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Chris Mason is a professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also one of the founding Directors of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds, and the co-author of The Age of Prediction: Algorithms, AI, and the Shifting Shadows of Risk. 0:00 - Intro 2:29 - How Long Will Humanity Last? 9:01 - On Societal Pessimism and Long-Term Thinking 13:02 - Aliens! 17:36 - The NASA Twins Study 23:17 - Nature vs Nurture 25:56 - Chris' Dream Experiments 27:45 - Genomics: Ethics, Opportunities, and the Future 37:38 - Space Race 2.0: Colonization, Regulation and Planetary Liberty 40:36 - Colonizing Mars and Achieving Planetary Liberty 45:46 - The Extreme Microbiome Project 47:14 - The Earth Similarity Index, Generation Ships and Leaving the Solar System 53:10 - Why Do Any of This in The First Place? 56:19 - The Age of Prediction 1:01:19 - On Chris, Science, Academia, and Big Questions 1:08:47 - Synthetic Biology, Cyborgs and the Future of Human Life 1:10:10 - Chris' Biggest Goal 1:11:06 - What Should More People Be Thinking About?
Special Guest: Christian Hubicki; DragonCon Panels: Skepticism and Gaming, Government Coverup of UAPs, Generation Ships; News Items: Augmented Reality Social Reaction, How Stars Become Magnetars, Recent Mission to the Moon, Different Types of Mass; Special Report: Global Warming Policy; Science or Fiction
Special Guest: Christian Hubicki; DragonCon Panels: Skepticism and Gaming, Government Coverup of UAPs, Generation Ships; News Items: Augmented Reality Social Reaction, How Stars Become Magnetars, Recent Mission to the Moon, Different Types of Mass; Special Report: Global Warming Policy; Science or Fiction
Host | Matthew S WilliamsOn ITSPmagazine
Host | Matthew S WilliamsOn ITSPmagazine
This week's random topic is UAPs and Aliens!Meagan and Jeff use current events as a topic starter and dive in to their thoughts and feelings on aliens. Meagan knows that if they won't tell us what happened it must mean something BIG happened. Jeff dives into the ethics of generation ships and space exploration.What are you favorite science fiction films and/or shows? Let us know!Take a minute to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Thank you!Follow usInstagram: @schticklessEmail us with thoughts, comments, encouragement, or good vibes.schtickless@gmail.comArtwork by: @halfcaffdesignsMusic appears courtesy of Leo Goes Grr:Intro: Manhattan from the album Almost FictionOutro: Sunset, OK from the ep We'll Come Back for YouAfter recording, editing, and uploading this episode we became aware that the "welcome to earf" meme from a misrepresentation of Will Smith's line in Independence Day is sometimes interpreted as a negative portrayal about the way black people speak. Our quoting in this episode is in no way an intentional meaning of that and we apologize if it comes across that way. We have nothing but love for Will Smith and his role in Independence Day.
Two Nerds sat down to watched the recent film Voyagers with some excitement, because there are a vanishingly small number of actual generation ships in film. There are oodles of long haul ships, like the Nostromo, where its crew and passengers are put in hibernation of some kind. There are precious few fictional voyages where the ship's population will live out their entire lives on board, and whose children will, and grandchildren; where the destination is so far away that it will take lifetimes to get there. (I'm also talking film, not books, because there are tons of generation ship narratives in print.) Unfortunately, Voyagers was so infuriatingly bad we had to turn it off in disgust and read the wiki to learn the ending. I'm glad I didn't actually watch that; I would have thrown a clot. In this episode we discuss some of the other generation ship films out there -- most specifically Aniara -- and a couple generation ship books -- notably Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora.
We add the intro to the song Back That Azz Up (by Juvenile), the sci-fi concept of generation ships, and coffee to the List of Every Damn Thing.
An introduction and background on SFIA's Generation Ships & Interstellar Colonization Series
Steve and Mike talk about Generation Ships, the light cone, and the complex art of trying to land human beings on distant stars. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
This week we have an extensive chat about Insight and talk generation ships. This week is a bumper week for launches All change at the top of the Arianegroup and some top facts www.interplanetary.org.uk/ Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod
A Journey to the Edge of Time and Space Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ As we continue our look at Generation Ships, vast vessels designed to carry many thousands of colonists to distant and alien worlds centuries away, we must ask just how far and how long such ships can be made to last? Can space ships be made that will endure even longer voyages of thousands or even millions of years in the void of interstellar or even intergalactic space? Will ships, and their crews, fall apart or turn into Cargo Cults who no longer remember how their technology functions or what their mission was? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/25ODAzr6Bbw Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Credits: Generation Ships: The Million Year Ark Episode 155, S4E41 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Derek Hightower Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/ Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Krisitijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Markus Junnikkala, “Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Stellardrone, "Between The Rings" & "Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com Koalips, “Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Aerium, "Deiljocht" (ft. Sieger) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Ayreon, “The Theory of Everything Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
A Journey to the Edge of Time and Space Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ As we continue our look at Generation Ships, vast vessels designed to carry many thousands of colonists to distant and alien worlds centuries away, we must ask just how far and how long such ships can be made to last? Can space ships be made that will endure even longer voyages of thousands or even millions of years in the void of interstellar or even intergalactic space? Will ships, and their crews, fall apart or turn into Cargo Cults who no longer remember how their technology functions or what their mission was? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/25ODAzr6Bbw Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Credits: Generation Ships: The Million Year Ark Episode 155, S4E41 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Derek Hightower Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/ Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Krisitijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Markus Junnikkala, “Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Stellardrone, "Between The Rings" & "Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com Koalips, “Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Aerium, "Deiljocht" (ft. Sieger) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Ayreon, “The Theory of Everything Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
A continued look at Generation Ships and Interstellar Colonization. Check out Cheddar's video on the Sun: https://chdr.tv/youtue6886 In order to colonize the galaxy, we are going to have to spend huge times on board equally huge spaceships. To move thousands of people, and our ecosystem, to distant planets, will require not only giant ark-like starships, but entire fleets of them. Today we will examine how we could do this even if physics never offers us any superior methods in the future for covering the void of interstellar space faster. Fringe FM Link: http://fringe.fm/20-isaac-arthur-on-colonizing-space-the-fermi-paradox-and-future-of-genetic-engineering/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: http://signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/exodus-fleet Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/exodus-fleet-narration-only Credits: Upward Bound: Power Satellites Episode 145, Season 4 E31 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Darius Said Derek Hightower Evan Schultheis Gregory Leal Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist Jakub Grygier Graphics Team Fishy Tree Gateway Foundation Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Kristijan Tavcar Kris Holland of Mafic Studios LegionTech Studios Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash Sergio Botero Narrator Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca de Rosa Music: NJ Mandaville, "A Long Way Still to Go" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville Stellardrone, "The Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com Aerium ft. Sieger, "Deiljocht" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Sergey Cheremisinov, "Naive" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Ayreon, "Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
A continued look at Generation Ships and Interstellar Colonization. Check out Cheddar's video on the Sun: https://chdr.tv/youtue6886 In order to colonize the galaxy, we are going to have to spend huge times on board equally huge spaceships. To move thousands of people, and our ecosystem, to distant planets, will require not only giant ark-like starships, but entire fleets of them. Today we will examine how we could do this even if physics never offers us any superior methods in the future for covering the void of interstellar space faster. Fringe FM Link: http://fringe.fm/20-isaac-arthur-on-colonizing-space-the-fermi-paradox-and-future-of-genetic-engineering/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: http://signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/exodus-fleet Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/exodus-fleet-narration-only Credits: Upward Bound: Power Satellites Episode 145, Season 4 E31 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Darius Said Derek Hightower Evan Schultheis Gregory Leal Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist Jakub Grygier Graphics Team Fishy Tree Gateway Foundation Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Kristijan Tavcar Kris Holland of Mafic Studios LegionTech Studios Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash Sergio Botero Narrator Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca de Rosa Music: NJ Mandaville, "A Long Way Still to Go" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville Stellardrone, "The Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com Aerium ft. Sieger, "Deiljocht" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Sergey Cheremisinov, "Naive" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Ayreon, "Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Today we will begin our look at the spaceships we might use for colonizing interstellar space in the future. In order to cover the vast distances between even the nearest stars in our galaxy within the boundaries of known physics, we need vessels able to voyage at high speeds for very long periods of time while carrying everything they need to colonize another solar system, a concept typically known as a space ark or generation ship. We will explore the challenges and options for such a vessel, as well as some alternative approaches to the problem. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/H2f0Wd3zNj0 Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of "Rendevous with Rama" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: http://signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/generation-ships Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/generation-ships-narration-only Credits: Generation Ships 142, Season 4 Episode 27 Writers Isaac Arthur Editors A.T. Long Darius Said Evan Schultheis Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Producer Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Katie Byrne Kristijan Tavcar Sam McNamara https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Sergio Botero Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Stellardrone, "Between the Rings" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Denny Shneidemesser, "Constellations" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Today we will begin our look at the spaceships we might use for colonizing interstellar space in the future. In order to cover the vast distances between even the nearest stars in our galaxy within the boundaries of known physics, we need vessels able to voyage at high speeds for very long periods of time while carrying everything they need to colonize another solar system, a concept typically known as a space ark or generation ship. We will explore the challenges and options for such a vessel, as well as some alternative approaches to the problem. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/H2f0Wd3zNj0 Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of "Rendevous with Rama" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: http://signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/generation-ships Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/generation-ships-narration-only Credits: Generation Ships 142, Season 4 Episode 27 Writers Isaac Arthur Editors A.T. Long Darius Said Evan Schultheis Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Producer Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Katie Byrne Kristijan Tavcar Sam McNamara https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Sergio Botero Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Stellardrone, "Between the Rings" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Denny Shneidemesser, "Constellations" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
In this special bonus episode, SPEXcast discusses the concept of generation ships. Barring extreme advances in space travel technology and our understanding of physics, it could take hundreds or thousands of years to send humans to other worlds. This would necessite self sustaining societies to exist on these vessels, acting as caretakers for the human race until they arrive at their new home. We discuss the moral implications of sending our successors off into space with no chance of seeing their final destination.