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Is There A Simple Solution To The Fermi Paradox?

Season 11 Episode 4 | 18m 50s

Around 2 billion years ago, life had plateaued in complexity, ruined the atmosphere, and was on the verge of self-annihilation. But then something strange and potentially extremely lucky happened that enabled endless new evolutionary paths. The first eukaryote cell was born. This may also explain why there are no aliens.

Aired: 05/14/25
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Can something that exists be bad science?
It may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness of reality.
Did God have any choice in creating the world? So asked Albert Einstein
What if, just before we reach the bottom, we find out that reductionism fails?
The biggest news in cosmology in recent years is that dark energy may be fading away.
Quantum energy teleportation may be as close as we get to transporter beams. But how close is that?