The Fermi Paradox - Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  6 лет назад +5862

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  • @SC-wz2vh
    @SC-wz2vh 5 лет назад +50128

    Aliens don't come to earth because it has only one star reviews

  • @gamerk56
    @gamerk56 4 года назад +19560

    It’s so fun to watch this at midnight and get an existential crisis while trying to go to sleep.

    • @ob7773
      @ob7773 4 года назад +259

      Me rn

    • @aitoluxd
      @aitoluxd 4 года назад +236

      Idk why I have this strange urge to keep watching these kinds of videos at 2am. I even round it all up with one of those short movies from DUST. Idk what is wrong with me! 😓

    • @silverroses4706
      @silverroses4706 4 года назад +94

      Agreed. Especially when you have work in the early morning 😌

    • @genericname1523
      @genericname1523 4 года назад +45

      me rn lol (mom come pick me up im scared)

    • @dcab4712
      @dcab4712 4 года назад +7

      Nice

  • @idrilzorc8789
    @idrilzorc8789 5 лет назад +10382

    Aliens1: Should we destroy these guys?
    Alien2:Nah they are still discussing whether their planet is flat. We good fam.

    • @donnovandalusong266
      @donnovandalusong266 5 лет назад +223

      Bruh

    • @davej9895
      @davej9895 5 лет назад +331

      jesus: Should i return to my people
      god: nah man they believe the lie of the round earth fabricated by unrighteous man

    • @thetransporter9344
      @thetransporter9344 5 лет назад +124

      Only if the aliens are british to use "Fam"

    • @ansh6370
      @ansh6370 5 лет назад +425

      So the flat Earth idiots actually saved us?

    • @thetransporter9344
      @thetransporter9344 5 лет назад +6

      British punk

  • @stormyprawn
    @stormyprawn Год назад +638

    I can't believe that people had such high quality Kurzgesagt content 8 years ago.

    • @Nonyeea
      @Nonyeea Год назад +39

      And the narrators voice is still the same now

    • @didilizzy1332
      @didilizzy1332 Год назад +4

      My thoughts exactly

    • @TurtleSB
      @TurtleSB Год назад +3

      @@Nonyeea It's a dub, he's actually German

    • @Nonyeea
      @Nonyeea Год назад +4

      @@TurtleSB ik the original is German but isn't the narrator of the English version reading a translation or is he a robot

    • @GBlockbreaker
      @GBlockbreaker Год назад +17

      8 years ago was just 2015

  • @nickzero6921
    @nickzero6921 5 лет назад +3911

    -Are we alone in the Universe?
    -Yes, we are
    -So there is no other life out there?
    -There is... They are alone, too...

    • @EARLYYY4215
      @EARLYYY4215 5 лет назад +66

      Lol i saw this comment on the other video, that means you just copied this for likes

    • @nickzero6921
      @nickzero6921 5 лет назад +9

      @@EARLYYY4215 Which video?

    • @EARLYYY4215
      @EARLYYY4215 5 лет назад +8

      @@soloners no i saw the other comment like month ago

    • @EARLYYY4215
      @EARLYYY4215 5 лет назад +5

      @@nickzero6921 i forgot

    • @itspurplepaw6163
      @itspurplepaw6163 5 лет назад +7

      I felt that

  • @unidentifiedtroll9521
    @unidentifiedtroll9521 9 лет назад +7258

    i came for answers, and left with more questions

    • @nanthakumar5594
      @nanthakumar5594 9 лет назад +37

      +Lakan Rai watch: " COSMOS - THE GREATEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS UNIVERSE"-by Dr .Carl Sagan.

    • @huaen8880
      @huaen8880 9 лет назад +14

      Watch part 2 then. That's where they suggested solutions.

    • @partofelohell4061
      @partofelohell4061 9 лет назад +4

      +unidentified troll well, only way how to find new things is to answer to a question with answer ending in few different ways and dont forget to use "if" so others can end the ending how they want meanwhile you do your thing , searching for answers and answering on them with questions xD

    • @moomoodeadcow
      @moomoodeadcow 9 лет назад +7

      +unidentified troll Then you are roughly on the right track.

    • @jamesambrocio
      @jamesambrocio 9 лет назад +3

      +unidentified troll You are not alone Pepe...

  • @nopex5155
    @nopex5155 4 года назад +1957

    The aliens probably just left us on read

  • @scripted_valor
    @scripted_valor Год назад +124

    Fun fact: The Fermi Paradox has a new option thanks to the books 3 bodies problem, and Dark forest. The new option states that the wall is other civilisations that are so advanced it would be like an ant trying to comprehend an elephant. The terrifying thing is, this could actually be right. We, Humanity may be feverishly screaming out to a universe that wants to eat us.

    • @TAmzid2872
      @TAmzid2872 Год назад +4

      pretty kurz made a video about that too.

    • @KyranSparda
      @KyranSparda 9 месяцев назад +4

      The scary thought is that we may someday be answered....by Cthulhu.

    • @Only4two100bucks
      @Only4two100bucks 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@KyranSparda Thats doesn't sound threatening to me. What's a big squid man gonna do?

    • @KyranSparda
      @KyranSparda 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@Only4two100bucks Cthulhu isn't just a giant squid man. If you read Lovecraft you'd know.

    • @Only4two100bucks
      @Only4two100bucks 7 месяцев назад

      @@KyranSparda I still don't see what's threatening about it. I couldn't care less about what these gigantic cosmic creatures think of us, it's not like Cthulhu gonna raise my rent or bills. Why should i dictate my life and sanity around these uncaring entities? How scary, mankind are ants and we don't matter and we should lose our mind and bla bla bla.

  • @Slyworm613
    @Slyworm613 5 лет назад +14866

    Aliens watching this video from the 5th dimension thinking “what dumbasses”

    • @sicklysphere8666
      @sicklysphere8666 5 лет назад +376

      Wait does that mean that aliens have IPhones?

    • @753238
      @753238 5 лет назад +170

      How can they visit an encrypted planet? LMAO

    • @eldenboi8354
      @eldenboi8354 5 лет назад +150

      @@jonhenry3313 Hahaha well played

    • @Dexuz
      @Dexuz 5 лет назад +76

      Well I mean, do you think a 1 dimensional being "mr line" would be smart?
      I don't think so.
      That's how they see our 3rd dimensional life.

    • @Cephal0god
      @Cephal0god 5 лет назад +32

      Interesting comment guy, youre aware of the deeper truths arent you? i sense youre one of us but im uncertain of how much so.

  • @alankhayad6593
    @alankhayad6593 4 года назад +3891

    Type 4 civilization: Creative mode.

    • @gamingcreatesworlddd2425
      @gamingcreatesworlddd2425 4 года назад +101

      they can build whatever they want in the universe and type 5 the actual supreme god species who can travel wherever they want

    • @Catclub0402
      @Catclub0402 4 года назад +119

      Type 6: Keep talking
      Type 7: Pathitic
      Type 8: You’re in danger
      Type 9: hahahh
      Type 10: Amerturs
      Type Omega: oh really
      Type Infinity: lol
      Type Overinfinity: hi.

    • @mangoboy3367
      @mangoboy3367 4 года назад +6

      Lol exactly what I'd expect

    • @ilikemathematics1590
      @ilikemathematics1590 4 года назад +11

      gaming creates worlddd 24 /op @earth

    • @Ciinxxx
      @Ciinxxx 4 года назад +3

      ... and the logo would be.... X

  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  9 лет назад +4579

    Oh. I just realized that we maybe should have mentioned that there will be a second Fermi Paradox video next month. This was kind of part I.

    • @Jegekim
      @Jegekim 9 лет назад +46

      ***** Just to nitpick, the Habitable Zone only refers to the region where liquid water can exist not necessarily where life can only exist.
      Great video though, as always!

    • @lsquad
      @lsquad 9 лет назад +2

      ***** Hey why didnt u guys do any moon may video... and nice video as always :)

    • @EmperorZelos
      @EmperorZelos 9 лет назад +1

      ***** This is just bad, you oughta know that 1000 billion is a fucking trillion =/ That sounded uneducated.

    • @n1ira
      @n1ira 9 лет назад +5

      ***** please just enjoy this beautiful piece of work

    • @naclo1178
      @naclo1178 9 лет назад +5

      Where does kurz gesagt name comes from?

  • @counterpigeon
    @counterpigeon Год назад +20

    "The universe is to beautiful to not be experienced by anyone "
    Agreed 💯

  • @a2z726
    @a2z726 5 лет назад +6366

    *Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.*
    -Arthur C Clarke.

    • @gandalf5306
      @gandalf5306 5 лет назад +53

      This is appeared in xcom,if i remember correctly

    • @ryanmorfei6325
      @ryanmorfei6325 5 лет назад +18

      @@gandalf5306 I was hoping this was the one reply

    • @exxelsetijadi5348
      @exxelsetijadi5348 5 лет назад +230

      Its terrifying if we're actually alone in an infinite void.
      Its terrifying if we are actually being watched or something

    • @hailybywater7839
      @hailybywater7839 5 лет назад +103

      Indeed. Sometimes the answer is closer than we think. If we are alone, it means one of two things: other civilisations exist/existed but can't reach us for a reason, or we are about to die out, because limited intelligence can only bring you so far, especially now that we have 'porn, Instagram models (men and women) of lighter intelligence, who are now considered a'perfect mate' by all men which means that dumb people obssessed with 'perfect Looks' are mating with other dumb people who are obssessed with the gym, plastic surgery,taking selfies etc but cannot find time to use their brain in reality and this causes a reverse in Darwin's theory of evolution, where the most 'intelligent and fittest' survive. Reminds me of the film 'Idiocracy'.In 5000 years it will only be plastic people left who will have to 'flex their abs' at climate change, new viruses and unknown bacterial infections, and threats from 'space'. Humans WILL die out.

    • @ILoveMew
      @ILoveMew 5 лет назад +6

      Nope as we are alone it’s impossible for us to come in contact with other life even if they were out there or the humans have only accomplished so much in 400k years image what we will accomplish in on other 400k years we have no idea what’s possible

  • @txforyoux2347
    @txforyoux2347 5 лет назад +3227

    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. clarke

    • @daniel_of_jersey4775
      @daniel_of_jersey4775 5 лет назад +130

      I mean i wouldnt say its terrifying to know we are alone in the galaxy. Nothing would change about us or how we run things.

    • @simplestickland3367
      @simplestickland3367 5 лет назад +2

      @@daniel_of_jersey4775 welp,
      What now?!!!

    • @daniel_of_jersey4775
      @daniel_of_jersey4775 5 лет назад +62

      KAWA IO continue on with your day i guess. when the aliens show up then itll change but for now its that 9 to 5 grind💪

    • @jessecapra2350
      @jessecapra2350 5 лет назад +5

      Anyone else just know that quote because of XCOM?

    • @gavinzurmely7998
      @gavinzurmely7998 5 лет назад +53

      @@daniel_of_jersey4775 Have you ever experienced the feeling of true loneliness? Even thought we wouldn't be alone as individuals, we would be alone as a civilization. And that's terrifying as a concept in so many ways.

  • @sussybaka1095
    @sussybaka1095 4 года назад +3393

    “Either we are alone in this Universe or not. Both are equally terrifying.”

    • @Goatlikeitornot
      @Goatlikeitornot 4 года назад +11

      Yea

    • @peaches3208
      @peaches3208 4 года назад +16

      Bruh , I never noticed it....lol

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 4 года назад +44

      Ooooh scary shiver me timbers

    • @demroles6996
      @demroles6996 3 года назад +2

      I heard that

    • @RK-ep8qy
      @RK-ep8qy 3 года назад +56

      Yeah it reminds of the quote in relation to God, either he is real or this planet is hurtling around the sun and no one is in charge of it, both are equally terrifying

  • @dude.dans_
    @dude.dans_ 2 месяца назад +4

    Bro the aliens just left to get the galactic milk

  • @dragonfist9534
    @dragonfist9534 3 года назад +2840

    RUclips: **alien sightings**
    Meanwhile Aliens on their RUclips: 10 times we almost got caught

    • @KemIsLost
      @KemIsLost 3 года назад +29

      😂🤣

    • @johnzuijdveld9585
      @johnzuijdveld9585 3 года назад +126

      Aliens: These earthlings may be dumb, but they are very observant, we'd best keep hidden lest we will have to eliminate them! 😣

    • @nostxlgianostxlgia6878
      @nostxlgianostxlgia6878 3 года назад +13

      Lmao prob true

    • @mohammadghorbani3003
      @mohammadghorbani3003 3 года назад +2

      OMG😂😂😂😂 That was great

    • @Oktoayy
      @Oktoayy 3 года назад +61

      Ever wonder if aliens are reading these replies and are like, "Are they joking... or do they actually know we're here?"

  • @N1TEMAR3187
    @N1TEMAR3187 5 лет назад +3621

    *Aliens fly pass Earth*
    Aliens: Whew child...the ghetto!
    *locks spaceship doors*

    • @maskettaman1488
      @maskettaman1488 5 лет назад +75

      Must've flown over africa... or detroit

    • @N1TEMAR3187
      @N1TEMAR3187 5 лет назад +499

      @@maskettaman1488 must have flown by your shitty house

    • @uboa7557
      @uboa7557 5 лет назад +193

      @@N1TEMAR3187 You fucking killed him dude!

    • @sythlorde
      @sythlorde 5 лет назад +31

      @@N1TEMAR3187 lmao you my kinda future hood dude, bring yo happy ass to my channel you goin have a good time bruh

    • @yes-qx3ny
      @yes-qx3ny 5 лет назад +54

      @@N1TEMAR3187 bold of you to assume I have a house

  • @_tzman
    @_tzman 5 лет назад +660

    "The universe is too beautiful not to be experienced by someone." That line 🤯

    • @_Omar_
      @_Omar_ 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly.

    • @rld8258
      @rld8258 5 лет назад +6

      @Antisocial Freak people with mindset like you is the reason why it's not happening

    • @ConvallariaM4jalis
      @ConvallariaM4jalis 5 лет назад

      I felt that

    • @axelgranados1603
      @axelgranados1603 5 лет назад

      I know

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 4 года назад

      @@_Omar_ actually human is still primitive and multi-galactic are superior

  • @Probablynotbritishman
    @Probablynotbritishman Год назад +15

    my ideas and theories:
    1: Aliens are not yet capable of traveling distances long enough to get to planet to planet fast enough.
    2: there may be some factor that makes life much much rarer than we thought, rendering us one or the only species left
    3: something happened that wiped out all the other aliens
    4: most other advanced species killed themselves before they could develop enough high tech rockets to take them from place to place
    5: we are in an alien zoo or we are prisoners of aliens
    6: We are one of the first beings ( not my idea )
    7: Aliens are ready, unpredictable, and fast on their way.

    • @Aquasteams
      @Aquasteams 9 месяцев назад

      nice

    • @GlennGlenn-n3y
      @GlennGlenn-n3y 7 месяцев назад

      @your No1.....obviously you are clueless....frequency matching & dark energy travel take care of distances....all in seconds....literally seconds !!

  • @calmguy.4659
    @calmguy.4659 4 года назад +1055

    Arthur C. Clarke - 'Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.'

    • @Varmth
      @Varmth 4 года назад +31

      They are terrifying for pussies

    • @leopotter2581
      @leopotter2581 4 года назад +40

      Varmth ooh big hard man over here 😂 fuck off you mug

    • @theotter7021
      @theotter7021 4 года назад +17

      Let's stop using "pussy" when we refer to cowardy, please. We are supposed to be advancing

    • @Mr.scarecrow1
      @Mr.scarecrow1 4 года назад +13

      Rainbow Queendom shut the fuck up pussy

    • @theotter7021
      @theotter7021 4 года назад +1

      @@Mr.scarecrow1 funny

  • @tomireem9305
    @tomireem9305 3 года назад +2604

    I love how one of the first images of an example of alien life is literally a Magnemite.

  • @swalfire1
    @swalfire1 4 года назад +4873

    2020 really looking like a great filter right now

    • @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
      @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 4 года назад +66

      That's morbid

    • @AnchoviePossum
      @AnchoviePossum 4 года назад +74

      thank god im not the only one feeling this way

    • @DZodiark10
      @DZodiark10 4 года назад +65

      I doubt this is it, but it wont be much further off. Probably in the next century if i had to guess. Look at how unprepared we were for corona and how bad we are handling it...if this was as bad as some previous historical viruses, we'd be done for. Im convinced the great filter will be a virus.

    • @lantisthefirst4554
      @lantisthefirst4554 4 года назад +26

      Majority of the Politicians running the world right now are making 2020 into a Great Filter. I wonder if this is the year where most politicians fall from position

    • @박서현-c8l
      @박서현-c8l 4 года назад +10

      Maybe its just start of the great filter

  • @DerpAnatorYT63
    @DerpAnatorYT63 23 дня назад +6

    0:26 There’s Magnimites on the yellow planet :)

    • @stonythechimist4250
      @stonythechimist4250 15 дней назад +1

      Thanks for pointing that out! I love that buzzy boi! I mean, I’ve got four of them tattooed on me 😅

  • @earthatom7
    @earthatom7 5 лет назад +3032

    We're probably just the Florida of the universe...

  • @kevray
    @kevray 4 года назад +3887

    These aliens are probably so advanced that they can’t bother with our primitive minds. It makes me sad I will never get to see the future of humanity. Will we evolve to be smarter? Will we kill each other? Or will we colonize the stars? I don’t know, I’ll just die here in the meme era.

    • @istiruparguments6662
      @istiruparguments6662 4 года назад +312

      Memes might attract the aliens finding beans in 3 AM.

    • @le_shooty759
      @le_shooty759 4 года назад +137

      Boy we are in 2020, I think we all know what’s gonna happen to us

    • @jvelin9723
      @jvelin9723 4 года назад +78

      The best era to live and die in

    • @doelchakraborty6725
      @doelchakraborty6725 4 года назад +67

      This made me sad.

    • @johnmoore1485
      @johnmoore1485 4 года назад +27

      We are the Aliens..

  • @htfs493
    @htfs493 3 года назад +3346

    “The Milky Way has up to 400,000,000,000 stars”
    “It would take 100 lifetimes to count them all”
    Me: I feel bad for the person that told us how many there are.

    • @rudennings
      @rudennings 3 года назад +30

      Lol

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 года назад +36

      That deserves so many more replies. It's hard to top the one with 25k ticks BUT your comment is extra extra good and may give it a shot! 🤗🤗🤗💣

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 года назад +12

      Sadly though, your funny comment is sooooo funny and just a little bit subtle it may go straight over the empty heads that are arguing about zero! I can't believe how stupid some people are. I don't mean in the is stakes, that would be nasty. I mean in the arrogant spectrum! There's a few arguing over the rights to feel good in the eyes of a person with a beautiful photo. It's probably a bloke laughing his little brain out. NO OFFENCE TO THE LADY BEHIND THE PICTURE. IM JUST SAYING! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤗🤗🤗💣

    • @muzankibutsuji1067
      @muzankibutsuji1067 3 года назад +44

      Everyones a gangsta until it was Queen Victoria the Second...

    • @allanizas53
      @allanizas53 3 года назад +32

      @@robbie8142 Imagine complaining over people comments on youtube...

  • @Aro_94
    @Aro_94 Год назад +28

    I don't think we're alone. On earth itself we already have other creatures that live with us but we don't see them. So how come this huge universe doesn't have other creatures.

  • @kamsteel1346
    @kamsteel1346 5 лет назад +660

    it’s 2am i shouldn’t be having an extistential crisis about something that i will never be alive to see

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 5 лет назад +5

      It's 0032 hours here in India.

    • @astralisk
      @astralisk 5 лет назад +9

      Kamsteel 1 you never know, 20 years ago the idea of smartphones and self driving vehicles were thought to be far-fetched sci-fi technology

    • @mathewkelly9968
      @mathewkelly9968 5 лет назад +1

      Kamsteel 1 how do you know you won't be alive to see it ?

    • @electricalraptor8942
      @electricalraptor8942 5 лет назад

      Kamsteel 1 just wait to 2028

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 5 лет назад +1

      Dead Archer Of which there is zero evidence.

  • @ThisMightBeAnAccount
    @ThisMightBeAnAccount 3 года назад +1795

    “The universe is too beautiful not to be experienced by someone.”
    Damn.

    • @sgtghost141
      @sgtghost141 3 года назад +29

      I was expecting something further.
      But
      Damn.

    • @gracenotme671
      @gracenotme671 3 года назад +3

      But wait, what is beauty?

    • @choboibigly6565
      @choboibigly6565 3 года назад +22

      @@gracenotme671 Subjective.

    • @helindudesilva7755
      @helindudesilva7755 3 года назад +3

      I yearn to see a nebula upclose using whatever technologies type 3 civilizations have. but its sad that i wont live upto that point

    • @PensamientoTribal
      @PensamientoTribal 3 года назад +6

      @@gracenotme671
      just because u asked:
      "what is beauty?"
      Answers:
      -my barking dog
      -a hamburger made at home
      -the smile of my wife
      -children playing marbles
      -me, answering simple comments
      Atheist described...
      An unconditional follower of the unknown-uncertain aimless Random (Lord of Chaos)
      and believer of its blind-brainless mistress called: "nature".
      Both, random and "nature" are Precursors of
      this delicious and beautifully organized
      but nonsensical and nihilistic reality called: world.
      Atheistic telling.

  • @Robert-zt5zt
    @Robert-zt5zt 5 лет назад +892

    Me: *Comes for a cool interesting video about aliens and space*
    Me: *Leaves with a existential crisis*

    • @xtreme_strikerz5739
      @xtreme_strikerz5739 5 лет назад +5

      Bruh litertally me, I couldn't sleep after watching this

    • @marioauditore2859
      @marioauditore2859 5 лет назад +17

      @@xtreme_strikerz5739
      Don't worry bro. We are all trapped on this "fragile bubble of life floating in a sea of nothing"

    • @themaliens9209
      @themaliens9209 5 лет назад

      Sorry bro, hope ur doing alright

    • @hungothanh4913
      @hungothanh4913 5 лет назад +1

      I am sure 90% of the population don't care about whether we are alone in this universe. The world is already too big and diverse too live in, heck, your own country is already big enough for you to not to worry about being lonely

    • @MrNight-dg1ug
      @MrNight-dg1ug 5 лет назад

      *an
      An "a,e,i,o," and "h" is mute.
      "An hour" is an example.
      "An apple"; A,e,i,o.
      A uniform, Not "an uniform"

  • @danielzapien3087
    @danielzapien3087 Месяц назад +1

    I always love the pop art in the animations. Literally a Magnemite, and what looked like Star Trek Voyager.. I love these..

  • @tsundereshark5945
    @tsundereshark5945 7 лет назад +2247

    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke

    • @hyikun8123
      @hyikun8123 7 лет назад +61

      This isn't right, only alone is terrifying, it would be cool if there was other people out there

    • @irayneman
      @irayneman 7 лет назад +133

      Lexard I don't think it will go so well

    • @Nash-
      @Nash- 7 лет назад +96

      IRaYnEmAn says who, people assume that aliens are hostile, but we have no proof, WE, are aliens to the aliens, of you think about it

    • @irayneman
      @irayneman 7 лет назад +97

      Nashoryno ! Says humans bud. Humans are violent by nature and a plague. We destroy everything we touch. Just look at the Earth. But you probably don't think that's our fault right.....

    • @almedina8348
      @almedina8348 7 лет назад

      Tsundere Shark True

  • @callummccomiskie9171
    @callummccomiskie9171 4 года назад +7950

    everyone asking “where are the aliens” but not “how are the aliens”😢

    • @JusticeForTheWin
      @JusticeForTheWin 4 года назад +201

      Such underrated comment lmfao

    • @uch_a4483
      @uch_a4483 4 года назад +95

      Way too underrated

    • @Seekingthesky
      @Seekingthesky 4 года назад +332

      I'll do you one better.
      "Why are all the aliens?"

    • @captinpryornonofufockingbu8900
      @captinpryornonofufockingbu8900 4 года назад +17

      S P I C E B O I not funny didn’t laugh

    • @haichah
      @haichah 4 года назад +12

      @@Seekingthesky I was just about to comment that

  • @bencns
    @bencns 5 лет назад +6019

    My theory: aliens know we exist and their just watching us and filming a National Geographic documentary series about us.

    • @darminaxel5809
      @darminaxel5809 5 лет назад +131

      BenCNS great... now im having trouble polishing my bishop with my hands

    • @richhartnell6233
      @richhartnell6233 5 лет назад +324

      Must be bored we havent had a big war in a while

    • @tmutswiri
      @tmutswiri 5 лет назад +44

      Like that south park episode?

    • @BahadurSingh-ip9rd
      @BahadurSingh-ip9rd 5 лет назад +45

      *films porn by accident and RUclips declares war on them*

    • @Sparklewolfgirl67
      @Sparklewolfgirl67 5 лет назад +1

      It would be the stupidest thing

  • @bibstyr
    @bibstyr Год назад +4

    Today my teacher showed us your video in class and I have been a huge fan since 2019, so nice surprise haha

  • @TheRhetoricGamer
    @TheRhetoricGamer 4 года назад +1961

    "The universe is too beautiful to not have someone experience it."

    • @suriyeliadam8589
      @suriyeliadam8589 4 года назад +59

      your account is older than me

    • @Hello-uk5xp
      @Hello-uk5xp 4 года назад +10

      H A S H E M my name is hasheem too💀💀

    • @Deltainalpha
      @Deltainalpha 4 года назад +6

      Maybe not for everyone?

    • @D3M0N1C_40RM
      @D3M0N1C_40RM 4 года назад +14

      At least one ☝️ planet 🌎 gets that impossible chance. Literally against all odds

    • @sanjanam520
      @sanjanam520 4 года назад +1

      @@suriyeliadam8589 same

  • @ricobrawlstars4880
    @ricobrawlstars4880 4 года назад +1222

    "The smallest thing in the universe is *our Knowledge* about the universe"
    - Ted Ed

  • @seventhspud
    @seventhspud 3 года назад +2814

    very relaxing to know that life may depend on the most fragile society in the entire universe

    • @Whoami691
      @Whoami691 3 года назад +194

      technically, it's also the strongest... :)

    • @RANDOM-pf1ve
      @RANDOM-pf1ve 3 года назад +11

      He was talking about our local cluster

    • @CliftonPhotographer
      @CliftonPhotographer 3 года назад +111

      Scary to think that life may depend on a civilization that watched reality TV, films people in trouble instead of helping, pushes strangers in front of subways, and can pretty much turn anything into a political argument.
      It's doomed..🌏💥

    • @benjaminamundson2766
      @benjaminamundson2766 3 года назад +3

      neko atsume

    • @freshexodus
      @freshexodus 3 года назад +2

      @@CliftonPhotographer 😂

  • @frzxd
    @frzxd 7 месяцев назад +4

    Nice description, but there is no mention of a possibility of the presence of a creator who created us for a reason. It is the simple, most logical, and most comforting idea

    • @LAK_770
      @LAK_770 4 месяца назад +1

      This is basically covered by simulation theory. But it’s not logical at all. First it infinitely spirals into the “who created the creator” issue and we’re back to square one in terms of the big questions. It’s also illogical because of the unimaginably vast expanse of empty space, which makes no sense if we are actually the only thing that matters. A creator isn’t necessarily comforting either. If they do exist, it’s quite apparent that they’re indifferent at best, to the extent that their actions are completely indistinguishable from random chaos and cold causality

    • @floydbertagnolli944
      @floydbertagnolli944 4 месяца назад

      @@LAK_770 I believe there is a creator and he was created by a creator and he was created by a creator and there’s no end or no beginning. That’s a hard concert for some people to wrap their brains around.

  • @Forrsch
    @Forrsch 7 лет назад +1800

    Humanity's last words: "Oops, my bad."

  • @mofpos956
    @mofpos956 3 года назад +4979

    I personally think this paradox fails to take into account how impossibly large the universe is. On Earth we have planes and jets capable of traveling hundreds of MPH , satellites mapping the entire Earth and billions of people , however if I were to hide a marble at a random location on Earth there's a good chance nobody would be able to find it.

    • @Centrioless
      @Centrioless 3 года назад +480

      Regardless how large the universe is, the chance for life to arise on other planet (abiogenesis) is very very very small. Even in a perfectly habitable planet like earth, every single organism shares only ONE common ancestor.

    • @AC-iz7eh
      @AC-iz7eh 3 года назад +212

      Even if life were to exist on other planets, there's no guarantee they'd evolved into an intelligent species what more a space travelling one

    • @billsmith2593
      @billsmith2593 3 года назад +283

      Even IF there is life elsewhere, it'd take forever to know it. Light itself from distant stars takes millions of years to reach us here. An alien civilization trying to travel here would take vastly greater time. Add in that space itself is expanding further extending the distance. Probability says it's likely that other life is out there, but we'll just never know it.

    • @67hoursAndCounting
      @67hoursAndCounting 3 года назад +165

      a better analogy would be if the marble was instead a tiny speaker, that gets louder over time.

    • @Ash_Wynn
      @Ash_Wynn 3 года назад +110

      they sized it down to the milky way because of just how complicated and uncertain it would be to take EVERYTHING into account

  • @BrutalNewby
    @BrutalNewby 8 лет назад +2997

    We don't need fast spaceships. We need a shortcut.

    • @khanzheng647
      @khanzheng647 8 лет назад +129

      Warhammer 40K

    • @trialbyfire9945
      @trialbyfire9945 8 лет назад +274

      Newby Man wormholes

    • @BrutalNewby
      @BrutalNewby 8 лет назад +36

      The not funny random person here exactly

    • @garfieldenthusiast6555
      @garfieldenthusiast6555 8 лет назад +224

      OP didn't ever say wormholes. NASA proposed a ship that warps the fabric of space as it moves and uses the wave it creates to move in a way previously inconceivable. It would technically be a shortcut

    • @BrutalNewby
      @BrutalNewby 8 лет назад +7

      ***** I guess you didn't see any of them when u were in outer space.

  • @nuttyiain
    @nuttyiain Год назад +1

    5:27 "if I does your having the correct emotional response" love it

  • @austincagle2385
    @austincagle2385 5 лет назад +1346

    This is the most intense episode of Peppa Pig I've ever heard.

    • @ShadNex
      @ShadNex 4 года назад +16

      Am im the only one who saw magnetite at 0:30
      (If i didn't start playing pokemon go again 10 days ago i prob wouldn't notice)

    • @sloth1021
      @sloth1021 4 года назад +2

      It’s like Pokémon peeps pig

    • @lunarology9158
      @lunarology9158 4 года назад +6

      This comment is why the aliens won't talk to us

    • @asandangobese7664
      @asandangobese7664 4 года назад +1

      @@lunarology9158 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂maybe they have a sense of humour

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 года назад

      @@asandangobese7664 meanwhile also:
      human:*actived civillzation of type level 3 era cosmic*
      and also aliens about:
      alien:oh you're approaching me

  • @specterboy98
    @specterboy98 5 лет назад +949

    Aliens probably think that human race is the weird kid who thinks not destroying its own house is an achievement

    • @92brunod
      @92brunod 5 лет назад +35

      it isn't? I've been celebrating not destroying my own house everyday for years. I must have looked like an idiot, why did nobody tell me?

    • @specterboy98
      @specterboy98 5 лет назад +2

      @@92brunod now that u know tho...

    • @user-it2kq4ty9q
      @user-it2kq4ty9q 4 года назад +2

      alien planets probably just havent evolved into civilizations because evolution doesnt automatically try to do that

    • @greeze4685
      @greeze4685 4 года назад

      @@user-it2kq4ty9q I dunno about that I feel as if every environment that can support life will eventually have a hyper intelligent species such as humans

    • @Georgia-Vic
      @Georgia-Vic 4 года назад

      It doesn't matter if there are or are not aliens what matters is for us to not have weapons and not start wars,to settle our affairs here on Earth before we can think of colonizing "other" world's!

  • @dominikyoutube139
    @dominikyoutube139 4 года назад +2108

    Meanwhile, in another galaxy...
    *where are the aliens*

    • @Hexapod6
      @Hexapod6 4 года назад +81

      What if each galaxy has a civilization like ours, and none has colonized a planet.

    • @tazion7184
      @tazion7184 4 года назад +12

      Samuel Añorve Illuminati revealed

    • @isaace.o.7503
      @isaace.o.7503 4 года назад +17

      @@Hexapod6 is that a challenge?

    • @jerzypoliwoda3779
      @jerzypoliwoda3779 4 года назад +1

      siema elo 320

    • @ricobrawlstars4880
      @ricobrawlstars4880 4 года назад +1

      Hi brawler

  • @qubir7291
    @qubir7291 Месяц назад

    Knights of Sidonia refrence at 1:06 The guys working on the animation are goated.

  • @BrokenSaintX
    @BrokenSaintX 3 года назад +2378

    "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."
    - Arthur C. Clarke

    • @98802ohhey
      @98802ohhey 3 года назад +9

      Love this

    • @Idk-gn8ov
      @Idk-gn8ov 3 года назад +9

      Xcom lol

    • @user-qw4ud5cj6j
      @user-qw4ud5cj6j 3 года назад +36

      Actually I only find it terrifying that we are alone, how in the hell is it EQUALLY terrifying that we are not alone as opposed to alone? I can understand someone finding us not being alone as terrifying but EQUALLY terrifying? Not even close this quote is overrated

    • @user-qw4ud5cj6j
      @user-qw4ud5cj6j 3 года назад +3

      @CT how would it be better?

    • @danielpycha3514
      @danielpycha3514 3 года назад +5

      @CT Better create the Ultramarines.

  • @don5615
    @don5615 3 года назад +2080

    This dude casually says "in 1-2 billion years everything will be fine."

  • @poltergijstt
    @poltergijstt 3 года назад +1336

    The thought of being the only 'intelligent' species in the Universe might scare you, but maybe think of it like this: If it turns out we are all alone as mankind, you are one of the lucky few who actually gets to experience life in the most advanced way yet.

    • @AltairEgo1
      @AltairEgo1 3 года назад +66

      How is that even possible though? There's 200 billion to possibly 2 trillion galaxies in the universe. You would think mere probability would dictate that there's at least a few forms of intelligent life outside of our own supercluster even.
      Are the odds of intelligent life just that scarce that even out of 2 trillion galaxies there's only one planet with this type of life?

    • @dexodon3304
      @dexodon3304 3 года назад +51

      @@AltairEgo1 But what if the odds of any life existing was so small that only one planet got it. Humans assume that because they exist others must but it’s possible that we are the luckiest things ever. Unlikely but possible.

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 3 года назад +31

      No, no, it isn't one in the UNIVERSE, but it might be one in the OBSERVABLE universe. The universe is probably infinite in size, and if so, the only question would be what is the DISTANCE to the nearest one. If it's 100 light years, they're probably going to make contact soon. If it's a trillion, it's nothing one needs to be concerned with, they might as well not exist.

    • @borisrussko5898
      @borisrussko5898 3 года назад

      Although depressingly horrifying yes it can be seen that way and similarly, but its just simply quite impossible

    • @borisrussko5898
      @borisrussko5898 3 года назад

      @@dexodon3304 no not even unlikely unreal its an insanely arrogant, ignorant and selfish way to assume such irrelevant irrational things

  • @stickerzz
    @stickerzz 10 месяцев назад +1

    such a cool new art style that I feel gives off the channels vibes way more! as a fan from 2016 this reminds me a lot of the pre 2020 art style and I hope to see more of it ❤

  • @shugucchi
    @shugucchi 3 года назад +633

    Stuff like this usually freaks me out but the final statement after the universe vanishing into oblivion is what makes it all worth it and meaningful in the end. It's too beautiful, someone has to experience it. We are here right now and get to experience it. whether or no nothingness lies ahead. We were lucky to be here during its beauty.

    • @vasmolasi7070
      @vasmolasi7070 3 года назад +12

      No cus that’s when I dooked my pants a little

    • @shugucchi
      @shugucchi 3 года назад +18

      @@vasmolasi7070 I have dealt with existential anxiety my whole life. I just deal with it.

    • @pand3m0nium_41
      @pand3m0nium_41 3 года назад +26

      It’s crazy to think that people have worked so hard and have put so much effort into things for it all to one day be destroyed. It makes me really sad because, that impact that someone made on the world in the end won’t matter because one day it will all just be obliterated.

    • @sadflix8754
      @sadflix8754 3 года назад +9

      This video made me think about death and the concept of “rebirth”, I always think that if there’s such a thing as being reborn in another body with no memory of your last, what would it be like if I was an alien in another galaxy, would I be thinking this exact thought?

    • @jamiegeorge4171
      @jamiegeorge4171 3 года назад +1

      Wonderful statement so true.

  • @ThatBasedGuy
    @ThatBasedGuy 3 года назад +1981

    Humans: "Why are we alone in the universe?"
    Aliens and their camouflage technologies watching the video:
    *pathetic*

    • @eliyahaverial
      @eliyahaverial 3 года назад +11

      썸네일 ㅅㅂ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 개웃기네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

    • @lightbeingpontifex
      @lightbeingpontifex 3 года назад +9

      They don't want you to see them or know they exist and they attack other aliens that want to come here help and be friendly,,,

    • @ThatBasedGuy
      @ThatBasedGuy 3 года назад +52

      @@lightbeingpontifexit's just that they have declared earth as a wildlife sanctuary and not to be disturbed

    • @lightbeingpontifex
      @lightbeingpontifex 3 года назад +16

      @@ThatBasedGuy the good aliens want to see us evolve by ourselves without their help, and the bad aliens are just controlling society all over the world and eating our souls,,,

    • @primohippo4014
      @primohippo4014 3 года назад +10

      Now you’re probably going to vaporised from orbit for saying that.

  • @raizen21ss56
    @raizen21ss56 3 года назад +2227

    Imagine us actually making contact with alien life on a far away world that responds to a message of ours, it then sends one back, and we finally decipher the message only to read "Be quiet or it will hear you"

  • @malakaijudah
    @malakaijudah 9 месяцев назад +1

    im here after watching 3 body problem. i love how that show handles the fermi paradox

  • @Artistic-Dimension
    @Artistic-Dimension 3 года назад +2175

    Imagine someone on another planet seeing a similar space sci-fi vid about our and more planets.

    • @False_Death
      @False_Death 3 года назад +134

      Yeah and them being told things like "We have found a few distinct planets that scientists say COULD very well support life. But it is too far away to tell for sure just yet." Then they point at earth in the galaxy and show a visual representation of what they think earth looks like.

    • @nerbburble1512
      @nerbburble1512 3 года назад +43

      This comment is tripping my mind more than it should!

    • @Artistic-Dimension
      @Artistic-Dimension 3 года назад +13

      @@nerbburble1512 Ikr i was having goosebumps.

    • @wilsondb100
      @wilsondb100 3 года назад +10

      I thought that too 🤯

    • @keewookjang2938
      @keewookjang2938 3 года назад +8

      imagine if they also spoke english o_o

  • @succdes444
    @succdes444 5 лет назад +2476

    Fun fact: milky way is the only galaxy with milk

  • @ronakbhadarka3328
    @ronakbhadarka3328 4 года назад +1067

    Me: Are we alone?
    Kurzgesagt: Yesn't

  • @REPLAYCYLLICON
    @REPLAYCYLLICON Год назад +3

    Hi! I'm a kid and I love to watch your videos on free time! Keep up the good work!

  • @williambell5445
    @williambell5445 3 года назад +3198

    “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson

    • @nicoduran4018
      @nicoduran4018 3 года назад +321

      I love your quote. We barely understand what intelligence is. There are intelligent species on our planet but in our arrogance we deem them below us. Only few scientists are attempting to communicate with intelligent earth species. Maybe those alien species have the same attitude toward us as we have towards mice.

    • @storyclone7618
      @storyclone7618 2 года назад +6

      Love your quote man

    • @teresemcnamara1105
      @teresemcnamara1105 2 года назад +14

      Maybe there blocked

    • @darkwing3713
      @darkwing3713 2 года назад +16

      Love Calvin and Hobbes

    • @willkoestner4159
      @willkoestner4159 2 года назад +21

      Wish I had something clever to say. But all I can think is... Sick burn

  • @poojabansal8676
    @poojabansal8676 5 лет назад +1122

    Maybe there is someone of type 10 civilization who has made us as a scientific experiment in another universe and had let us grow to become a level 3 civilization as his school project
    Edit:Thank you for so many likes

    • @tobyrodarte8363
      @tobyrodarte8363 5 лет назад +217

      And to top it all off homie got a D- x)

    • @SuperGoldman83
      @SuperGoldman83 5 лет назад +21

      A simulation

    • @quickstep2408
      @quickstep2408 5 лет назад +14

      ya right, they did something like that in rick and morty.
      what if we were just a brain in a vat? ooohhh unsettling

    • @poojabansal8676
      @poojabansal8676 5 лет назад +2

      @@justsomeguy3692 don't worry there are more people who believe in God than those who believe in aliens

    • @justsomeguy3692
      @justsomeguy3692 5 лет назад

      @@suparibhau haha nooo
      I didnt mean for my comment to be offensive or anything
      Sorry 😓😓

  • @StormInc1498
    @StormInc1498 3 года назад +583

    “The universe is too beautiful to not be experienced by someone.” There’s a true purpose of life, if there ever was one.

  • @RoachDogg_JR
    @RoachDogg_JR 4 месяца назад +1

    I love the Fermi Paradox. Gotta be one of my favorite paradoxes.

  • @jimmyhorner1561
    @jimmyhorner1561 5 лет назад +1173

    There is lots of life out there that knows about us.
    They just don't make contact because we are "that" planet.

    • @thatengiguy
      @thatengiguy 5 лет назад +2

      What kind of "That" planet?

    • @rinnin
      @rinnin 5 лет назад +201

      The kind that is more interested in material items than peaceful cooperation in order to prevent us destroying ourselves from climate change.

    • @thatengiguy
      @thatengiguy 5 лет назад +34

      rinnin, *slowly and sarcastically clappin* Wow. Just wow.

    • @nonino1644
      @nonino1644 5 лет назад +11

      @@thatengiguy I haven't seen that since a Y2K movie. 😁Clap on.

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca 5 лет назад +9

      It's not about making contact, it's that hiding is impossible.

  • @nothingbutbacon510
    @nothingbutbacon510 4 года назад +842

    Humans: Are we the only living things in space?
    Aliens: Are we the only living things in space?
    Edit: Thanks! I didn’t expect so much likes!

  • @redfear77
    @redfear77 2 года назад +3597

    There is a possibility that since the universe is “young” in a certain sense and that the earth has existed for a third of it, we could be the “ancient aliens” that will be found millions or billions of years later

    • @dik56
      @dik56 2 года назад +583

      sick concept, the universe is empty cause its simply too early.

    • @malaficus
      @malaficus 2 года назад +277

      That is my thought.
      We could be the first intergalatic spieces.

    • @alastairoldaccount6611
      @alastairoldaccount6611 2 года назад +326

      That’s highly likely. Human kind is a lot like a prototype as well. We’re an advanced species but we’re incapable of handling our own intelligence. It seems like we’re one of evolution’s failed trails and once earth dies life will just try again

    • @Will45_
      @Will45_ 2 года назад +80

      Probably not. The universe is expanding apart. We are constantly becoming further away from everything. Long distance life transport (the distance of solar systems and galaxies) will likely never exist in this universe. Sorry thinkers.

    • @willmungas8964
      @willmungas8964 2 года назад +31

      Someone’s always gotta come first 🤷‍♂️

  • @hinamuazzam5736
    @hinamuazzam5736 Месяц назад

    I've always known about the Fermi Paradoxi, but learning that this question was asked while they were working on atomic weapons really recontextualizes it, especially when you take the Great Filter into account. Just hits hard.

  • @joshfleischer6351
    @joshfleischer6351 6 лет назад +990

    How funny would it be if we found a sign on mars that said “congratulations level one completed”.

    • @cesartck4682
      @cesartck4682 6 лет назад +49

      XD THIS MAKES ME WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO MARS, RUN THERE AND MAKE IT MYSELF LOL XDDD

    • @visioncr5132
      @visioncr5132 6 лет назад +4

      XD

    • @Kserijaro
      @Kserijaro 6 лет назад +206

      More Like:
      "This concludes the tutorial level"

    • @neoxus30
      @neoxus30 6 лет назад +13

      They didn't write your name because it was too weird Przeemyslaw Crowsick boi)

    • @user-hb7em6vl8p
      @user-hb7em6vl8p 6 лет назад +16

      That would fucking change EVERYTHING

  • @EyalHoltzman
    @EyalHoltzman 7 лет назад +721

    Aliens are just in DLC we haven't paid for yet

    • @suumcuique4530
      @suumcuique4530 7 лет назад +19

      maybe we are in the matrix and someday the machines will add an alien dlc. would be cool

    • @ther6989
      @ther6989 7 лет назад +2

      I think you mean *DMT* . Not DLC.

    • @hyaziinth
      @hyaziinth 7 лет назад +7

      Then who would pay for it? NASA?

    • @waddup5563
      @waddup5563 7 лет назад +11

      QuasarDroid Gaming
      The mexican

    • @Riftriot
      @Riftriot 7 лет назад

      QuasarDroid Gaming You would.

  • @deuteriumtritium9700
    @deuteriumtritium9700 6 лет назад +183

    The animation and background music is beautiful.
    The narrator's voice is really good.
    The whole video is extremely satisfying.

    • @brucewayne9037
      @brucewayne9037 6 лет назад

      It doesn't take much to impress you huh?

    • @borttorbbq2556
      @borttorbbq2556 6 лет назад

      It's oddly satisfying.

    • @seino__
      @seino__ 5 лет назад

      Welcome to Kurzgesagt fan club

    • @foxthooot5090
      @foxthooot5090 5 лет назад +1

      Bruce Wayne Can you animate this good?

  • @thenamesianna
    @thenamesianna 2 года назад +2

    All right ! Time to start bingewatching the fermi paradox videos !

  • @kevnar
    @kevnar 9 лет назад +5557

    Maybe our entire solar system is in a dome, like The Truman Show, and aliens are watching us like the ultimate reality TV show.

    • @theonetheycallwaffle4134
      @theonetheycallwaffle4134 9 лет назад +580

      +kevnar
      but we're not getting paid for acting in their show :(

    • @kevnar
      @kevnar 9 лет назад +393

      The one they call, Waffle
      Neither was Truman!

    • @gamefusion1287
      @gamefusion1287 9 лет назад +158

      you have that from south park

    • @nanthakumar5594
      @nanthakumar5594 9 лет назад +49

      +kevnar Watch: "COSMOS -THE GREAT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS UNIVERSE"-by Carl Sagan.

    • @pearlman42
      @pearlman42 9 лет назад +24

      +kevnar The big earth theory. /(put quirky tv show here)

  • @AGlassofOJ
    @AGlassofOJ 2 года назад +1746

    Kurzgesagt seriously couldn't go 5 minutes without being existentially horrifying

  • @Homba420
    @Homba420 3 года назад +2147

    If you're scuba diving above a coral reef, and you know that there should be fish all around you, but you don't see any, it's most likely that they have learned that for some reason it's important not to be seen. And since you're a new comer to this environment, chances are it's not you they're hiding from.

  • @joseph.cotter
    @joseph.cotter 5 лет назад +1202

    The fourth possibility, a common scientific trope was not mentioned. That there could be multiple advanced civilizations that all interact and specifically avoid being noticed by civilizations not advanced to a level that is approved for interaction. Protect the child type of scenario.

    • @marxllna
      @marxllna 5 лет назад +14

      @letslaugh2gether4 like in The Humans by Matt Haig !

    • @MoneyTrees2012
      @MoneyTrees2012 5 лет назад +31

      *W O K E*

    • @blackjoker2345
      @blackjoker2345 5 лет назад +133

      That's actually incredibly unlikely. It may not be apparent from how little it's talked about in media, but we have a pretty good understanding of physics and are watching the sky 24/7 with the most advanced technology available. To put this into perspective, we're able to detect the trace elements of a planet's atmosphere and crust based on the shadow it casts when it passes a star. For any civilization to operate on an intergalactic scale without us noticing requires them not leaving any detectable thumbprint on any known physics.
      This requires them not having ships that radiate any waste heat, not having any dyson spheres, not communicating with anything on the EM spectrum, and more recently, not having any effect on space-time(so no worm-holes, no FTL, and no artificial or anti-gravity). A civilization like that wouldn't be operating on physics, they'd be operating on magic from our perspective.
      A youtuber called Isaac Arthur goes into far more detail on to why this is very unlikely in his Fermi Paradox series. I'd highly recommend checking him out, he has an actual background in physics and will go over each specific point and the math behind it.

    • @lowellthomson1958
      @lowellthomson1958 5 лет назад +2

      @letslaugh2gether4 I already did.

    • @lowellthomson1958
      @lowellthomson1958 5 лет назад +3

      (And quite a few others).

  • @leonidas6134
    @leonidas6134 6 лет назад +725

    I don’t know man, but every time I download a game thinking, “I’m one of the 1st people starting out”. There is always someone who has been playing since the beta release and is already level 99.

  • @joecoe8452
    @joecoe8452 5 лет назад +860

    Earth: *gets added to the grand Republic of the universe*
    Every other alien race on the council: ughhhh who added these psychopaths

    • @anthoneygrose9248
      @anthoneygrose9248 5 лет назад +24

      The CIA may know more about it than me, but seems to me that humans are probably way ahead of most or all Aliens not because 2000 years were so great, but because "evolution" happened alot sooner than anyone understands. Seems that perhaps the arc of the covenant wasn't a big box ,maybe it was a space ship, or maybe the ship was Noah's Arc and the covenant was just a doorway like "stargate". But life is probably out there , maybe the world should quit fighting each other and prepare for the fight that may want to make us extinct.

    • @badfoody
      @badfoody 5 лет назад +15

      you dumbfuck, an advanced space faring federation of alien planets would be obviously be a hundred times more violent than our tiny blue world

    • @nou1775
      @nou1775 5 лет назад +15

      @@badfoody I do not believe they would be violent, what good has violence ever caused, they are to smart to fight wars.

    • @fritzvegas2541
      @fritzvegas2541 5 лет назад +6

      @badfoody based his idea from what is going on in todays world. 😁 I understand you bruh..humans really are violent but lets hope that we could go pass through it and start to unite for a better world without violence and injustices.

    • @fritzvegas2541
      @fritzvegas2541 5 лет назад +1

      Violence? injustices? Hmmmm...seems like someones familiar to it.. right CIA? Oh..i mean the agency..😆

  • @MISTAJZA
    @MISTAJZA Год назад +9

    LOL at the Galactus-chicken

  • @liad345
    @liad345 4 года назад +1848

    Think about this.... ‘saying that there are no aliens in the universe is like saying there is no fish in the ocean, whilst looking at a glass full of water taken from the beach.’

    • @bigsidrealprisontalk9173
      @bigsidrealprisontalk9173 4 года назад +87

      you win the dumbest comment of the day award

    • @liad345
      @liad345 4 года назад +126

      @@bigsidrealprisontalk9173 thanks kind sir

    • @Frank-gc6ge
      @Frank-gc6ge 4 года назад +243

      @@bigsidrealprisontalk9173 it makes sense tho

    • @navkaransinghbrar4380
      @navkaransinghbrar4380 4 года назад +18

      Yeah ur right 😀

    • @eu4355
      @eu4355 4 года назад +408

      @@bigsidrealprisontalk9173 This man made an analogy about the fraction of the space we know using a fraction of the ocean as an example. That's really far from being the dumbest comment.

  • @Aziz.M-ju5kn
    @Aziz.M-ju5kn 5 лет назад +518

    Alien kurzgesagt : talks about humans
    Earth kurzgesagt : talks about aliens

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 5 лет назад +23

      And there will be an alien China which bans alien RUclips. And its citizens use alien VPN to watch alien Kurzgesagt 😑

    • @notaseal7864
      @notaseal7864 5 лет назад +16

      Technically we would be aliens to them

    • @nanataomanta2885
      @nanataomanta2885 5 лет назад +2

      Well, to them we are also called “aliens”

    • @Juuma985
      @Juuma985 5 лет назад +3

      Ēīœæñçž kurzgesagt: talks about üìčńßækç

    • @henrynorcrossii3363
      @henrynorcrossii3363 5 лет назад

      To alien life we are the aliens.

  • @AIex_Kidd
    @AIex_Kidd 5 лет назад +706

    The fundamental question is: if aliens exist, can their PC run Crysis?

    • @nurs3826
      @nurs3826 5 лет назад +29

      20 fps max

    • @genesisrhapsodos284
      @genesisrhapsodos284 5 лет назад +2

      What if they don't have a PC?

    • @danielpinto5101
      @danielpinto5101 5 лет назад +17

      What if they are the PC's? :O

    • @AIex_Kidd
      @AIex_Kidd 5 лет назад +3

      @@nurs3826 that's something 😅

    • @AIex_Kidd
      @AIex_Kidd 5 лет назад +6

      @@genesisrhapsodos284 maybe they're able to run it on an Atari 2600

  • @8028rsj
    @8028rsj 11 месяцев назад +1

    EXACTLY...I think Fermi hit the nail on the head as proof that we are CREATED beings "in HIS image and likeness" exactly like that book that everyone is embarrassed to talk about tells us. If WE ARE IT in this vast universe of 10 to the power of millions then anybody with a brain MUST accept this as absoubte proof that somebody special created this most special creation. That means that EVERY star, planet, sun, cloud, speck of dust, element, tree, animal, blade of grass, grain of sand etc. has been created FOR us. Ponder that for a while !!

  • @paulbolton4929
    @paulbolton4929 5 лет назад +687

    All alone in the universe, just me and seven billion others...

    • @netyimeni169
      @netyimeni169 5 лет назад +28

      and ma boys

    • @xXAGirAbiXx
      @xXAGirAbiXx 5 лет назад +1

      hello my friend.

    • @flatmarssociety4614
      @flatmarssociety4614 5 лет назад +10

      what about trees, ants, spiders, fish, and baccteria?

    • @jynxed66six54
      @jynxed66six54 5 лет назад

      @Pickle Rick hi im not enjoy yourself

    • @marioauditore2859
      @marioauditore2859 5 лет назад

      Seven billion just counting humans, there are many more of lost creatures here

  • @kamehameha30
    @kamehameha30 5 лет назад +490

    There's a great fiction book called "The Humans" by Matt Haig that begins with the premise that there are other life forms monitoring humanity to make sure we don't discover certain things about the universe. It's a really wonderful read if you're ever feeling like "why am I here?" or that humanity is terrible. But it also highlights that alien races may not even want to contact us because we're just not ready.
    Also, I feel like people's notions of "other life" in the universe is so biased by what happens on Earth. We assume there isn't life on other planets because they don't have the conditions that we were forged in. There could be countless other possibilities that we couldn't even dream of because we just don't have the ability to comprehend them. All knowledge that we have is subjective to human discovery, i.e. if we haven't discovered it it doesn't "exist", so there are probably beings already out there that we don't even know how to look for.

    • @Cassyox91
      @Cassyox91 5 лет назад +37

      I say this all the time...were looking for intelligent life like us.. has to be in the goldilocks zone... but we already know diffrent life forms can survive in the most crazy situations like extreme heat or cold....humans are looking for life that can advance us as a civilization...as opposed to other types of intelligent life forms.. for instants take dolphins and octopus. Both extreamly smart animals and can manipulate their environments and have feelings but because they cant advance us they arent as intelligent....do u get what iam saying?.

    • @tkprov
      @tkprov 5 лет назад +1

      Thank you for the book recommendation! It sounds really good. Also, I do agree with you.

    • @JITCompilation
      @JITCompilation 5 лет назад +10

      While you are correct that we don't know everything, we do understand many of the physical limtations of our observable universe. For example, you ever wonder why we die of old age? Some biologists are researching the idea that we COULD physically live longer, but our bodies could be evolved to die younger, as to preserve resources for the next generation. Physics tells us we can't have unlimited resources, so as a result, we've evolved in such a way that we don't use up those resources to quickly and ensure our survival. I suspect that all biological beings have that same limitation, with chemistry not allowing for a carbon-based life form to live outside of the "Goldilocks Zone".

    • @benjaminread5287
      @benjaminread5287 5 лет назад +1

      @@JITCompilation you say that 'we have evolved to not use up those resources too quickly' but incase you haven't noticed that is exactly what is happening and the world is freaking out about it.

    • @JITCompilation
      @JITCompilation 5 лет назад +3

      @@benjaminread5287 Evolution occurs during the process of natural selection, spanning generations upon generations. A bird that gains a mutation to have a heightened sense of sight will be able to more easily avoid predators and find prey sooner than its unevolved counterparts. Humans don't have any natural predators; none that pose any threat to us as a species at least. Concepts like natural selection and evolution don't apply to humans anymore, at least not between humans since we've gained supremacy over other species with our ability to make tools. Nor do I think it SHOULD apply to us, as that would be endorsing the deaths of millions.

  • @sykez9136
    @sykez9136 3 года назад +1137

    The thought of being alone in the universe is WAY more strange/creepy then having alien life forms out there.

    • @rickrolluniversity2237
      @rickrolluniversity2237 3 года назад +15

      Lonely

    • @skyvader1238
      @skyvader1238 3 года назад +33

      @Aletak 13 the thought of not being alone in the universe is not scary at all.

    • @LordAspectra
      @LordAspectra 3 года назад +58

      @@skyvader1238 Both are equally comforting and terrifying, it might be better for us to live in ignorance.

    • @blexfruoits7037
      @blexfruoits7037 3 года назад +5

      U know the universe will stop existing so that’s more creepy

    • @hughprattis7494
      @hughprattis7494 3 года назад +1

      The whole end of the clip is creepy, unless you’re a person of religious conviction.

  • @martijnghostaccount
    @martijnghostaccount 3 дня назад

    Never expected a kurtgezagt video when searching for the fermi paradox, amazing surprise!

  • @pp-qn3bt
    @pp-qn3bt 5 лет назад +489

    Meanwhile in Mars..
    Aliens: The Human Paradox - Where are all the Humans?

    • @chloepearl7461
      @chloepearl7461 5 лет назад +44

      Actually they would be whatever specie they are and we'd be the aliens

    • @ashaydwivedi420
      @ashaydwivedi420 5 лет назад +1

      Indian Space Research Organisation and National Aeronautics Space Agency are gonna find these aliens. They'll think some alien race is invading them

    • @savagetypeship4jade227
      @savagetypeship4jade227 5 лет назад +1

      😂

    • @Anupamprime
      @Anupamprime 5 лет назад

      And they would be like-
      I SAW HUMAN ON MOON !!
      (DURING THE Appolo 11 thing)

    • @furryface1057
      @furryface1057 5 лет назад +1

      Humans ? how would they know to call us that ? , more like we'd be Aliens to them also

  • @badaxtion1878
    @badaxtion1878 6 лет назад +1509

    Funny... how many other planets watching their version of this video about us.

  • @mahmoudhanafy543
    @mahmoudhanafy543 Год назад +1

    One of the best videos I’ve ever seen, seriously

  • @marten2857
    @marten2857 4 года назад +974

    “Are we the only living things in the universe?”
    Literally every other organism on Earth: “sup.”

    • @Frog_Mario
      @Frog_Mario 4 года назад +37

      It's like the other girls paradox

    • @DashiiiIIIAAAA
      @DashiiiIIIAAAA 4 года назад +2

      Underrated comment, lol

    • @videogamescausentviolence5717
      @videogamescausentviolence5717 4 года назад +4

      other animals on Earth: HELO

    • @ttteo2771
      @ttteo2771 4 года назад +3

      This video sounds shows our self-centered nature very well. We are special..... we are first....... it sounds like the guy who picked the pussy in a gang-bang.

    • @duxxxhm
      @duxxxhm 4 года назад +20

      I think he uses we for all life on Earth not just humans.

  • @l.d.cfilms4363
    @l.d.cfilms4363 3 года назад +1306

    Statistically, we're not the only planet with life. Empirically, we are.

    • @disphockunguy9731
      @disphockunguy9731 3 года назад +23

      And that should show the bias amongst the establish science community

    • @KuariThunderclaw
      @KuariThunderclaw 3 года назад +124

      @@disphockunguy9731 Not really... technically we could have already discovered planets with life on them and just not fully know it. Because part of that lack of empirical data is technological. Think about it... say we found a planet a thousand light years away that was very Earth-like... now say in the last 100 years it has become a planet of megacities that have completely changed the landscape of the planet, but 1,000 years ago, they hadn't even discovered electricity yet? What would the planet look like when observed from Earth?
      Figure out the answer to that question and you'll understand real quick why we haven't made much progress on this topic. And that's not taking into account that we can't even achieve clear visuals at that distance.

    • @VersusARCH
      @VersusARCH 3 года назад +34

      Statistically, all or some of the distant stars we can observe perhaps no longer exist - what we are seeing is light they shone years ago...

    • @justenmei2313
      @justenmei2313 3 года назад +1

      Soka

    • @bigguy7353
      @bigguy7353 3 года назад +8

      Nah, they've been here for millenia. Holding one's chin up too high blocks the view of what's right under your nose.

  • @melodiefrances3898
    @melodiefrances3898 2 года назад +832

    I also wonder if other life forms could be so drastically different from us that we wouldn't even recognize them as being alive. And that they are already here.

  • @vgb21
    @vgb21 3 месяца назад

    I understand these videos take a long time to make, but could you guys upload more often? I can't wait for the next one

  • @Evjen97
    @Evjen97 6 лет назад +2365

    I somehow feel alone when thinking about space.

    • @berniic33
      @berniic33 6 лет назад +31

      Ev me too

    • @mightykekistanwarrior7143
      @mightykekistanwarrior7143 6 лет назад +76

      That’s normal considering how infinitely massive it is.

    • @yellowmellow7931
      @yellowmellow7931 6 лет назад +19

      We’re not alone. I promise

    • @timbsswag
      @timbsswag 6 лет назад +75

      Even if we don’t find other alien life, we still have each other

    • @rocc6596
      @rocc6596 6 лет назад +35

      It’s a scary feeling for some reason...like the feeling I get the moment you zone out randomly into this state of self realization and your existence in a first person point of view.. you want it to end but it doesn’t.

  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  9 лет назад +294

    The MUSIC is composed by Thomas Veith - you can get it here:
    soundcloud.com/epicmountain/fermi
    epicmountainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-fermi-paradox
    www.epic-mountain.com

    • @rambi1072
      @rambi1072 9 лет назад +12

      You guys make the best science videos on RUclips, thanks.

    • @vvvortic
      @vvvortic 9 лет назад

      ***** how is this gonna help me in getting challenjour, gg

    • @hchris2
      @hchris2 9 лет назад +2

      Nice music I love heavy metal

    • @Alex-gw9wq
      @Alex-gw9wq 9 лет назад

      vvvortic Damn, you are evrywere. XD

    • @noahlund2473
      @noahlund2473 9 лет назад

      Alexander Kopec This was on Reddit; expect to see him often while you're redditing.

  • @ThePhysics1234
    @ThePhysics1234 3 года назад +1004

    "Shouldn't the universe be teeming with spaceships?"
    Perhaps it is.
    We barely see 2 exoplanets with a telescope as 2 specs of light, how in the hell are we supposed to see a single starship?
    Its like looking 10 km away at night and saying there are no mosquitos there.

    • @Macabresque
      @Macabresque 3 года назад +128

      I was thinking that as well. Our observational astronomy ability is really still in its infancy. We have come a long way, but there's so much more out there. We're still trying to accurately detect all the asteroids in our planetary neighborhood and that is proving incredibly difficult.

    • @armybirds
      @armybirds 3 года назад +16

      good point man

    • @SayYourSomething
      @SayYourSomething 3 года назад +46

      Plus the fact that not all alien life may even be sapient or intelligent, yet alone be in a super advanced space age.

    • @NotEvenDeathCanSaveU
      @NotEvenDeathCanSaveU 3 года назад +56

      I think there definitely are spaceships.. Its imo a pretty easy bet.. The universe is so big only a fool would believe theres no other more advanced civilization out there.. Just look how far we as people got in a relatively short time-span.. The recently declassified information on UFOs didnt help this logic much either.. From what they ve been seeing, to me at least it seems like some kinds of automatic drones.. If they truly exist, what many people even airforce pilots claim they do as they see it often and have no idea what it is, my guess would be its simply something like scout drones, and those surely had to be deployed by a space ship, which might actually still be somewhere in our system..
      All of this sounds like some crazy sci-fi, but the actual fact is that many of those things that seem like a sci-fi to us are actually scientifically possible, we are just not there at those levels yet, and might never be..
      If those things hypothetically truly are of "alien" nature, my best bet on those things would be they are like some kind of up-close data gathering drones, and if those "aliens" are somewhere out there hiding in our system I would even bet they can initiate some semi-manual control of those drones to go and have fun with our airforce.. Some of those stories pilots have would explain that.. But there is also this question.. Why would they do these things.. Well if you try to think as this highly advanced being, I think you would want mostly these imo top 2 most important things: Information and a knowledge if those beings are of any threat to you.. I think they realized that we are no threat to them a long time ago, so why are they still here you might wonder, and imo the answer would be to a) make sure we dont become a threat even if they had to be here for a billion years and b) gather all the possible information you can about this planet.. Imo the most actually important thing this planet has is the life on it.. Everything and anything that is of a biological nature can have a high value as this is an actual real natural evolution of beings.. I imagine something like that might be hard to replicate even for these advanced "aliens".. It is possible they are making these discoveries in the name of science and I am pretty sure there is no end-point when to comes to science and biology.. I think you could experiment with these things forever and that might be my guess why you might not want to ever leave a planet on which you found any form of life, and might want to observe it indefinitely because you never know when you gather that small piece of data that is missing for the next big revolutionary breakthru in science or biology

    • @jackdelong2949
      @jackdelong2949 3 года назад +14

      @@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU I find this quote fitting for what don’t know who it’s is from but I heard it somewhere “technology of the future would seem like magic to us”

  • @Krayziie
    @Krayziie 2 года назад +3

    Imagine if there would be a time where saying “aww my mom wants us to move to a different planet for better opportunity” is common 💀

  • @nevermeanttobuild1514
    @nevermeanttobuild1514 3 года назад +4093

    Have you ever tried to speak to an ant? You could try as hard as you can use every bit of technology we have - we can currently travel into space but still can't talk to ants... my point is there's a great chance we just are so far behind we aren't getting the signal

    • @zoelin1011
      @zoelin1011 3 года назад +159

      Love this comment

    • @omar1s1
      @omar1s1 3 года назад +200

      And/or they are obeying the Prime Directive but actually we can communicate with ants crudely, using pheromones and chemical scents.

    • @saarah0006
      @saarah0006 3 года назад +260

      Or we are currently the most advanced species to exist and the rest are currently like ants to us…

    • @marcosalcanizdalvera6575
      @marcosalcanizdalvera6575 3 года назад +33

      @@saarah0006 no

    • @nevermeanttobuild1514
      @nevermeanttobuild1514 3 года назад +80

      @@omar1s1 using pheromones and chemicals we can simulate communication, like a hunter with a turkey call - you ask any hunter what that bird just said I doubt he could tell you