I love the idea of the first baby being born on Mars being told about how cool Earth is and all the wonderful things they'll never get to see and just going "why the hell did my parents allow me to be born in such shitty conditions?"
Do you think he will have a standard about what's "shitty"??? That's all he's gonna know. He will look at the earth stories the same way we look at Star Trek.
@@christophera4527 No he's going to look at Earth stories the way someone who was born with muscular dystrophy looks at healthy people. Knowing that everyone else is enjoying a completely normal life while that person has to know that they are the single person who has to live in worse conditions and they have no way to ever fix it. They'd have to know that in the entire history of the species they are the only person who will never experience rivers or mountains or a blue sky or anything that has been there for literally every other human
@@ceoofthen-word8849 probably not. Reports out of N.Korea are that they're totally unaware of what they're missing out on. They're told they live in wealth while the world are poor. I've heard several say they didn't know what love was, it's not part of their lives. This kid would have to the whole history and beauty of Earth presented to them and would look outside into their hellish abyss.
@@tophercIaus still a lot of them risk their lives to leave the country, so they must have some hint, they just can't talk about it openly for obvious reasons. But i am not an expert though, how did you manage to talk to them?
@@Exurb1a Put them in drawer or something, so that one day long after you're dead and you've become recognized as the greatest philosopher of the 21st century someone can discover the lost scripts and use them to take over the world.
"Not every day is a good day, but there will always be something good about every day" Thank you exurb1a, I am going through a not very good time but your videos always get me on top, at least for a few moments, thanks. :)
@@scrawn4893 how does that have to do with the amazing content we are provided? Leave the man’s personal life out of this! If you scroll through the comments this person’s content brings smiles and hope to people. Don’t judge him, just enjoy the content and books and move on with your insignificant life. You only have one
@@scrawn4893 Your here for attention and bringing down the good mood. There are an unbelievable amount of people who are worshiped despite having done horrible things yet all that has happened with exurb1a is one case of some allegations or what not. If people can romanticize litteral murderers then we can enjoy the litterature of one man who may or may not have done one thing.
I kind of clicked on this by accident, but I'm so glad I watched. What a gem! ..." there are four seasons on Mars and every one of them will kill you..."
They dont even offer you total landscaping before mercing your ass either! The least the messy bitch can do is bury me, but NOOO! That's Too Much Work! And nobody wants to work on mars anymore!
For anyone wondering, at 4:36, it says, "Well, that isn't really true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares, which was the Greek name for Mars. Still, I'm editing this after a few beers so in it stays. sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!"
For anyone wanting to know what it says at 4:37 “Well, that isn’t really true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, ares - which was the Greek name for mars. Still. I’m editing this after a few beers, so in it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!” He then puts a picture of a tiny puffin that really makes you go “oh wow, a tiny puffin!” There is no puffin emoji so I cannot recreate the feeling of the tiny puffin.
Imagine a TV show about the first martian and how he grew up a hero to Earth, but in fact everything he ever longed for was a normal life on Earth, and to finally see this paradise he’s been told thousands of times through books, etc. He wasn’t born special, he was born doomed
I'm fascinated by the potential architecture that could be built with 0.6% atmosphere pressures and 38% gravity. 200 stories high? Cantilevered for half a mile? Curves that would be simply not possible under 1g. Something I don't see in Scifi films really taken to the limit.
@@Spectification You don't think the crush strength of your building material is a big deal? How about 500 yard long cantilever portions of a building. Bridges spanning unheard of gaps. The wind on Mars would need somewhere near 300mph to equal a 20mph breeze on earth. Wind isn't an issue. But in terms of load baring capacity, all your materials just got nearly a 300% increase vs their earth ratings. I'd call that a big deal for any creative engineer that wants to work with it.
Well I don't see the point of making a 200 stories high building when you have so much land available. Even if you could potentially build higher, why would you? (Other than throw around your oil money or whatever the Martian equivalent of that would be) But even I would be interested in an architect's take on the different possibilities of Martian architecture. That would be a great book.
IT is weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my content. Sometimes IT is annoying. But right now, IT would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear dalir
"If on a cosmic scale none of it really matters, does that really matter" You have gotten me through some hard times mentally speaking. I never did consider myself a guy who enjoyed quotes until I found your channel. Thanks for all you do and continue to do. Looking forward to adding another one of your books to my bookshelf :)
This isn't related to the video, but I just wanted to say that I've been weirdly feeling a lot better about my life after watching your videos, in fact it's been a while since I was this optimistic and positive about everything and I just wanted to thank you for the help, mate. You've helped me see things in different perspectives that would have taken me a million years to ponder upon all by myself, so thanks 👍
@@J.RomeroLuna I'm doing incredible actually, some bad stuff has happened to me, but I'm at the point where I don't get depressed every two seconds by everything, and I'm a lot healthier and happier
@@J.RomeroLunaI'm doing really good, no thanks to Exurbia though, I found out about the Pie situation and I've never felt this betrayed, hope he responds to this matter eventually
The breathable atmosphere is really a strong selling point when house hunting. Liquid water on the surface is nice, too but that breathable air is really where it's at.
@@shebahammy Your breathable air is gonna require 78% nitrogen, which is hard to come by on Mars. You will also need a lot more of it. Those oxygen and hydrogen atoms are going to be much easier to find. You will also need a lot less of them.
For any who care: the text at 4:36.99 reads: “Well, that isn’t true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars. Still. I’m editing all this after a few beers, so in it stays. Oh wow a tiny Puffin!” A small puffin is visible at the bottom right corner of the text box. Edit: fixed timestamp
For the future, whenever you encounter RUclipsrs who think they're being funny or something when they do this, you can advance forwards and backwards one frame at a time on a RUclips video by using the greater than and less than keys on your keyboard, respectively.
The soil being anhydrous bleach is kind of the nail in the coffin in my opinion. I hear the notion of moving to mars if humans mess up Earth enough, but actually there is almost no amount of messing up that will leave mars easier to terraform than Earth. That feat would require something like a gray goo catastrophe or a robot apocalypse.
Larry Niven, sci fi writer ("hard" sf, science based) has suggested that we're going to ignore climate change until we're almost wiped out. Then we'll fix it, fast. And after that we'll know how to do terraforming.
i was scrolling the comments and your post synced perfectly with this video. it felt like the scene in the series west world when the robot read the output of its thoughts off the computer screen and it crashed.
Worse still in the 1/4 scenario, is the possibility that we havent seen any other civilization because, no matter how incredibly advanced, no civilization has viable means of insterstellar travel.
See, the thing is, we should still be able to detect some signs of life if that were the case, largely to do with atmospheric composition: oxygen is really only a product of photosynthesis, meaning that any planet with lots of oxygen probably at least has plants on it
@@N8crafter We have no means of collecting meaningful amount of photons from extrasolar planets, so no conclusive spectral analysis is going to be possible. Our best tech is effectively just about finding the hints of shadow of a planet transiting across the host star.
For those wondering what the single-frame message was: “Well, that really isn’t true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which is the Greek name for Mars. Still. I’m editing this after a few beers, so in it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!” [picture of puffin located here]
That bit about finding novel alien life in our solar system being bad news needs more coverage. I’m so glad you brought it up here. My own opinion is that finding simple life isn’t too bad; it may be that intelligent life is still extremely rare. But yeah, scary stuff.
The Mars vs Earth thing was also discussed in "All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man", great book btw. Anyway, loved the vid
My favourite reviews of his book: "My impression is that either this was translated from another language, or that English is not the author's first language." ""Soon the bed was covered in the many colours of the birthing process." is what an alien would say while trying to pass as knowledgeable on the human procreation process." Im buying it
@@virileagitur7403 yeah i mean i get you. But i also eat mass slaughtered animals everyday knowing its furthering a bad cause. I don't feel amazing about doing it but i've been working my ass off in school to be able convince my parents to get me that book. That shit costs 15 times more here thanks to our shitty economy. I'll buy this and nothing more until the truth is fully in the open. Hope you can understand
I've been watching you since I was like 12 and now I have a job, my worldview has changed and evolved so much that I'm barely recognizable now and you're responsible for at least a good 30% of that growth. This doesn't have to get a lot of likes or whatever but I hope you read it and consider the impact you have on people. Much love dude
@@Pinkirect Huh, that was strange. I knew he had controversies before but this is rlly concerning. Not able to look into it properly tonight but it seems pretty damming. Thanks for bringing that to my attention
11:35 this is the exact way of thinking I typically go about Mars. A self sustaining colony that doesn’t rely on the mother land, and is extremely far away, can, in theory, become its own nation, or in mars’s case, its own world. It would be a costly trip, having taken many months and years to get there, only for a self sustaining land to suddenly cut itself off. Isn’t humanity just grand
I'm a physicist, and this was some of the most entertaining, well-informed, original (science) content I've seen on RUclips in a very long time. Your approach is absolutely refreshing and hilarious. Sadly, not everyone spends their nights googling obscure sciency stuff, so viewership may happen slowly, but with this quality you will eventually be massive with a fiercely loyal fanbase. Thanks!
@@mister_bomb7777 I hope so. I don't know the game but watch a LOT of stuff like this on YT and probably have a good feel for the variety of science shows out there. Most are formulaic and regurgitate stuff they heard from Discovery Channel, NOVA, etc., which is perfectly fine, don't get me wrong. This is something entirely different, and I feel strongly that it could break through some teenagers' attention spans and win them over.
Gotta love me some existential dread from the fermi paradox. Imagine trying to colonise Mars just to get a message from aliens that reads "Stay hidden, they'll hear you"
There's a story I read on Reddit /HFY, every single radio, television, noise making device suddenly tuned into the one broadcast. An alien like voice that said in a hush tone "be quiet, they are listening!" Sent the whole planet into radio silence and stopped all of our broadcasts, tv, radio, satellite stuff. Great read, terrifying thought provoker though.
"The Greeks called Mars' two moons Fear and Panic, and there is a reason for that." Yep, and the reason is: Mars is named after the roman god of war, Mars. The greek form of Mars is Ares. The carriage of Ares is pulled by Phobos and Deimos (which translates to fear and panic), so the reason lies simply in mythology.
After he says this he included like a single frame of text explaining that an astronomer named the two moons after ares’ sons. Turned it to .25 speed so I could pause and read what it said lol
@@scrawn4893 Idk, its kinda hard seeing someone you like so much do such a horrible thing so most people ignore it, still, morbidily chrious about “Experiment A”
@@JohnDoe-zi3yg i looked into it aswell, all I saw was little evidence. Only one source of evidence was used for all the claims and all the discussions surrounded it. You can't just come to a conclusion with one piece of evidence.
@@scrawn4893 jesus christ chill the fuck out, there is no actual evidence against him, just the ramblings of one highly disturbed woman. if any actual evidence does come out, i'll gladly take a listen, but literally everything she's said so far is very explicitly not damning in the slightest
@@WeebJail but there is, gimme a sec here ruclips.net/video/CqIujvFf1rs/видео.html , still, the situation is not yet resolved so don’t let yourself be influenced by this comment and look into it yourself (just not on the subreddit, they don’t like it)
@@RealSmevold last I checked there was no evidence for anything, I researched it a fair bit a few months ago and until there’s solid proof I will continue to support and enjoy exurb1as stuff. However if there’s anything solid that I’ve missed let me know.
The full text from 4:36 "Well, that isn't really true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars. Still. I'm editing this after a few beers, so in it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!"
I live in Scotland, it's often cold, dark and wet, often at the same time. I've often wondered why my ancestors decided to make a home here, Africa or even most of Europe looks like a much better option for a place to live. The thought of the first Martian hearing about where her ancestors came from makes my cripe seems much less if an issue. Also it's sunny today, that helps too
My great-grandparents left the UK after WW1. They ended up in the northwest corner of the US. The climate here is very similar to Scotland. I guess some people choose that kind of climate.
I rarely pass an Exurb1a video without goosebumps. "Some areas of science are dead ends [...] but from our vantage point in history there is a case for the possibility of resurrecting Mars" got me this time! Let's gooooo!
I love his videos too, but here I kinda disagree with him, sure some science areas are dead ends, but terraforming is not a feat of science, its more a feat of engineering, and the great thing about engineering is they usually always find an answer, maybe not using conventional think but still
@@sharrpshooter1 Duct tape the atmosphere, if that doesn't work add some greace. Realistically though it's actually both. It science for the technology necessary to achieve it within a realistic budget, engineering for the actually deploying and sustaining the infrastructure.
I found this video to be oddly pointless. He starts out ranting about how getting to Mars is going to be hard, follows up with how building a permanent base is going to be possible, and then closes out with how _technically,_ Terraforming is going to be possible, but also _very_ hard. All of which was pretty obvious from the get go. The first guys going to Mars will make their best Tuna in the can impression? No shit. First colonists on a barren, irradiated rock are going to have it rough? Yeah, no surprise there either. Terraforming is technically possible, but very ressource and time intensive? Well, yeah, what else did you expect? Our own planet formed over a period of a billion years, replicating this will be very, very labour intensive...
Let's say a child is growing up enough to go next door and stay the night. That would be like humans going to the Moon. The equivalent trip to Mars would be like the same child getting on a train and going from Seattle to Mexico City and staying a year, and then returning.
@@FishbedMyBeloved And that is good. Mars is still under a big question for any development, its too far and there is really no interesting things there, unlike a moon that provide some interesting capabilities + we need to test our new tech on practise, like a solution for moon "wind" that proved to be a pain for any long-time structure.
My life instantly gets 10 times better every time you post. Thank you for improving the next 20 minutes of my life every few month. Quality over Quantity 100% is how I would describe your channel.
@@_KillerD_ That's a strong ability to separate what a person does in one place from what they've done elsewhere. If it was separating what they've done recently from what they've done in their past, and have since acknowledged and reflected on, it would be an admirable quality. In this case, since they happened near *concurrently* , have evidence supporting it occurred, and continues to be unacknowledged, it's just odd. Again, assuming this occurred, it's a *rape* allegation. Not a DUI or something. Deciding to just not care about it seems absurd. Though since we sometimes elect politicians that have done and do similar things I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Humans are good at ignoring things that would force them to rethink.
And yet, unfortunately, he turned out to be a r@pist. Not even an allegation, it's a confirmed case. Look up exurb1a criminal case, 30 minute video by BulletBarry for example. Just learned about this myself and I'm saddened and disturbed by the fact
One completely insane idea that would never ever work but be interesting would be to find an asteroid or comet or any relatively small celestial object that has a large amount of ice or water in any form really and just... nudge it to into a collision course with Mars ; bring the ocean to mars in the most apocalyptic way possible
Insane as it might sound at a glance, the main reason it wouldn't work is just the sheer number of comets & asteroids you would need to add a significant ocean - planets are crazy big, and even big asteroids are itty bitty sand grains in comparison.
That was actually floated as a way of increasing Mars' mass (to deal with the 1/3rd Earth gravity issue). It's not an effective way to deliver water to the planet, however.
Outstanding video, well informed and superbly narrated peppered with just the right amount of hilarious commentary. The video is educational, interesting, informative, engaging and funny. I can watch this many times. Really well done!
I've been reading your book "Geometry for Ocelots" which has made me confront the stark reality that anything that offers us any level of convenience had a negative effect on the planet. and I've been going through the biggest existential conundrum I've ever been faced with. really good read 10/10 would recommend
I fucking love the way you make a story, every time it's like a roller-coaster of emotions with a bitter sweet end. Man your mind is beautiful, but i feel sometimes you hold back some ideas, don't, we the fans already enjoy this dark comedic philosophy, i think we can take and even enjoy the depths of your thinking. Amazing work 🤜🤛 P. S. Obviously it's just a feeling that i have and if it's just that, let me say that i truly apreciate and enjoy your content.
Look up Exurb1a experiment A. It's been way too long and not a word has been said, we fans deserve the truth because it's honestly heartbreaking. Spread the word
When it comes to the bacteria that introduced oxygen to earth, it also caused the biggest extinction event ever (that wiped out 99.9% of all life) and an almost permanent ice age, so maybe not the best option for terraforming mars.
This video single handed took me through a journey of feelings no one can even comprehend with the budget of a iMovie he managed to create a masterpiece of literature. Thank you. (Un-cringing stamp)
I really really loved countess aspects of this video. Some of them being, the thematic, the way of approach, the humor, the reality grasp, the pragmatism, the philosophical angle, the existential markings, the gentleness, the kindness of approach, the beauty, the spine of substantial thinking core, the respect for all beings, the connecting principle, the multiplicity and essentially the love permeating throughout. Excellent! I ‘ll be sure to check out the book! On a personal note, I never hoped to encounter another being, so likeminded. Thank you for the service offered .
@@tombyrne1637 I literally could not care less. I came to this video to watch a video. I don't often visit this channel, but this one looked interesting. This guy could be the next Hitler for all I know, but that wouldn't really effect how this video turns out, at least not in a way that's subtle. I enjoyed the video. I will now leave to watch another one.
@@dat_fast_boi I understand wanting to watch the video, but saying that you straight up don't care about the harm the dude caused is just kinda well *not right*.
@@d.d3740 ngl I kinda overreacted a little when I saw the comment, since when you click on that guy's profile thing on mobile it shows that he's been saying this kinda stuff on many videos, which I interpreted as meaning that it's a bot channel like the ones that spam that 'Jacksepticeye's dad is in hell' and the like, but that may well not be the case. Also, "allegations" either implies something that most of Twitter would cancel him for (e.g. him saying trans people are not good/ the n word), or something that is actually illegal (like if he had CP on his computer). If it's the former implication, then I *would* watch his videos less, if it weren't for the fact that I rarely watch exurbia videos anyway. If its the latter, then it's not unreasonable to think that it would be dealt with through the legal system and that no boycott type moves are needed.
Let's all give this man a round of applause for the exquisite way he says "SAS" at 1:05. No child, teenager, or young adult could ever lose interest in science after experiencing that, although I admit it's better when you're not expecting it. As a physicist, I plan to nominate him for a "Breakthrough Prize" in 2023 for that hilarious, amazing bit of science education. Well done.
Incredible how he maintains the same style so consistently even though he’s putting them out months appart, he stayed true to himself since the beginning
You are the only channel I've found that simultaneously gives me dread and optimism for the human condition within the span of 30 seconds. "What's that? We're fucking everything up? Yeah... yeah we are." "But, we're fucking it up so beautifully as to be praised? Yeah! Yeah we fucking are."
@@David-bc4rh Then that's unfortunate. Humans are great at fucking up, no argument on that. But, we're the best at fucking up forward. There's plenty of shit we could improve on, and we usually do. Albeit slowly. Shits hard right now, but I think that is a problem of priorities, not of capability. As a species, we've chosen to focus on the wrong aspects of our success and rest on our laurels until the world falls apart. It will just take some realignment to get us back on track.
13:34 I can not imagine a real world scenario where terraforming Mars' atmosphere would ever be easier then doing the same to Earth's atmosphere. Outside of unrealistic sci-fi scenarios fixing any kind of pollution in Earth's atmosphere, even the kind toxic enough to kill all life on Earth, will still be 100 times easier than making Mars have a breathable atmosphere...
@Edmonds75 while possible, space exploration also will provide humanity with a load of extra materials to work with, materials that are ATM only available in small quantities. Also space research and material science is also something that rapidly transfers to our day to day lives and because there is ATM a giant boom in the industry you also see significant leaps in manufacturings and technology used
But those tasks are very different; on Mars you need to add lots of greenhouse gasses (which Earth proves that we're really good at) and somehow create oxygen until there's an ecosystem that sustains oxygen levels by itself. On Earth you'd need to somehow *remove* greenhouse gasses (or at the very least stop producing them), which we're not very good at, and do some other things too.
@@turk639 Just to be clear, I was replying to @Alorand saying that we can't terraform the atmosphere of Mars if we can't even keep Earth's in order (the main comment)
I've sailed across some of the Pacific. At some points we were 750 miles from the nearest other human, unless you count distant cargo ships. You don't need to go to Mars. Just get a yacht. It is everything you think space exploration is without dying from radiation etc. (,Unless you count sunburn.and cancer). We saw the ISS going over and it was half the distance from us to land.
It's still not really the same. You've still got gravity, and if need be you can call for help and have it there in a matter of hours rather than months or years (or never). You can get more food by fishing, and can treat seawater to make it drinkable. You can also turn around and go back if necessary. It's probably the closest experience the average person could have to interplanetary travel, and no doubt would invoke many of the same feelings, but it's still a far cry from the real thing.
@@TelepathicYeti "without dying from radiation", actually. Also notice how not everything I mentioned was a life or death matter, some of it's just quality of life stuff. There's also a fair bit of quality of life stuff I didn't mention, like weight management being less of a concern, which allows for a variety of quality of life improvements. It's less claustrophobic. Your air doesn't come from a can. As I already said, it's definitely the closest analog an average person will be able to achieve anytime soon, but it's a far cry from the real thing.
Yeah, we haven't even explored the oceans and wanna go to Mars. People have no idea of how big Earth is because we all live in cities in our own little worlds focused on our jobs and routines and so we like to dream about ''visting'' a planet that will probably not be visitable in the next 100 years at least. We take our planet for granted without even knowing it fully. Space exploration is useless and BS in my opinion, absolutely no need.
Doing what you did is an experience. But you are not as famous, nor will you have the legacy of Vasco de Gama or Columbus having done that, as rewarding as it might have been. The people who go to Mars will be aiming to go down in history.
The Greeks didn't know Mars had any moons. He is actually twice wrong; Phobos means fear and panic, and Deimos means terror and dread; Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, so the two moons are NOT named fear and panic... they are named 'Fear and Panic' and "Terror and Dread." Lastly, the Greeks had no idea Mars had any moons, so obviously the Greeks didn't call Mars' moons; some random astronomers just picked those names, because the convention in astronomy is to name planets, and moons, after Greek and Roman gods
Your channel is the best thing I've seen on youtube. I'm majoring in physics and am interested in psychology, linguistics and philosophy and your Channel is the perfect amalgamation of all of these i fucking love it so much. It also makes me feel a lot of shit that I can't explain but it's a rare and a complex feeling. Wish you all the very best in life exurb1a :3
Just so you're aware, this man terrorises women and is a rapist. Please don't support his channel, look him up. It's a huge case but he just pretends like nothing is happening
One of the greatest writers of our time. I hope the over abundance of creators and content in our day and age doesn't eclipse your unique brilliance, and that your works are remembered as the phenomenal works of literature and theatre they truly are.
As a stellaris player when he said that life might be very common i just thought of all the lag that would be caused by the number of pops needing to be simulated.
It would be a good advertising point for a possible 64bit release so the game runs better in the mid-late game. "Remember how life was sparse in the galaxy? Remember how it still lagged out? Well now life is on 1 in 4 planets, welcome to a redesigned game engine, bitches. Play our game"
@@Jediben001 we already have Quantum computers hahaha the issue with Stellaris is the engine it runs is only 32bit which means its just not going to see the hardware you're running and be able to use it. We need a 64bit game engine for it haha
@@QuantumVLOG I cannot believe it. I never even stopped to think. I don’t understand why people are still developing 4x games on 32 bit architecture. I bet it runs on a single thread as well.
Colonising the Moon would be just as useful, and a good deal easier. But then colonising the middle of the Sahara Desert or the bottom of the Pacific Ocean would be easier still. And also rather more useful.
@@gorrium5027 the solution to colonizing mars if the moon isn't just "throw more people at it". We would need to give those space rocks a magnetic field so the radiation from the sun doesn't kill anyone who would go there. Then we would need to make the air breathable and give an atmosphere capable of supporting water and plant life so people who move there have food. Simply put there is vastly more effort in the fact we have to terraform mars and the moon before we can actually do anything there,THEN build our little space cities.
This is a very necessary video for many. Living on Mars/the Moon or space, in general, would be terrible on one's body and life. "Living in a submarine" is the line that I love as it sums up what all of space life will be like for years.
The Karelia Suite playing over the talk of declaring independence was a nice touch, whether intentional or not. At least for someone living in what is left of Finnish Karelia. It shrunk quite dramatically when we had the last Grand European Team Deathmatch.
Anyone who liked this video would probably love the series The Expanse. The way they explored a Martian culture and identity but not only that, also a Belter culture and identity and their relationship with Earth is super awesome
There is a manga called "Planetes" (anime too but manga is better). Its protagonist is a space sweeper and it tells very realistic and relatable stories about space travellers and moon settlers. Kinda reminds me of that.
This isn't a guess if you've actually read into the experiments, 5:18, the ease at which non organic matter clumps together to create RNA is astounding, the real step is moving to being a cell which almost certainly just takes more time. It happens within days with enough energy and a swirling pool. The RNA step, that is.
I’m surprised instead of going right to “terraform the entire planet” that creating little self-sufficient biospheres isn’t considered more often. Filling an enclosed stadium-sized space with grass and trees and oxygen is totally do-able in fairly short order. A handful have even been built on earth to varying degrees of success. (Mostly because they’re usually built and run by drugged out tenured university professors, not people whose lives depend on them functioning) They’d just need the occasional sharing of the local pathogens to ensure getting a visit from the biodome next door doesn’t result in total ecological collapse and you’ve got a bunch of little earth like city-sized islands on mars
if your doing that... whats the point of doing it on Mars as opposed to say.... here under the ocean of in a floating space stations above this planet..? we cant reach a level of ecological collapse that makes Mars a useful alternative short of this Planet literally exploding... So without a resource/economic based reason to set up shop on Mars building a colony there other than to show we can lacks any real merit.
@@johntowers1213 Having a backup plan for humanity is still a better option than no backup plan, even if it's kind of a shitty one. Therefore, it's worth doing.
You are the first (so far) person I watched stuff about problems with colonizing Mars who mentioned "finding alien life" and how it might be existentially damaging to colonists. So if all the problems of living on a hostile land won't drive you mad- finding an asnwer to Fermi's Paradox just might tip the fkin scales
The fermi paradox hinges on one VERY big assumption: That we could dectect alien civilisations and/or they could visit us. If it turns out Science Fiction was wrong and FTL is not possible, there is almost 0 chance that we could detect alien civilisations even if there are thousands of them in the milky way. This video presents compelling arguments on not settling mars, now imagine trying to convince people to spend trillions of dollars on a big spaceship to take a 600 year journey to the next closest star.
You've got it backwards. The Fermi paradox doesn't assume we could communicate with alien civilizations and conclude we're alone; it tentatively assumes the existence of alien civilizations and concludes there's liable to be a reason we *can't* communicate.
Fermi’s begins with a lack of evidence, the expectation that there should be something and there’s nothing. Red flag! Like, lower your expectations on telescopes and appreciate the wonder of positivist astronomical science, my brother in christ!
A 600 year journey to the next closest star? No. Consider the Alpha Centauri system. It is about 4.3 lightyears away. If we use a nuclear salt rocket engine we should be able to get there in about 25 years with tech we can make in the next 10-20 years.
@@2MeterLP Proxima Centauri B is an Exo-planet that is similar in size and atmosphere to earth, it's situated within the Goldilocks zone as well so it's generally theorized that we could live there, however the issue is that one side is extremely hot and the other is freezing cold and we'd have to live in the middle of it and not to mention that it'd take 1000s of years so unless we figure out FTL or Cryoships it's very unlikely.
"Of all the stories i've written, this is one of them" From all words that have been spoken this one carry some meaning, and we are proud of you for that, congratulations for your achievement, an unique one that many had the honor of being graced with, you deserve it, just like everyone else.
For anyone wondering what was said at 4:36 - 4:37 "Well, that isn't really true The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the God of War, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars. Still, I'm editing all this after a few beers, so it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin" A jpeg of a puffin is right of this sentence.
Funny thing about Phobos and Deimos, the two moons, one's on a very gradual exit trajectory where it will one day YEET off into space losing the surly bonds of Mars, and the other is on a collision course where the extreme speed and energy it will encounter as it spirals down toward the surface will shred it into a beautiful ring around Mars. Fun place
I like to imagine there will be a day when human life lives amongst the stars over multiple planets, independent yet harmonious. Obviously this isn’t something I’ll ever see, or even see the beginning of but to think in a couple thousand years humans will roam the stars on a hunt for exploration like our ancestors did, but now on a new frontier, gives me a shred of hope
There's a 2009 movie called Mr Nobody that includes a few scenes like this. Part of the movie is set in a future where people can travel to and from Mars, or even choose to live there. It looks fun in the travel ads but when the main character arrives, most everyone is making comments about how boring Mars looks. The "city" just a bunch of giant grey factories and housing units inside of big domes, and everything outside the domes is a desolate red desert. A giant steel elevator passes overhead, filled with hundreds of bicycles, and it becomes apparent that Mars isn't much more than a place from which we can extract cheap materials and manufacturing, and a tourist trap for rich people who can afford to go there. I recommend it to most viewers of exurb1a, the majority of the movie isn't about Mars at all, it's a film that explores ideas like choice, the butterfly effect, how our environment shapes who we are, and whether there is such thing as a "right" path in life. It's one of my favorite films.
In that quick flash, he said: "Well, that isn't really true, the moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, ares - which was Greek name for Mars. Still I'm editing this after a few beers so in it stays. Sorry for wasting your with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin" 4:35
Honestly I fall asleep to these videos, because your voice is just so relaxing and I can focus on something that's soothing and not to seriously but at the same time interesting.
@@RealSmevold wow I just found it all, seems all so wrong. If it's true how is this now much more spoken about. Just in case unless I found otherwise I'm gonna boycott this guy, doesn't deserve my view and thus to earn money of me.
Hey, I hope you're doing OK and thank you for your videos. I've read 2 of your books and hope to read more soon. Please know that you have helped me to feel less alone In the world and that even though I'm a stranger to you, I deeply appreciate you. In case no one's told you today, you are appreciated and you've made a difference.
hey, you got me through nursing school, hoping to start my nurse practitioners soon, I'm sure I'll re-watch the dread and joys of humanity, as this is wonderful. thank you, and whole heartedly agree with the comment above. I want to write a letter to you, as I saw a video explaining why I should(by you) I hope to do so. thanks
@@seams4186 I wouldn't say crap...probably a step above it. For sure, the star of the books is the idea of living on Mars and the logistics and techniques they come up with. I didn't feel overly attached to any of the characters. Like you said the scenario is interesting enough, and it for sure carries the story.
@@seams4186 If what you look for in a story is great human characters then sure they aren't the best. But they do have incredible world-building, an interesting long-running narrative, and a decent amount of insightful political commentary.
@@hallunolla its the same dude spamming the one comment. he hasnt made a response because there is no reason to. there is no actual evidence against him beyond one clearly disturbed woman's words. if evidence actually comes out it's a different story but until then it is literally just that, and if he actually addresses this all it will do is legitimize what shes saying.
@@scrawn4893 You say that, yet don't provide any sources. I've been scrolling a while and not seen one source provided by you. Now, I'm a very neutral person, so Idgaf about anything. But claiming stuff without providing sources isn't really a good thing. Nor is rape of course.
I've just had a really hard breakup and I've been a mess for a couple of days. Then I see therapy turtle appear in my notifications. In my hour of need. He returns! For real though man your videos have helped me through so much in my life and I quote them so often I genuinely don't know who I'd be without you. Much love and appreciation
Just wanna say, I happened to click on one video of yours and within 2 minutes, I realised I found my new favourite RUclipsr. Your videos are artwork, with the perfect balance of information, science and facts mixed with tasteful sprinkles of inspiration, nihilism and incredibly British humour (the best kind of course). Please keep up the good work - I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to get stoned, stare at the stars and chat shit with someone from the internet as much as I do with you. Please keep being you ☺️
I love his content too, but seriously the man behind this channel seems to be such a fucking asshole. I don't want to believe it, but the evidence is there. I'm sorry for writing this and possibly destroying your admiration, but honestly the shit he seems to have done must be brought to light.
Ive watched the start of this video a million times, just because that "Where the fuck are you going?" line is so well timed and just absolutely wrecks me every time.
Never realized how terrifying finding life on Mars would be. 2 out of 8 planets developing life. When you apply it to the scale of the universe, there would be trillions of planets with life. That is not an existential dread that needed to hear lol
There's an ocean of difference between prokaryotic life and civilized life. There could be a trillion planets out there covered in bacteria, but if none of them ever develop into tool-using intelligent creatures, then it's not really a concern for us.
Here is my theory. Life is more common in the universe although in varying levels. Bacteria life is probably exponentially common than wildlife but intelligent life is just so rare that us humans are a miracle and let me explain why. How many species have lived on Earth? BILLIONS and out of this billion only one species had the potential to become intelligent... the hominids. Just imagine how many species it took for something capable of intelligence take place and why is that? Just Imagine that our very far ancestor is a fish a few million years ago and that fish evolved into a species capable of traveling through space. Now how did we evolve into something like us in present times? Its because our body can use tools and somehow got the ability to create stuff.I think we evolved like this because somehow, our ancestors a few thousand yeaes ago had the ability to be creative [ cave paintings ]. I bet that fire wasn’t accidentally discovered but our ancestors tried to recreate it in creative ways. You know what... its kinda hard to explain but what im trying to say is there’s a multitude of factors that needs to be considered in order for a species to evolve into something that can utilize their brain to form communication and have the ability to use tools. If you’re trying to imagine another intelligent alien life, they must have language like us and is able to use tools because that is the only way for a civilization to be born
@@proximitive3872 There's quite a few species on Earth with some degree of high intelligence (octopuses are probably the best candidate) but you're right that only hominids ever developed fire. Actually, it's interesting just how well-suited humans are to fire. I doubt there are many planets in our galaxy with complex macroscopic life like animals, but if there are any, I bet even the most intelligent creatures on them are at the hunter-gatherer level at best. Fire is really _really_ hard.
@@General12th high intelligence? we are the only ones capable of high intelligence. If u were to give an octopus an IQ test, they're score would probably be the lowest of the low which is retarded. I did a quick search on Octopus IQ and ill just copy paste an explaination "But it would be a mistake to try to give octopuses an IQ score. They are not intelligent in the way we are-not because they're dumb but because their behavior is the product of hundreds of millions of years of evolution under radically different conditions than the ones under which our own brains evolved" Fire is not that hard, you just need two stones. Fire also happens naturally, so an isaac newton born at the wrong time would be able to figure out how to recreate fire [considering that 40,00 years ago is not that far in terms of human timeline, it is not far outstretch that amazing human beings were born at the time. Im just saying this because you might think our ancestors are idiots when in terms of evolution, our brain wouldnt have evolved that fast so our potential in terms of intelligence is not different from our ancestors 40k years ago. Btw, there are discoveries of campfires maintained not created because we dont know if they just got fire somewhere else then made a campfire dating back to a a 1 million years ago. ]
Re: radiation water absorbes radiation pretty well. Do you think we could line a building with water as radiation shielding? We could then live on the surface no problem.
I love the idea of the first baby being born on Mars being told about how cool Earth is and all the wonderful things they'll never get to see and just going "why the hell did my parents allow me to be born in such shitty conditions?"
Do you think he will have a standard about what's "shitty"???
That's all he's gonna know.
He will look at the earth stories the same way we look at Star Trek.
@@christophera4527 No he's going to look at Earth stories the way someone who was born with muscular dystrophy looks at healthy people. Knowing that everyone else is enjoying a completely normal life while that person has to know that they are the single person who has to live in worse conditions and they have no way to ever fix it.
They'd have to know that in the entire history of the species they are the only person who will never experience rivers or mountains or a blue sky or anything that has been there for literally every other human
Still beats North Korea tho
@@ceoofthen-word8849 probably not. Reports out of N.Korea are that they're totally unaware of what they're missing out on. They're told they live in wealth while the world are poor. I've heard several say they didn't know what love was, it's not part of their lives.
This kid would have to the whole history and beauty of Earth presented to them and would look outside into their hellish abyss.
@@tophercIaus still a lot of them risk their lives to leave the country, so they must have some hint, they just can't talk about it openly for obvious reasons. But i am not an expert though, how did you manage to talk to them?
This man manages to a release a video just often enough to keep us entertained and UNDER HIS CONTROL.
Under his control. How ironic
Honestly if you think this one's bad, you should see the scripts that go in the bin
@@Exurb1a I just mean it's ironic his word choice given the the whole Pie situation
@@nate.2.2 indeed.
@@Exurb1a Put them in drawer or something, so that one day long after you're dead and you've become recognized as the greatest philosopher of the 21st century someone can discover the lost scripts and use them to take over the world.
"Not every day is a good day, but there will always be something good about every day"
Thank you exurb1a, I am going through a not very good time but your videos always get me on top, at least for a few moments, thanks. :)
@@scrawn4893 damn, Why u Gotta do my man like that 💀
@@scrawn4893 Im going to have to ask you to leave the premises
@@scrawn4893 No, you’re spamming the reply section of every conceivable comment, hoping for attention.
@@scrawn4893 how does that have to do with the amazing content we are provided? Leave the man’s personal life out of this! If you scroll through the comments this person’s content brings smiles and hope to people. Don’t judge him, just enjoy the content and books and move on with your insignificant life. You only have one
@@scrawn4893 Your here for attention and bringing down the good mood. There are an unbelievable amount of people who are worshiped despite having done horrible things yet all that has happened with exurb1a is one case of some allegations or what not. If people can romanticize litteral murderers then we can enjoy the litterature of one man who may or may not have done one thing.
I kind of clicked on this by accident, but I'm so glad I watched. What a gem!
..." there are four seasons on Mars and every one of them will kill you..."
Same I don't know how I got here,but now I'm a subscriber 😉
They dont even offer you total landscaping before mercing your ass either!
The least the messy bitch can do is bury me, but NOOO! That's Too Much Work! And nobody wants to work on mars anymore!
Sounds like Scotland 👍
@@briandawson8701sounds like London 😂
For anyone wondering, at 4:36, it says, "Well, that isn't really true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares, which was the Greek name for Mars. Still, I'm editing this after a few beers so in it stays. sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!"
Well spotted!
Thanks tried 3 times to catch it on mobile.
thank u bby gal
Thanks
you can use the keys to move frame by frame, I learned that a while ago and I'm passing it on to all of you
For anyone wanting to know what it says at 4:37
“Well, that isn’t really true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, ares - which was the Greek name for mars. Still. I’m editing this after a few beers, so in it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!” He then puts a picture of a tiny puffin that really makes you go “oh wow, a tiny puffin!” There is no puffin emoji so I cannot recreate the feeling of the tiny puffin.
Thank you
stolen
ruclips.net/video/3IT_rnV1LBw/видео.html for anyone wanting to see the exact thing
Am I reading an alternative text?? Hahaha thank you man
@@Wousle what? I just took it from the video, does that count as stealing? If so then subtitles are stealing words from movies.
Imagine a TV show about the first martian and how he grew up a hero to Earth, but in fact everything he ever longed for was a normal life on Earth, and to finally see this paradise he’s been told thousands of times through books, etc. He wasn’t born special, he was born doomed
evolution forbid us from seeing beyond our own line of sight
There’s already a movie sort of like that, I think it’s called the space between us
@@Camaro_V8 Oooh really? Imma check it out! Thanks!
Smells a little of "Truman Show" as well
@@Camaro_V8 came here to recommend that movie. I'm a sucker for cheesey romance movies
I'm fascinated by the potential architecture that could be built with 0.6% atmosphere pressures and 38% gravity.
200 stories high? Cantilevered for half a mile? Curves that would be simply not possible under 1g.
Something I don't see in Scifi films really taken to the limit.
Gravity is not that big of a deal when building in general. Wind conditions are. Those are on Mars as well, although to a lesser degree.
@@Spectification You don't think the crush strength of your building material is a big deal?
How about 500 yard long cantilever portions of a building.
Bridges spanning unheard of gaps.
The wind on Mars would need somewhere near 300mph to equal a 20mph breeze on earth. Wind isn't an issue. But in terms of load baring capacity, all your materials just got nearly a 300% increase vs their earth ratings.
I'd call that a big deal for any creative engineer that wants to work with it.
@@Spectification gravity is very much a big deal when building, especially when you want to build something tall or curved
Well I don't see the point of making a 200 stories high building when you have so much land available. Even if you could potentially build higher, why would you? (Other than throw around your oil money or whatever the Martian equivalent of that would be)
But even I would be interested in an architect's take on the different possibilities of Martian architecture. That would be a great book.
More like 200 stories deep, who want to go outside on mars, ffs.
exurb1a: "don't go to Mars"
Also exurb1a: "here's a step by step guide about how to make a sustainable Martian colony"
IT is weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my content. Sometimes IT is annoying. But right now, IT would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear dalir
Also exurb1a: Rape and gaslight an autistic woman and attempt to drive her to suicide all for some sick human experiment.
@@AxxLAfriku holy shit youtube is terrible at deleting your channel
@@squintword ?????
@@squintword got any evidence to back that up?
Just realised that the Martian colony wanting independence is literally the start of the All Tomorrow's story
hopefully we dont find dinosaur fossils on a completely different planet
@@scrawn4893 you’re really not giving up on this are you…
Exurbia rped a girl check his Police case
He s deleting commentd about he committing a crime
@@oliverkat don't care didn't ask L + ratio
"If on a cosmic scale none of it really matters, does that really matter" You have gotten me through some hard times mentally speaking. I never did consider myself a guy who enjoyed quotes until I found your channel. Thanks for all you do and continue to do. Looking forward to adding another one of your books to my bookshelf :)
Optimistic Nihilism for the win
That’s honestly my favourite quote from exurbia. It’s from “sleep is just death being shy” right?
I see the exact same way. I’ve never wanted to hang a quote on my wall like a basic biatch before today.
Where's this from?
I say this lovingly
Nobody asked x
This isn't related to the video, but I just wanted to say that I've been weirdly feeling a lot better about my life after watching your videos, in fact it's been a while since I was this optimistic and positive about everything and I just wanted to thank you for the help, mate. You've helped me see things in different perspectives that would have taken me a million years to ponder upon all by myself, so thanks 👍
How are you doing?
Yeah, how are you doing now?
@@J.RomeroLuna I'm doing incredible actually, some bad stuff has happened to me, but I'm at the point where I don't get depressed every two seconds by everything, and I'm a lot healthier and happier
@@J.RomeroLunaI'm doing really good, no thanks to Exurbia though, I found out about the Pie situation and I've never felt this betrayed, hope he responds to this matter eventually
@@RallaFriba but I will say I found out about the Piekie situation and no longer support Exurbia
The breathable atmosphere is really a strong selling point when house hunting. Liquid water on the surface is nice, too but that breathable air is really where it's at.
I barely get any on Earth already (f*ck everyone who smokes! Namely my neighbours)
Breathable air is overrated. Toxic dirt and constant barrage of solar radiation is where it's at. Who even needs liquid water?
Not really, we can make our own air inside of the homes, but we would need water somewhere
"Thanks, but I will choose Mercury, I don't need someone to tell me where to live"
@@shebahammy Your breathable air is gonna require 78% nitrogen, which is hard to come by on Mars. You will also need a lot more of it. Those oxygen and hydrogen atoms are going to be much easier to find. You will also need a lot less of them.
For any who care: the text at 4:36.99 reads: “Well, that isn’t true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars. Still. I’m editing all this after a few beers, so in it stays. Oh wow a tiny Puffin!” A small puffin is visible at the bottom right corner of the text box.
Edit: fixed timestamp
Thanks.
thanks
Thank you
For the future, whenever you encounter RUclipsrs who think they're being funny or something when they do this, you can advance forwards and backwards one frame at a time on a RUclips video by using the greater than and less than keys on your keyboard, respectively.
Really wish I'd checked the comments first 😅
The soil being anhydrous bleach is kind of the nail in the coffin in my opinion. I hear the notion of moving to mars if humans mess up Earth enough, but actually there is almost no amount of messing up that will leave mars easier to terraform than Earth. That feat would require something like a gray goo catastrophe or a robot apocalypse.
They want to bring in earth soil on mars and attempt to cultivate our bacteria there
Or a climate change catastrophe? Nucular war? We're getting pretty close.
you can literally wash percholates off martian soil with water, or heat it. It's not that big a deal.
@@Marade mars soil isnt as nutritious for plant life
Larry Niven, sci fi writer ("hard" sf, science based) has suggested that we're going to ignore climate change until we're almost wiped out. Then we'll fix it, fast. And after that we'll know how to do terraforming.
That last 2010 line, had me tear up a bit.
Just the idea of such a world was enough.
15:40 “Of all the stories I’ve written, this is… one of them.” This was gold.
i was scrolling the comments and your post synced perfectly with this video. it felt like the scene in the series west world when the robot read the output of its thoughts off the computer screen and it crashed.
@@-IE_it_yourself that happenes to me all the time it freaks me out 😩
fairly common phrase for at least 30 years but okay
@@davemccombs maybe common for you but I’ve never heard it. Turns out people have different experiences.
You do know he's a rapist yes?
Worse still in the 1/4 scenario, is the possibility that we havent seen any other civilization because, no matter how incredibly advanced, no civilization has viable means of insterstellar travel.
That would be a kinda nice answer. The solar system seems like enough space for awhile
See, the thing is, we should still be able to detect some signs of life if that were the case, largely to do with atmospheric composition: oxygen is really only a product of photosynthesis, meaning that any planet with lots of oxygen probably at least has plants on it
@@N8crafter I dont think you realize how big space is to the point where even the closest star system light is 4 years old
feels like that's the most probable answer
@@N8crafter We have no means of collecting meaningful amount of photons from extrasolar planets, so no conclusive spectral analysis is going to be possible. Our best tech is effectively just about finding the hints of shadow of a planet transiting across the host star.
For those wondering what the single-frame message was:
“Well, that really isn’t true. The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which is the Greek name for Mars. Still. I’m editing this after a few beers, so in it stays. Sorry to waste your time with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin!” [picture of puffin located here]
I tried to pause it a few times but with no luck so thank you for your perseverance.
@@tombyrne1637 nah
@@tombyrne1637 based exurb1a
Thx
@@tombyrne1637 Please just separate the individual from their work
That bit about finding novel alien life in our solar system being bad news needs more coverage. I’m so glad you brought it up here. My own opinion is that finding simple life isn’t too bad; it may be that intelligent life is still extremely rare. But yeah, scary stuff.
The Mars vs Earth thing was also discussed in "All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man", great book btw. Anyway, loved the vid
I second this.
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Also the Expanse series does a pretty good job at that
@@kratsa99 ქართველს გაუმარჯოს
@@sandroarchvadze1598 სიტყვები ქართულად
My favourite reviews of his book:
"My impression is that either this was translated from another language, or that English is not the author's first language."
""Soon the bed was covered in the many colours of the birthing process." is what an alien would say while trying to pass as knowledgeable on the human procreation process."
Im buying it
@@virileagitur7403 What?
EDIT: I looked it up and I have to say "What the fuck?"
@@virileagitur7403 i'll still buy it honestly
You do know he's a rapist yeah?
@@virileagitur7403 yeah i mean i get you. But i also eat mass slaughtered animals everyday knowing its furthering a bad cause. I don't feel amazing about doing it but i've been working my ass off in school to be able convince my parents to get me that book. That shit costs 15 times more here thanks to our shitty economy. I'll buy this and nothing more until the truth is fully in the open. Hope you can understand
@@virileagitur7403 Fuck my life... Literally my favorite youtuber and I just learned about this now. Guess we cant have nice things
I've been watching you since I was like 12 and now I have a job, my worldview has changed and evolved so much that I'm barely recognizable now and you're responsible for at least a good 30% of that growth. This doesn't have to get a lot of likes or whatever but I hope you read it and consider the impact you have on people. Much love dude
Look up “ experiment A “.
@@Pinkirect Huh, that was strange. I knew he had controversies before but this is rlly concerning. Not able to look into it properly tonight but it seems pretty damming. Thanks for bringing that to my attention
you have 69 likes. what could possibly a late teenager want more
thank you mah nutz very cool
Sure is a shame he raped and psychologically tortured that autistic girl for years, resulting in her attempted suicide.
11:35 this is the exact way of thinking I typically go about Mars. A self sustaining colony that doesn’t rely on the mother land, and is extremely far away, can, in theory, become its own nation, or in mars’s case, its own world. It would be a costly trip, having taken many months and years to get there, only for a self sustaining land to suddenly cut itself off. Isn’t humanity just grand
Then we colonise earth then we colonise m......
I'm a physicist, and this was some of the most entertaining, well-informed, original (science) content I've seen on RUclips in a very long time. Your approach is absolutely refreshing and hilarious. Sadly, not everyone spends their nights googling obscure sciency stuff, so viewership may happen slowly, but with this quality you will eventually be massive with a fiercely loyal fanbase. Thanks!
It seems that a lot of people stumbled across this video thinking it was about the game "Red Dead Redemption 2", but stayed and enjoyed it.
On the 2nd time I watched this, I still spewed coffee all over the place with the way he says "SAS" at 1:05.
@@mister_bomb7777 I hope so. I don't know the game but watch a LOT of stuff like this on YT and probably have a good feel for the variety of science shows out there. Most are formulaic and regurgitate stuff they heard from Discovery Channel, NOVA, etc., which is perfectly fine, don't get me wrong. This is something entirely different, and I feel strongly that it could break through some teenagers' attention spans and win them over.
You should really check out what he is doing in his free time. He is such a "great" man
@@warumauchimmer7396 Give me any proof whatsoever.
Gotta love me some existential dread from the fermi paradox.
Imagine trying to colonise Mars just to get a message from aliens that reads
"Stay hidden, they'll hear you"
There's a story I read on Reddit /HFY, every single radio, television, noise making device suddenly tuned into the one broadcast. An alien like voice that said in a hush tone "be quiet, they are listening!"
Sent the whole planet into radio silence and stopped all of our broadcasts, tv, radio, satellite stuff.
Great read, terrifying thought provoker though.
@@wormbo2 link to the story ?
I swear there was a Lovecraft story similar to that premise
@@wormbo2 If you rememberthe name, please post the link, sounds very interesting!
Voyager 1: oop
Excellent work ~ I was showing my Dad your videos all night saturday, we had conversations about the topics covered, Thanks man.
Ohhh that's lovely. Hello to you and your papa, and thanks!
@@Exurb1a Thankyou mate. He really enjoys the videos ~ I will show him you said hello :-)
I wish I had parents to share this with ur lucky pls cherish ur dad
Sure is a shame he raped and psychologically tortured that autistic girl for years, resulting in her attempted suicide.
@@MysticHydra Careful people, step around this guy or you might cut yourself on that edge.
this channel seems great you have a nice style of comedy, specifically the monotone explanatory delivery it makes some jokes quite better
"The Greeks called Mars' two moons Fear and Panic, and there is a reason for that."
Yep, and the reason is: Mars is named after the roman god of war, Mars. The greek form of Mars is Ares. The carriage of Ares is pulled by Phobos and Deimos (which translates to fear and panic), so the reason lies simply in mythology.
After he says this he included like a single frame of text explaining that an astronomer named the two moons after ares’ sons. Turned it to .25 speed so I could pause and read what it said lol
Thank you! I was lazier and just scrolled thru comments to figure out what the text said
Except the Greeks didn't call mars' two moons anything because they weren't discovered until the 1870s
The ancient Greeks were not aware of the moons of Mars, they were named by the modern astronomers who first observed them through telescopes
@@specialknees6798 thanks! Tried doing that, but my phone didn't oblige^^
Always an instant click for me! I always love everything you do keep up the good work!
I mean yeah, but he did raped an autistic girl, twice
@@scrawn4893 Idk, its kinda hard seeing someone you like so much do such a horrible thing so most people ignore it, still, morbidily chrious about “Experiment A”
@@JohnDoe-zi3yg i looked into it aswell, all I saw was little evidence. Only one source of evidence was used for all the claims and all the discussions surrounded it. You can't just come to a conclusion with one piece of evidence.
@@scrawn4893 jesus christ chill the fuck out, there is no actual evidence against him, just the ramblings of one highly disturbed woman. if any actual evidence does come out, i'll gladly take a listen, but literally everything she's said so far is very explicitly not damning in the slightest
@@WeebJail but there is, gimme a sec
here ruclips.net/video/CqIujvFf1rs/видео.html , still, the situation is not yet resolved so don’t let yourself be influenced by this comment and look into it yourself (just not on the subreddit, they don’t like it)
Constant quality in content is something sorely needed and appreciated by everyone here on RUclips, Thankyou exurb1a
Look up his police case. Pretty bad stuff
Experiment A
@@RealSmevold last I checked there was no evidence for anything, I researched it a fair bit a few months ago and until there’s solid proof I will continue to support and enjoy exurb1as stuff. However if there’s anything solid that I’ve missed let me know.
@@Exurb1a keep creating!
@@Exurb1a SMH FULLY
For some reason the idea of regulating the Martian meerkat supply in order to keep them loyal is really good
The full text from 4:36
"Well, that isn't really true.
The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars.
Still. I'm editing this after a few beers, so in it stays.
Sorry to waste your time with all this.
Oh wow, a tiny puffin!"
Thanks fam
...why did I use +5mins to pause before going to comments...
I don't see the puffin in that picture in the video, I more see an ultrasound of a baby I'm the womb
Thx bro
Thsm
I live in Scotland, it's often cold, dark and wet, often at the same time. I've often wondered why my ancestors decided to make a home here, Africa or even most of Europe looks like a much better option for a place to live. The thought of the first Martian hearing about where her ancestors came from makes my cripe seems much less if an issue. Also it's sunny today, that helps too
My great-grandparents left the UK after WW1. They ended up in the northwest corner of the US. The climate here is very similar to Scotland. I guess some people choose that kind of climate.
I was born along the Nile and I too wonder why my ancestors settled in a desert
@@factsbykidd4765 Well, that desert birthed civilisation as we know it...
@@factsbykidd4765 it didn’t used to be a desert
@@factsbykidd4765 the river banks around Nile are so incredibly fertile it's almost easy mode
I rarely pass an Exurb1a video without goosebumps. "Some areas of science are dead ends [...] but from our vantage point in history there is a case for the possibility of resurrecting Mars" got me this time! Let's gooooo!
I love his videos too, but here I kinda disagree with him, sure some science areas are dead ends, but terraforming is not a feat of science, its more a feat of engineering, and the great thing about engineering is they usually always find an answer, maybe not using conventional think but still
@@sharrpshooter1 Duct tape the atmosphere, if that doesn't work add some greace. Realistically though it's actually both. It science for the technology necessary to achieve it within a realistic budget, engineering for the actually deploying and sustaining the infrastructure.
I found this video to be oddly pointless. He starts out ranting about how getting to Mars is going to be hard, follows up with how building a permanent base is going to be possible, and then closes out with how _technically,_ Terraforming is going to be possible, but also _very_ hard.
All of which was pretty obvious from the get go. The first guys going to Mars will make their best Tuna in the can impression? No shit. First colonists on a barren, irradiated rock are going to have it rough? Yeah, no surprise there either. Terraforming is technically possible, but very ressource and time intensive? Well, yeah, what else did you expect? Our own planet formed over a period of a billion years, replicating this will be very, very labour intensive...
@@sharrpshooter1 Engineering is a science tho?
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Let's say a child is growing up enough to go next door and stay the night. That would be like humans going to the Moon. The equivalent trip to Mars would be like the same child getting on a train and going from Seattle to Mexico City and staying a year, and then returning.
Human can reach mars even right now. It will be one end suicidal mission, the first human at mars in current time is a dead man, but on mars.
We're far from ready and grown up enough to do so, but fuck our parents. We'll do it anyways!
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 that's why we haven't started. We'd prefer our astronauts alive, so we try to engineer our way to a good ending.
@@FishbedMyBeloved And that is good. Mars is still under a big question for any development, its too far and there is really no interesting things there, unlike a moon that provide some interesting capabilities + we need to test our new tech on practise, like a solution for moon "wind" that proved to be a pain for any long-time structure.
My life instantly gets 10 times better every time you post. Thank you for improving the next 20 minutes of my life every few month. Quality over Quantity 100% is how I would describe your channel.
@@scrawn4893 lol true, nice pfp btw
Experiment A was wayyy fucked up
@@scrawn4893 That doesn't make the video worst
i don't give a f about his personal life, the videos are 10/10
@@_KillerD_ My sentiments exactly.
@@_KillerD_ That's a strong ability to separate what a person does in one place from what they've done elsewhere. If it was separating what they've done recently from what they've done in their past, and have since acknowledged and reflected on, it would be an admirable quality. In this case, since they happened near *concurrently* , have evidence supporting it occurred, and continues to be unacknowledged, it's just odd.
Again, assuming this occurred, it's a *rape* allegation. Not a DUI or something. Deciding to just not care about it seems absurd. Though since we sometimes elect politicians that have done and do similar things I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Humans are good at ignoring things that would force them to rethink.
This modern day philosopher will never know how much he has genuinely positively impacted my life. I thank you.
And yet, unfortunately, he turned out to be a r@pist. Not even an allegation, it's a confirmed case. Look up exurb1a criminal case, 30 minute video by BulletBarry for example.
Just learned about this myself and I'm saddened and disturbed by the fact
@@oskarikoski9683 no one cares
I relate 😭 I love my exurbia-induced existential crises
X2
@@piyoyo27 bot lmao
One completely insane idea that would never ever work but be interesting would be to find an asteroid or comet or any relatively small celestial object that has a large amount of ice or water in any form really and just... nudge it to into a collision course with Mars ; bring the ocean to mars in the most apocalyptic way possible
Insane as it might sound at a glance, the main reason it wouldn't work is just the sheer number of comets & asteroids you would need to add a significant ocean - planets are crazy big, and even big asteroids are itty bitty sand grains in comparison.
probably need to scrap half of europa to get an ocean on mars
comets dont add much, even if you have a lot of em
the water will vaporize before reaching the surface probably
@@curvy4655
A lake perhaps is a bit more achievable
That was actually floated as a way of increasing Mars' mass (to deal with the 1/3rd Earth gravity issue). It's not an effective way to deliver water to the planet, however.
Outstanding video, well informed and superbly narrated peppered with just the right amount of hilarious commentary. The video is educational, interesting, informative, engaging and funny. I can watch this many times. Really well done!
I've been reading your book "Geometry for Ocelots" which has made me confront the stark reality that anything that offers us any level of convenience had a negative effect on the planet. and I've been going through the biggest existential conundrum I've ever been faced with. really good read 10/10 would recommend
well. I guess now I better read it.
I fucking love the way you make a story, every time it's like a roller-coaster of emotions with a bitter sweet end. Man your mind is beautiful, but i feel sometimes you hold back some ideas, don't, we the fans already enjoy this dark comedic philosophy, i think we can take and even enjoy the depths of your thinking. Amazing work 🤜🤛
P. S. Obviously it's just a feeling that i have and if it's just that, let me say that i truly apreciate and enjoy your content.
Look up Exurb1a experiment A. It's been way too long and not a word has been said, we fans deserve the truth because it's honestly heartbreaking. Spread the word
Horrible fucking situation. Dont know if I can even watch the video
@@scrawn4893 Sadly, it seems, the root comment for our previous short discussion seems to have been deleted...
Fu+k you trolls, stop spamming, better keep your accounts that you made today to save the effort of making a new one.
Look up exurbia allegations
When it comes to the bacteria that introduced oxygen to earth, it also caused the biggest extinction event ever (that wiped out 99.9% of all life) and an almost permanent ice age, so maybe not the best option for terraforming mars.
Well mars is already frigid and has no life on it to kill in the first place.
The anaerobic bacteria saved the day for life on Earth. Def. not the fastest, but it worked for us.
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it wiped out 99.9% of all life because that life wasn't used to living with oxygen. We are used to living with oxygen, so its not big deal.
@@jetison333 yep. So while the plants die, we breathe a sigh of relief in the new atmosphere.
And then die of radiation.
This video single handed took me through a journey of feelings no one can even comprehend with the budget of a iMovie he managed to create a masterpiece of literature. Thank you. (Un-cringing stamp)
I really really loved countess aspects of this video. Some of them being, the thematic, the way of approach, the humor, the reality grasp, the pragmatism, the philosophical angle, the existential markings, the gentleness, the kindness of approach, the beauty, the spine of substantial thinking core, the respect for all beings, the connecting principle, the multiplicity and essentially the love permeating throughout. Excellent! I ‘ll be sure to check out the book!
On a personal note, I never hoped to encounter another being, so likeminded. Thank you for the service offered .
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@@tombyrne1637 I literally could not care less. I came to this video to watch a video. I don't often visit this channel, but this one looked interesting.
This guy could be the next Hitler for all I know, but that wouldn't really effect how this video turns out, at least not in a way that's subtle.
I enjoyed the video. I will now leave to watch another one.
@@dat_fast_boi I understand wanting to watch the video, but saying that you straight up don't care about the harm the dude caused is just kinda well *not right*.
@@d.d3740 ngl I kinda overreacted a little when I saw the comment, since when you click on that guy's profile thing on mobile it shows that he's been saying this kinda stuff on many videos, which I interpreted as meaning that it's a bot channel like the ones that spam that 'Jacksepticeye's dad is in hell' and the like, but that may well not be the case.
Also, "allegations" either implies something that most of Twitter would cancel him for (e.g. him saying trans people are not good/ the n word), or something that is actually illegal (like if he had CP on his computer). If it's the former implication, then I *would* watch his videos less, if it weren't for the fact that I rarely watch exurbia videos anyway. If its the latter, then it's not unreasonable to think that it would be dealt with through the legal system and that no boycott type moves are needed.
Let's all give this man a round of applause for the exquisite way he says "SAS" at 1:05. No child, teenager, or young adult could ever lose interest in science after experiencing that, although I admit it's better when you're not expecting it. As a physicist, I plan to nominate him for a "Breakthrough Prize" in 2023 for that hilarious, amazing bit of science education. Well done.
I’m surprised a human on the internet could resist the urge to say sus instead of sas
Incredible how he maintains the same style so consistently even though he’s putting them out months appart, he stayed true to himself since the beginning
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Just learned that the dude is Basically EDP but worse, and it also preys into even more vulnerable people like us.
Do not follow this guy
Finally! Someone being brutally honest about Mars.
You are the only channel I've found that simultaneously gives me dread and optimism for the human condition within the span of 30 seconds.
"What's that? We're fucking everything up? Yeah... yeah we are."
"But, we're fucking it up so beautifully as to be praised? Yeah! Yeah we fucking are."
I don't perceive the praise...
@@David-bc4rh Then that's unfortunate. Humans are great at fucking up, no argument on that. But, we're the best at fucking up forward. There's plenty of shit we could improve on, and we usually do. Albeit slowly. Shits hard right now, but I think that is a problem of priorities, not of capability. As a species, we've chosen to focus on the wrong aspects of our success and rest on our laurels until the world falls apart. It will just take some realignment to get us back on track.
13:34 I can not imagine a real world scenario where terraforming Mars' atmosphere would ever be easier then doing the same to Earth's atmosphere. Outside of unrealistic sci-fi scenarios fixing any kind of pollution in Earth's atmosphere, even the kind toxic enough to kill all life on Earth, will still be 100 times easier than making Mars have a breathable atmosphere...
@Edmonds75 because research transfers over, there is no reason why you can't do both at the same time
@Edmonds75 while possible, space exploration also will provide humanity with a load of extra materials to work with, materials that are ATM only available in small quantities.
Also space research and material science is also something that rapidly transfers to our day to day lives and because there is ATM a giant boom in the industry you also see significant leaps in manufacturings and technology used
But those tasks are very different; on Mars you need to add lots of greenhouse gasses (which Earth proves that we're really good at) and somehow create oxygen until there's an ecosystem that sustains oxygen levels by itself. On Earth you'd need to somehow *remove* greenhouse gasses (or at the very least stop producing them), which we're not very good at, and do some other things too.
@@xGOKOPx mars is far away from the sun so you either need to find a device to keep things powered. This will push the efficiency of electrogeneration
@@turk639 Just to be clear, I was replying to @Alorand saying that we can't terraform the atmosphere of Mars if we can't even keep Earth's in order (the main comment)
I've sailed across some of the Pacific. At some points we were 750 miles from the nearest other human, unless you count distant cargo ships.
You don't need to go to Mars. Just get a yacht. It is everything you think space exploration is without dying from radiation etc. (,Unless you count sunburn.and cancer). We saw the ISS going over and it was half the distance from us to land.
It's still not really the same. You've still got gravity, and if need be you can call for help and have it there in a matter of hours rather than months or years (or never). You can get more food by fishing, and can treat seawater to make it drinkable. You can also turn around and go back if necessary. It's probably the closest experience the average person could have to interplanetary travel, and no doubt would invoke many of the same feelings, but it's still a far cry from the real thing.
@@nickesteph4925 “without dying”
@@TelepathicYeti "without dying from radiation", actually. Also notice how not everything I mentioned was a life or death matter, some of it's just quality of life stuff. There's also a fair bit of quality of life stuff I didn't mention, like weight management being less of a concern, which allows for a variety of quality of life improvements. It's less claustrophobic. Your air doesn't come from a can.
As I already said, it's definitely the closest analog an average person will be able to achieve anytime soon, but it's a far cry from the real thing.
Yeah, we haven't even explored the oceans and wanna go to Mars. People have no idea of how big Earth is because we all live in cities in our own little worlds focused on our jobs and routines and so we like to dream about ''visting'' a planet that will probably not be visitable in the next 100 years at least. We take our planet for granted without even knowing it fully. Space exploration is useless and BS in my opinion, absolutely no need.
Doing what you did is an experience. But you are not as famous, nor will you have the legacy of Vasco de Gama or Columbus having done that, as rewarding as it might have been. The people who go to Mars will be aiming to go down in history.
"The Greeks called Mars' two moons Fear and Panic." Keep hitting those books, dude.
The Greeks didn't know Mars had any moons. He is actually twice wrong;
Phobos means fear and panic, and Deimos means terror and dread; Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, so the two moons are NOT named fear and panic... they are named 'Fear and Panic' and "Terror and Dread."
Lastly, the Greeks had no idea Mars had any moons, so obviously the Greeks didn't call Mars' moons; some random astronomers just picked those names, because the convention in astronomy is to name planets, and moons, after Greek and Roman gods
@@pyropulseIXXI Yeah, that's what I was getting at.
@@tkc1129 literally addressed in the video
Your channel is the best thing I've seen on youtube. I'm majoring in physics and am interested in psychology, linguistics and philosophy and your Channel is the perfect amalgamation of all of these i fucking love it so much. It also makes me feel a lot of shit that I can't explain but it's a rare and a complex feeling. Wish you all the very best in life exurb1a :3
Just so you're aware, this man terrorises women and is a rapist. Please don't support his channel, look him up. It's a huge case but he just pretends like nothing is happening
hey I'm a 12th grader hoping to follow your path exactly :) physics major and very interested in psychology, what course are you doing
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not to burst your bubble or anything
@@adeliokilcullen263 you raped me
now what?
Feels like a version of “The Expanse” - shorter but better ending. Because after all, John Lithgow.
Earth must come first!
One of the greatest writers of our time. I hope the over abundance of creators and content in our day and age doesn't eclipse your unique brilliance, and that your works are remembered as the phenomenal works of literature and theatre they truly are.
Very well spoken indeed!
Y... your*...
There, I said it! Now crucify me.
Well said 👏
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@@ratewcropolix Get thee gone troll!
Wow… At first it hits you with the full blunt of reality but then turns around snd gently lies down a potential hope.
This is what I subscribed for.
As a stellaris player when he said that life might be very common i just thought of all the lag that would be caused by the number of pops needing to be simulated.
It would be a good advertising point for a possible 64bit release so the game runs better in the mid-late game. "Remember how life was sparse in the galaxy? Remember how it still lagged out? Well now life is on 1 in 4 planets, welcome to a redesigned game engine, bitches. Play our game"
The person who makes the engineering breakthrough to make a quantum computer is going to be a very fed up Stellaris player
@@Jediben001 we already have Quantum computers hahaha the issue with Stellaris is the engine it runs is only 32bit which means its just not going to see the hardware you're running and be able to use it. We need a 64bit game engine for it haha
@@QuantumVLOG imagine running stellaris on a Matrionshka brain just to find out it’s still laggy as hell because of it has a rubbish game engine
@@QuantumVLOG I cannot believe it. I never even stopped to think. I don’t understand why people are still developing 4x games on 32 bit architecture. I bet it runs on a single thread as well.
Colonising the Moon would be just as useful, and a good deal easier.
But then colonising the middle of the Sahara Desert or the bottom of the Pacific Ocean would be easier still. And also rather more useful.
I can't tell if you're serious. It's so dumb and pointless a statement that it's hard to tell.
Why not all four?
@Bland Berry colonising mars or moon is much much more expensive and risky
@@L4wr3nc3810 still why not all four, theres billions of people we can do it
@@gorrium5027 the solution to colonizing mars if the moon isn't just "throw more people at it". We would need to give those space rocks a magnetic field so the radiation from the sun doesn't kill anyone who would go there. Then we would need to make the air breathable and give an atmosphere capable of supporting water and plant life so people who move there have food. Simply put there is vastly more effort in the fact we have to terraform mars and the moon before we can actually do anything there,THEN build our little space cities.
This is a very necessary video for many. Living on Mars/the Moon or space, in general, would be terrible on one's body and life. "Living in a submarine" is the line that I love as it sums up what all of space life will be like for years.
Beautiful piece. I watch your videos over again a lot.
The Karelia Suite playing over the talk of declaring independence was a nice touch, whether intentional or not. At least for someone living in what is left of Finnish Karelia. It shrunk quite dramatically when we had the last Grand European Team Deathmatch.
You've heard of Grand European Team death match, now get ready for the International Battle Royale Grand Prix of Doom.
Anyone who liked this video would probably love the series The Expanse. The way they explored a Martian culture and identity but not only that, also a Belter culture and identity and their relationship with Earth is super awesome
if you know anymore like this pls reply here thanks!
Was waiting for the expanse comment. Best sci fi series
Beltalowda!
Thank you for the recommentation! This flew completely under my radar.
@@pxydtz2643 I love the books, but not really the TV show
I’ve been waiting for the next post, never a disappointment. Thanks for keeping up the great content man.
@today was a good day Nice self like troll, now get thee gone. You do not matter on a cosmic scale specially with those day old accounts of yours.
There is a manga called "Planetes" (anime too but manga is better). Its protagonist is a space sweeper and it tells very realistic and relatable stories about space travellers and moon settlers. Kinda reminds me of that.
I would love to have your books in audiobook format! We already know you're an excellent narrator based on your videos.
I agree
On spotify would be awesome
You do know he's a rapist right?
@@katiahb3934 bruh he fucking raped an autistic woman.. how TF can you hear his voice?
This isn't a guess if you've actually read into the experiments, 5:18, the ease at which non organic matter clumps together to create RNA is astounding, the real step is moving to being a cell which almost certainly just takes more time.
It happens within days with enough energy and a swirling pool. The RNA step, that is.
This feels ironic with experiment a
Source?
I’m surprised instead of going right to “terraform the entire planet” that creating little self-sufficient biospheres isn’t considered more often. Filling an enclosed stadium-sized space with grass and trees and oxygen is totally do-able in fairly short order. A handful have even been built on earth to varying degrees of success. (Mostly because they’re usually built and run by drugged out tenured university professors, not people whose lives depend on them functioning)
They’d just need the occasional sharing of the local pathogens to ensure getting a visit from the biodome next door doesn’t result in total ecological collapse and you’ve got a bunch of little earth like city-sized islands on mars
if your doing that... whats the point of doing it on Mars as opposed to say.... here under the ocean of in a floating space stations above this planet..? we cant reach a level of ecological collapse that makes Mars a useful alternative short of this Planet literally exploding...
So without a resource/economic based reason to set up shop on Mars building a colony there other than to show we can lacks any real merit.
@@johntowers1213 What's the point of doing anything?
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@@GodittoC nice
@@johntowers1213 Having a backup plan for humanity is still a better option than no backup plan, even if it's kind of a shitty one. Therefore, it's worth doing.
11:11 you can't deny that's what a colony demanding freedom would do. It's funny and scary at the same time
I wonder if there’ll be space racism, like, “Your just a filthy Martian!”
Oh that'll absolutely happen.
The expanse
Heh, spacism
shuddu, fat human..lol..
Can't wait
You are the first (so far) person I watched stuff about problems with colonizing Mars who mentioned "finding alien life" and how it might be existentially damaging to colonists. So if all the problems of living on a hostile land won't drive you mad- finding an asnwer to Fermi's Paradox just might tip the fkin scales
The fermi paradox hinges on one VERY big assumption: That we could dectect alien civilisations and/or they could visit us. If it turns out Science Fiction was wrong and FTL is not possible, there is almost 0 chance that we could detect alien civilisations even if there are thousands of them in the milky way.
This video presents compelling arguments on not settling mars, now imagine trying to convince people to spend trillions of dollars on a big spaceship to take a 600 year journey to the next closest star.
You've got it backwards. The Fermi paradox doesn't assume we could communicate with alien civilizations and conclude we're alone; it tentatively assumes the existence of alien civilizations and concludes there's liable to be a reason we *can't* communicate.
Fermi’s begins with a lack of evidence, the expectation that there should be something and there’s nothing. Red flag!
Like, lower your expectations on telescopes and appreciate the wonder of positivist astronomical science, my brother in christ!
A 600 year journey to the next closest star? No. Consider the Alpha Centauri system. It is about 4.3 lightyears away. If we use a nuclear salt rocket engine we should be able to get there in about 25 years with tech we can make in the next 10-20 years.
@@technologyondemand4538 And what are we supposed to do in Alpha Centauri? We have plenty of inhospitable rocks in our system.
@@2MeterLP Proxima Centauri B is an Exo-planet that is similar in size and atmosphere to earth, it's situated within the Goldilocks zone as well so it's generally theorized that we could live there, however the issue is that one side is extremely hot and the other is freezing cold and we'd have to live in the middle of it and not to mention that it'd take 1000s of years so unless we figure out FTL or Cryoships it's very unlikely.
15:40 "Of all the stories I've written.. This is.. one of them."
The more I hear about this scenario, the more I think about All Tommorows - the story starting from Martians declaring independence.
Great alt history
"Of all the stories i've written, this is one of them"
From all words that have been spoken this one carry some meaning, and we are proud of you for that, congratulations for your achievement, an unique one that many had the honor of being graced with, you deserve it, just like everyone else.
For anyone wondering what was said at 4:36 - 4:37
"Well, that isn't really true
The moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the God of War, Ares - which was the Greek name for Mars. Still, I'm editing all this after a few beers, so it stays.
Sorry to waste your time with all this.
Oh wow, a tiny puffin"
A jpeg of a puffin is right of this sentence.
Funny thing about Phobos and Deimos, the two moons, one's on a very gradual exit trajectory where it will one day YEET off into space losing the surly bonds of Mars, and the other is on a collision course where the extreme speed and energy it will encounter as it spirals down toward the surface will shred it into a beautiful ring around Mars. Fun place
Who named Earth tho
Love your videos. Love your humour. Great work mate.
I like to imagine there will be a day when human life lives amongst the stars over multiple planets, independent yet harmonious. Obviously this isn’t something I’ll ever see, or even see the beginning of but to think in a couple thousand years humans will roam the stars on a hunt for exploration like our ancestors did, but now on a new frontier, gives me a shred of hope
There's a 2009 movie called Mr Nobody that includes a few scenes like this. Part of the movie is set in a future where people can travel to and from Mars, or even choose to live there. It looks fun in the travel ads but when the main character arrives, most everyone is making comments about how boring Mars looks. The "city" just a bunch of giant grey factories and housing units inside of big domes, and everything outside the domes is a desolate red desert. A giant steel elevator passes overhead, filled with hundreds of bicycles, and it becomes apparent that Mars isn't much more than a place from which we can extract cheap materials and manufacturing, and a tourist trap for rich people who can afford to go there.
I recommend it to most viewers of exurb1a, the majority of the movie isn't about Mars at all, it's a film that explores ideas like choice, the butterfly effect, how our environment shapes who we are, and whether there is such thing as a "right" path in life. It's one of my favorite films.
Mr. Nobody is beautiful
In that quick flash, he said:
"Well, that isn't really true, the moons were named by an astronomer after the two mythological sons of the god of war, ares - which was Greek name for Mars. Still I'm editing this after a few beers so in it stays. Sorry for wasting your with all this. Oh wow, a tiny puffin"
4:35
Wow that nomenclature behind the moons fear and panic was insane
"Use them together, Use them in Peace." Cue Shrek closing the storybook and saying: "Like thats ever gonna happen"
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Honestly I fall asleep to these videos, because your voice is just so relaxing and I can focus on something that's soothing and not to seriously but at the same time interesting.
@today was a good day thanks but I’m alright
Look up his police case. Its pretty bad
Experiment A
@@RealSmevold wow I just found it all, seems all so wrong. If it's true how is this now much more spoken about. Just in case unless I found otherwise I'm gonna boycott this guy, doesn't deserve my view and thus to earn money of me.
@@RealSmevold I'm actually Dutch so the more I read the weirder it gets and how closer it hits to home.
Hey, I hope you're doing OK and thank you for your videos. I've read 2 of your books and hope to read more soon.
Please know that you have helped me to feel less alone In the world and that even though I'm a stranger to you, I deeply appreciate you.
In case no one's told you today, you are appreciated and you've made a difference.
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hey, you got me through nursing school, hoping to start my nurse practitioners soon, I'm sure I'll re-watch the dread and joys of humanity, as this is wonderful. thank you, and whole heartedly agree with the comment above. I want to write a letter to you, as I saw a video explaining why I should(by you) I hope to do so. thanks
The most honest man for space program
For anyone who liked this video, the Red Mars trilogy is a great set of novels to read about this scenario
Look at the flag in the video....
They're crap but the scenario is interesting
@@seams4186 I wouldn't say crap...probably a step above it. For sure, the star of the books is the idea of living on Mars and the logistics and techniques they come up with. I didn't feel overly attached to any of the characters. Like you said the scenario is interesting enough, and it for sure carries the story.
@@seams4186 If what you look for in a story is great human characters then sure they aren't the best. But they do have incredible world-building, an interesting long-running narrative, and a decent amount of insightful political commentary.
The funky depression turtle has come back to bring us existential dread
@@scrawn4893?
I just bought your book “The Fifth Science”, and although I’m only a chunk of the way in, it is completely enthralling. Totally recommend 10/10
You should look up what he did
@@s_b156 What people say he did. Allegations do not mean anything.
This guy is fun. I love the change in accent and the background sound/music right them 10:53 😂😂
0:36 "If you treat it properly"
.... And that is where the problem is
THE KING IS BACK
Thank you for all your videos their banging
@@badbadthingss k
Just looked at the titles chuffin nora
Cheers Pigeon Lord, happy chilling with the pigeons
@@badbadthingss yes my man
@@Exurb1a thanks lol
He finally returned when the world needed him the most.
@@scrawn4893 lmao i love how everyone's spamming this comment. Weird how he still hasn't made a response to it.
@@hallunolla its the same dude spamming the one comment. he hasnt made a response because there is no reason to. there is no actual evidence against him beyond one clearly disturbed woman's words. if evidence actually comes out it's a different story but until then it is literally just that, and if he actually addresses this all it will do is legitimize what shes saying.
@@scrawn4893 You say that, yet don't provide any sources. I've been scrolling a while and not seen one source provided by you. Now, I'm a very neutral person, so Idgaf about anything. But claiming stuff without providing sources isn't really a good thing. Nor is rape of course.
@@scrawn4893 we all know about that case okey?? Its our decision go cry somwere Else , nobidy needs you to raise awares
@@scrawn4893 no one fucking knows yet okay. its him and his friends against a literal mental girl.
I've just had a really hard breakup and I've been a mess for a couple of days. Then I see therapy turtle appear in my notifications. In my hour of need. He returns!
For real though man your videos have helped me through so much in my life and I quote them so often I genuinely don't know who I'd be without you. Much love and appreciation
11:28 this is where we do a little bit of trolling and we send a 20 kilotons nuclear boom in our last shipment of resources for mars
Just wanna say, I happened to click on one video of yours and within 2 minutes, I realised I found my new favourite RUclipsr. Your videos are artwork, with the perfect balance of information, science and facts mixed with tasteful sprinkles of inspiration, nihilism and incredibly British humour (the best kind of course). Please keep up the good work - I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to get stoned, stare at the stars and chat shit with someone from the internet as much as I do with you. Please keep being you ☺️
He raped a chick like 3 time btw
I love his content too, but seriously the man behind this channel seems to be such a fucking asshole. I don't want to believe it, but the evidence is there. I'm sorry for writing this and possibly destroying your admiration, but honestly the shit he seems to have done must be brought to light.
Before you get way too excited (just us I did), check out his sexual assault case
@@agapitosdovles9803 I’ve looked into it and personally don’t believe it but each to their own
Ive watched the start of this video a million times, just because that "Where the fuck are you going?" line is so well timed and just absolutely wrecks me every time.
11:00 rant is golden.
Have that up your fundament
You're such an inspiration. I've been attempting to write a book for so long now, seeing you succeed gives me motivation to not be outdone. Thank you!
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@@adeliokilcullen263 lol
Never realized how terrifying finding life on Mars would be. 2 out of 8 planets developing life. When you apply it to the scale of the universe, there would be trillions of planets with life. That is not an existential dread that needed to hear lol
There's an ocean of difference between prokaryotic life and civilized life. There could be a trillion planets out there covered in bacteria, but if none of them ever develop into tool-using intelligent creatures, then it's not really a concern for us.
Here is my theory.
Life is more common in the universe although in varying levels. Bacteria life is probably exponentially common than wildlife but intelligent life is just so rare that us humans are a miracle and let me explain why.
How many species have lived on Earth? BILLIONS and out of this billion only one species had the potential to become intelligent... the hominids. Just imagine how many species it took for something capable of intelligence take place and why is that? Just Imagine that our very far ancestor is a fish a few million years ago and that fish evolved into a species capable of traveling through space. Now how did we evolve into something like us in present times? Its because our body can use tools and somehow got the ability to create stuff.I think we evolved like this because somehow, our ancestors a few thousand yeaes ago had the ability to be creative [ cave paintings ]. I bet that fire wasn’t accidentally discovered but our ancestors tried to recreate it in creative ways.
You know what... its kinda hard to explain but what im trying to say is there’s a multitude of factors that needs to be considered in order for a species to evolve into something that can utilize their brain to form communication and have the ability to use tools. If you’re trying to imagine another intelligent alien life, they must have language like us and is able to use tools because that is the only way for a civilization to be born
@@proximitive3872 There's quite a few species on Earth with some degree of high intelligence (octopuses are probably the best candidate) but you're right that only hominids ever developed fire.
Actually, it's interesting just how well-suited humans are to fire. I doubt there are many planets in our galaxy with complex macroscopic life like animals, but if there are any, I bet even the most intelligent creatures on them are at the hunter-gatherer level at best. Fire is really _really_ hard.
@@General12th high intelligence? we are the only ones capable of high intelligence. If u were to give an octopus an IQ test, they're score would probably be the lowest of the low which is retarded. I did a quick search on Octopus IQ and ill just copy paste an explaination
"But it would be a mistake to try to give octopuses an IQ score. They are not intelligent in the way we are-not because they're dumb but because their behavior is the product of hundreds of millions of years of evolution under radically different conditions than the ones under which our own brains evolved"
Fire is not that hard, you just need two stones. Fire also happens naturally, so an isaac newton born at the wrong time would be able to figure out how to recreate fire [considering that 40,00 years ago is not that far in terms of human timeline, it is not far outstretch that amazing human beings were born at the time. Im just saying this because you might think our ancestors are idiots when in terms of evolution, our brain wouldnt have evolved that fast so our potential in terms of intelligence is not different from our ancestors 40k years ago. Btw, there are discoveries of campfires maintained not created because we dont know if they just got fire somewhere else then made a campfire dating back to a a 1 million years ago. ]
@@proximitive3872 did my man just reverse engineer the fermi paradox???
I'm convinced, sign me up for a one-way trip to Mars
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Re: radiation water absorbes radiation pretty well. Do you think we could line a building with water as radiation shielding? We could then live on the surface no problem.