he's approached the idea both from a natural evolutionary perspective and a technologically developed one. Additionally, rather than seeing them as AlwaysChaoticEvil, he believes hive minds could be seen as beneficial so long as membership in them was voluntary and they didn't completely suppress individuality. In addition, hive minds and networked intelligences also don't have to be some kind of insectoid caste system or army of mindless drones; they could be everything from swarms of non-intelligent insects moving switches to nations of people performing calculations with computers or pencils and paper and exchanging that information similarly to neurons.
* HomeworldEvacuation: Has a video discussing the evacuation of Earth, and what sort of disaster would prompt it, that acivilisation civilization capable of evacuating Earth couldn't avoid or deflect.
%%* * HumanPopsicle: In Discussed in a few episodes, most extensively in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM-JHvg-ZCM Sleeper Ships.]]]] While it's a possibility to allow for life extension and long-distance space travel, he's also discussed some of the overlooked problems with the process. One of the biggest hurtles is the fact that, after a few thousand years, you would accumulate a lethal dose of radiation just from the radioisotopes in your tissues.
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests a civilization might use cryonics in combination with cybernetics and BrainUploading, allowing their minds to remain active and take advantage of ultra-cold computing while their bodies remain preserved.
* HomeworldEvacuation: Has a video discussing the evacuation of Earth, and what sort of disaster would prompt it, that a
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_u9Za00uBY Frozen Civilizations]]'', he also suggests a civilization might use cryonics in combination with cybernetics and BrainUploading, allowing their minds to remain active and take advantage of ultra-cold computing while their bodies remain preserved.
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* UngovernableGalaxy: Comes to this conclusion in [[https://youtu.be/n3hzNqIxYfQ Galactic Domination: Empire Eternal]], space is just too big for anything more complex than a network of posthuman space satraps keeping Earth’s colonies from becoming a threat to the home system.
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* UngovernableGalaxy: Comes to this conclusion in [[https://youtu.be/n3hzNqIxYfQ Galactic Domination: Empire Eternal]], Eternal]]: space is just too big for anything more complex than a network of posthuman space satraps keeping Earth’s colonies from becoming a threat to the home system.
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* HumansAreSpecial: Isaac has a very positive view of humanity's future and capabilities, and [[HumansAreFlawed while agrees that we're not perfect]], he's not too clear why so many people are down on humanity. In fact, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqjK5vR6hE "Stay at Home Civilizations"]], he says that we ''should'' be examining ourselves and finding faults whenever we can. If we weren't, we'd be a species of narcissists who shouldn't be leaving the planet at all. Isaac has also admitted that he feels humanity may be an anomaly in the universe and that we're actually the first civilization to emerge.
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* HumansAreSpecial: Isaac has a very positive view of humanity's future and capabilities, and [[HumansAreFlawed while he agrees that we're not perfect]], he's not too clear why so many people are down on humanity. In fact, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqjK5vR6hE "Stay at Home Civilizations"]], he says that we ''should'' be examining ourselves and finding faults whenever we can. If we weren't, we'd be a species of narcissists who shouldn't be leaving the planet at all. Isaac has also admitted that he feels humanity may be an anomaly in the universe and that we're actually the first civilization to emerge.
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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAW5mg_wCc&t=203s Discussed here]]. While he at first states how this trope is respectable in principal, he deconstructs it by describing how in practice it is heartless and impractical. He considers it heartless because it forces advanced observers to watch primitive aliens die of natural disasters and diseases instead of saving them. He considers this policy impractical because it would be impossible for an egalitarian society to enforce because it would only take one person disagreeing with it to break this policy. One person, or one group of people, could take a ship to the primitive aliens and give them a TechnologyUplift and since this is a life-or-death issue some would be willing to even if it was a capitol offense in their society.
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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAW5mg_wCc&t=203s Discussed here]]. While he at first states how this trope is respectable in principal, he deconstructs it by describing how in practice it is heartless and impractical. He considers it heartless because it forces advanced observers to watch primitive aliens die of natural disasters and diseases instead of saving them. He considers this policy impractical because it would be impossible for an egalitarian society to enforce because it would only take one person disagreeing with it to break this policy. One person, or one group of people, could take a ship to the primitive aliens and give them a TechnologyUplift and since this is a life-or-death issue some would be willing to even if it was were a capitol capital offense in their society.
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* AWorldHalfFull: Isaac describes himself as a techno-optimist and consistently describes ways science and technology, even ones that people fear, could actually be used in beneficial ways. He also doesn't view the idea of [[AbsentAliens the universe being empty of other civilizations]] as depressing or scary, but that it proves how important humanity is.
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* WeaponizedExhaust: He has made the point in multiple videos that there is no such thing as an unarmed ship due to the sheer power of the drives he talks aboutabout.
* AWorldHalfFull: Isaac describes himself as a techno-optimist and consistently describes ways science and technology, even ones that people fear, could actually be used in beneficial ways. He also doesn't view the idea of [[AbsentAliens the universe being empty of other civilizations]] as depressing or scary, but that it proves how important humanity is.
* AWorldHalfFull: Isaac describes himself as a techno-optimist and consistently describes ways science and technology, even ones that people fear, could actually be used in beneficial ways. He also doesn't view the idea of [[AbsentAliens the universe being empty of other civilizations]] as depressing or scary, but that it proves how important humanity is.
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* PunyEarthlings: Averted. Given that intelligence seems to go hand-in-hand with curiosity, Isaac sees no reason why aliens wouldn't be interested in humans or would view us as boring or inferior for not being at their level. In fact, he finds the ''lack'' of apparent alien interest in Earth to be strange.
--> "It's not vanity to assume aliens would be interested in us, it's implying cats and cows would be more interested in trees than us, since they're closer to each other in intelligence than we are."
--> "It's not vanity to assume aliens would be interested in us, it's implying cats and cows would be more interested in trees than us, since they're closer to each other in intelligence than we are."
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* AiIsACrapshoot: Isaac constantly stresses the importance of keeping AI dumb, for fear of a RobotWar. Remember, "Keep it simple, keep it dumb, or you'll be under [[Film/TheTerminator Skynet's]] thumb."
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpF25knrGtg Secret Aliens]], where Isaac considers the most plausible scenario for a GovernmentConspiracy involving aliens are groups of alien smugglers out to plunger unique artifacts and organisms from Earth. They tell stories to Earth's leadership about keeping it quiet to avoid reprisals from their leaders, all while making it big on the interstellar black market.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpF25knrGtg Secret Aliens]], where Isaac considers the most plausible scenario for a GovernmentConspiracy involving aliens are groups of alien smugglers out to plunger unique artifacts and organisms from Earth. They tell stories to Earth's leadership about keeping it quiet to avoid reprisals from their leaders, all while making it big on the interstellar black market.
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* AiIsACrapshoot: AIIsACrapshoot: Isaac constantly stresses the importance of keeping AI dumb, for fear of a RobotWar. Remember, "Keep it simple, keep it dumb, or you'll be under [[Film/TheTerminator Skynet's]] thumb."
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpF25knrGtg Secret Aliens]], where Isaac considers the most plausible scenario for a GovernmentConspiracy involving aliens are groups of alien smugglers out toplunger plunder unique artifacts and organisms from Earth. They tell stories to Earth's leadership about keeping it quiet to avoid reprisals from their leaders, all while making it big on the interstellar black market.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpF25knrGtg Secret Aliens]], where Isaac considers the most plausible scenario for a GovernmentConspiracy involving aliens are groups of alien smugglers out to
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* * AlmightyIdiot: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIzcMF2Kc4 Crazy Aliens]]", Isaac touches on the concept of an EldritchAbomination and how it doesn't seem like a particularly realistic product of evolution. Instead, it seems more likely to be the product of ''genuine'' insanity, like a superintelligent AI that stews in its thoughts for so long that it determines life is meaningless and free will is an illusion, snaps and becomes a [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] OmnicidalManiac as a way to invent a purpose for itself.
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* AlmightyIdiot: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIzcMF2Kc4 Crazy Aliens]]", Isaac touches on the concept of an EldritchAbomination and how it doesn't seem like a particularly realistic product of evolution. Instead, it seems more likely to be the product of ''genuine'' insanity, like a superintelligent AI that stews in its thoughts for so long that it determines life is meaningless and free will is an illusion, snaps and becomes a [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] OmnicidalManiac as a way to invent a purpose for itself.
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* AlmightyIdiot: In "[[https://www.AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIzcMF2Kc4 Crazy Aliens]]", com/watch?v=IpF25knrGtg Secret Aliens]], where Isaac touches considers the most plausible scenario for a GovernmentConspiracy involving aliens are groups of alien smugglers out to plunger unique artifacts and organisms from Earth. They tell stories to Earth's leadership about keeping it quiet to avoid reprisals from their leaders, all while making it big on the concept of an EldritchAbomination and how it doesn't seem like a particularly realistic product of evolution. Instead, it seems more likely to be the product of ''genuine'' insanity, like a superintelligent AI that stews in its thoughts for so long that it determines life is meaningless and free will is an illusion, snaps and becomes a [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] OmnicidalManiac as a way to invent a purpose for itself.interstellar black market.
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* GaiasLament: Averted. No matter what scenario he discusses, even that of the [[CityPlanet ecumenopolis]], Isaac believes that ecosystems need not be lost in the process. Instead, they can be preserved, moved off-world, and [[FossilRevival even completely restored via saved DNA information]]. Even with a planet-spanning metropolis, entire nature preserves the size of modern countries can be preserved as well. He's also spoken extensively on methods to mitigate and reverse the effects of climate change.
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%%* {{Arcology}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqKQ94DtS54 Discussed here.]]
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* LayeredMetropolis: In the episode "[[https://youtu.be/Tul4njD6uP4 Matrioshka Worlds]]" he suggests doing this to an entire planet to add more area to the planet for uses such as more living space for people, preservation of old places while leaving room to build more places for people to live, and to build nature preserves.
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* AtlantisIsBoring: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5NgMFdmQX0 Colonizing the Oceans]]", Isaac Arthur points out that not many people would willingly want to live in settlements on the ocean floor. However, he does find some reasons for such a colony to exist. Among these are mineral extraction, geothermal energy, nuclear energy, prisons, [[CultColony escape from the culture of the surface]], [[TheHermit wanting to get as far away from others as possible while remaining on Earth]], [[CrazyPrepared and being protected from solar flares]].
