bing chen and yan li

An in-depth look at the Kardashev Scale, a system of classifying advanced civilizations. We will talk about what it is, and what some of the capabilities of such civilizations would be. This version contains only the narration, with the music just at the beginning and end. The version containing the full musical score by Martin Rezny can be watched here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dArpj...

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Further Reading:
Kardashev's Original 1964 paper
"The Transmission of Information by Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations"
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1964Sv...

Today we return to the Fermi Paradox to contemplate the notion of civilizations which neither expand outwards to colonize the galaxy nor go extinct, but exist as long-term, high-tech civilizations just on their own planet or solar system. To discuss the possible motives and reasoning we will look at the many arguments raised for and against space exploration.

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A new version of the original video covering the Dyson Dilemma of the Fermi Paradox, in which we cover the apparent contradiction in the lack of numerous Dyson Spheres in the Universe and their seeming inevitable construction by growth-oriented technological civilizations.

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Hart Conjecture, original 1975 Paper
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1975QJ...

In this episode we continue our look at possible Alien Civilizations by discussing language and communication. How could we translate their language? How would they translate ours? What modes of communication are available besides sight and sound?

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In this episode we begin our look at possible Alien Civilizations by considering the impossible ones. Fiction has introduced a lot of misconceptions about aliens we need to clear away before we can seriously consider them and that begins by looking at some of the common ideas and removing any that rely on the concept of advanced civilization being quite stupid.

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A in-depth look at KIC 8462582, also known as Tabby's Star. We'll explore how this star became famous for an anomaly, what that anomaly was, and the various theories for what might be causing it.

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Recent Developments:
5 Aug 2016
Some new research came out the same day as the video, in terms of the overall dimming, Paul Gilster discusses it here, and Centauri Dreams is an excellent place to keep up on new developments as they occur:
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36081

In this episode we continue our look at possible Alien Civilizations by attempting to peer into the alien psyche. In the absence of any actual ones to examine we will review fictional examples and try to match those up against both human behavior and what we might consider likely, unlikely, or impossible to arise from evolutionary processes.

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