Why this Solution to the Fermi Paradox Is Terrifying 

I’m not saying everything Steven Greer says is truth but I think he’s right when it comes to how any beings that have achieved interstellar travel are enlightened and know that there are an abundance of resources and there are no need for conflict… we humans are still quite primitive and the only reason we think they are a threat is because that’s all we know.

I heard about an interesting study done years ago where they interviewed people on their opinions about whether we should announce our presence in the cosmos or hide in case aliens were hostile. It turned out that those people who felt like they belonged to their community were more likely to say yes aliens will be friendly, let's contact them, but those people who weren't social, didn't feel like they were part of any community and generally found it hard to trust others, were all the ones saying no the aliens might be hostile don't contact them. I thought it was interesting that simply asking someone's opinion on whether it's a good idea to contact aliens was like a mirror, reflecting how they felt about their fellow humans.

I think the great filter makes the most sense. There are so many variables that need to line up for a species to become space faring that it rarely happens. We've barely started ourselves.

Dear Alex (idk how to spell your last name sorry), I am a paleo Anthropology student and took up Astronomy as a hobby a few months back. I wanna say thank you for making space so Fun and easy to digest. The reason i didnt get into space sooner was because i felt it was such a BIG subject with too complex math and subjects to truly grasp. But you have made everything so easy and so entertaining to watch. I work for the California science center and your videos have given me such more appreciation for the quest forward to the heavens. I started with your playlist on moons and have binged many videos per night or at work. Though i would not consider myself an astronomer by any means, you have Educated me in ways i thought impossible years ago. Thank you dear sir. Sincerely, your fan Raymond A, Castillo.

"Two possibilities exist. Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." That quote sends chills down my spine everytime.

The first time an alien civilization comes to earth, we instantly become second class citizens of our galaxy.

The "Grabby Aliens" Theory was not mentioned here, but it is also an interesting theory. This would mean every civilization that survives the "great filters" and is also expansionist will eventually start a colonizing crawl through its galaxy and then through all galaxies in reach until everything is occupied, or it hits the border to another grabby civilization. If the galaxy still seems empty once or observation methods are getting better, that would conclude, that we might be the first civilization in our galaxy or even the galaxy cluster. And will eventually become "grabby" ourselves. It all depends on how hard the great filters for intelligent life and civilizations = how early we are when it comes to civilizations that develop the ability for space colonization.

"...human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water." War of the Worlds is written as the end of a Dark Forest [7:40] scenario/the start of a Grabby one.

One of the things that has always bothered me is the claim that we have about a 100 light year diameter bubble of ever expanding radio broadcasts. The problem with that is most of our radio emissions wouldn't be detectable halfway to Alpha Centauri, which is 4.3 light years distant, let alone 100 light years. Just to communicate with the Voyager spacecraft, we have to detect signals on the order of quadrillionths of a watt, and they only recently breached the heliopause, which is only a small fraction of the distance to the star nearest to our sun. I think this idea that has been tossed around for years has led many people who don't investigate further to believe that both we and extraterrestrial life would be far more detectable from such great distances than they are in reality. If we want to be seen from distances of hundreds of light years, we would need to build structures larger than the earth itself with immense transmission power, precisely directed toward where we calculate target stars will move over the many years such transmission would require. Even then, we would be waiting centuries for replies, the great-great grandchildren of the scientists who sent the signals having died long before a potential receiving device even observes the signal. Then there is an equivalent response time, placing the only reasonable targets within a radius of 20 or so light years, at maximum. And that's to say nothing of potential life in other galaxies.

I always liked that short story where humanity finally found a signal and started listening only to hear a simple reply, "Shh, be quiet...they are listening."

I think a fair assumption of first extraterrestrial contact is look at our own actions, we send robots into space all the time, it’s just so much more simple and safe than sending living beings. I’d expect to see AI or drones before a living organism.

This video single handedly spawned an entire year of "terrifying science" video titles

I'm firmly of the belief that if there is other intelligent life out there that has succeeded in figuring out space travel that they wouldn't destroy another life-bearing planet which contains intelligent, tool developing life if only for the simple reason that it's very likely such life is probably fairly rare within the universe so it would make sense to preserve such a gem. Not just to study, as you could probably learn of your past through said creatures, but also because something so rare should be taken care of

Man if I was sitting in my backyard and a colony of ants attempted to communicate with me I'd be fascinated regardless of whether or not I could understand the message

Our solar system is the neighborhood where aliens roll up the windows and lock the doors as they pass by.

What if this universe is so young that we might be one of the first civilizations in it...?

Thank you, Alex, for these fascinating ideas on why Aliens would not contact us. In my humble opinion, Occam's Razor points to easier explanations for the silence. It's the mind-blowing size of our galaxy. Any artificial radio signal will be attenuated below the level of natural background noise before it can reach another star. Accelerating a space craft to relativistic speed would take incredible amounts of energy. While Alien science and technology may be much more advanced than ours, I doubt they would be able to get around basic phenomena like inertia or the conservation of energy or the laws of thermodynamics.

This channel just keeps getting better and better, can't wait to pick up your book once it's available again!

Damn. The whole thing about Aliens not wanting to share their ideas or tech with us. I like how Bayformers of all things mentioned this. In Revenge of the Fallen, Galloway asks why the Autobots haven't shared their tech with Humanity. Optimus replies with, "I have seen your species capabilites in waging war. It will only bring more harm than good." Or soemthing along those lines.

You did not mention the Great Filter. The most scariest yet most plausible explanation of all.

I think that no matter how advanced we become, we would be interested in life on other planets

I don't think it's very plausible that aliens are aware of us but are simply not interested. If we are for aliens like ants are for humans, well... many people are passionate about ants, study then tirelessly, build huge ant farms to watch them go and understand how they organize and survive etc. Ants' biology and behavior even serve as inspiration for new technologies.

Indifference seems unlikely to me, too. We have people spending their lives investigating, say, worms, or minute species of bacteria and plants. Curiousity is a near certainty if one is to evolve into a technological civilization. They're likelyt to be just as curious as beings as we are. Plus, you don't need them to "agree" about the fact that humans are, or not, interesting. I don't find ants particularly interesting, and most people don't yet. Doesn't prevent people from spending lots of time studying them.

Wow, did a great job with this thought experiment. I hadn’t consider several of the possible outcomes you mentioned.

It seems to me that assumptions about alien life if it is out there, are usually far too anthropomorphic … we still have far too little knowledge about other creatures on our own world, let alone those that may exist on distant worlds, or other environments where life may exist

If aliens had brains, they would stay as far away from us as possible.

Well, Alex… I wish the world had just a few more of you around here! You are outright sensible, intelligent, none of this could go on and on! Great work as always! Signed, Litephaze.

It's hard to imagine a civilization advanced enough to achieve interstellar travel travel would have anything to gain from, desire of, or fear from us.

The most terrifying part about the Dark Forest Theory as a solution to the Paradox is that it is simply the most logical thing an alien civilization would do. Not knowing how much more advanced another civilization could be is a huge factor in deciding how to deal with it. Imagine yourself in the dark forest, a hunter stalking the trees. Suddenly, you hear a twig snap, and you are locking eyes with another hunter. You have no idea what kind of weapons he could have, what tactics he could use, how aggressive he could be, or even what he could be doing. If you value your own survival in this instance, the only logical answer is to open fire and eliminate them. Survival is the primary need of all life, and this applies to civilizations in the universe as well. It would make sense to assume another civilization would do the same. There is also another factor, the chain of suspicion. In conflicts on Earth, chains of suspicion exist as well. One army may not know what their enemy is up to, so they send spies to figure it out, or they figure it out through communication. In space, however, where planets are separated by any number of light years, communication may as well be impossible, unless of course you known how etch a supercomputer onto a proton (those damn Trisolarans!) or have sent a probe to keep an eye on them. In scenarios like this, the more powerful civ always wins, simply because they have better, more advanced technology. This is the darkest secret in the universe.

Really thought provoking content. As simple as the thought is, it never crossed my mind. We ARE almost 'at the stars' and still fighting amongst ourselves & aggressive - imaging aliens similar to us is kind of scary.

The thought alone about discovering some alien civilization who are "equal" to us in a threatening level basically means game over. As an example: If you see a snake lying around near your bed, would you just sleep comfortably? Or kill the snake? (I mean you could capture the snake but that's not the point). Perhaps the snake was just minding its own business, but can you really risk it? You are aware of the danger even if you have nothing against the snake. So, would you talk to the snake? You can't, there's no communication whatsoever since both species are nothing alike. That's the point, in a situation like that you can't gamble the entire planet, both civilizations will clash without having "bad" intentions. The only scenario where that doesn't happen is when one is far more advanced than the other without being afraid and respecting their space while applying control if necessary, like capturing a snake without killing it. It's like the food chain in animals, they kill each other if it means either food or threat otherwise they'll just "peacefully" stay round. If something becomes a threat without a way of communication then it automatically means war, simple because both sides will reach the same conclusion and can't trust each other. I see absolutely no reason how we could talk to aliens, we can't even talk to snakes, let alone something quite literally out of this world.

If every civilization has a SETI program that is listening but they are all too cautious to actually transmit a powerful, "I am here!", signal, they will assume they must be alone.

The video talks about cooperation expanding as empires grew. But trade routes spanned continents before empires did. I think that's a more relevant analogy.

i love that there's stock footage or someone sweeping up ants from the floor.

There is definitely life on planets and moons all over the universe. I think we are likely among the more advanced species to inhabit the cosmos given how young the universe is and the age of our solar system. If some form of practical interstellar travel is possible (which I doubt), I believe we will be the threat to other species and planets, unfortunately.

Such beautiful content and ideas. This makes me happy and hopeful. Thank you!

I think operating on the basis of the dark forest makes most sense. Assuming a benevolent universe is far too risky.

Interesting fact often ignored in this fermi paradox debate. The most common star in the visible universe is the red dwarf. They can live for up to 6 trillion years. That means the longest lived stars out there right now have only been shining for 1% of there lifespan. Given what we know about how life here evolved, that means we may be simply the first life to evolve in the universe SO FAR. Who knows what a trillion years will bring.

This is one of your best presentations. Thank You.

Space Battleship Yamato (or Star Blazers) explored the Dark Forest theory, sorta. One of the weapons used by the alien race to decimate Earth were Planet Bombs which were just asteroids charged and manipulated to artificially hit Earth

I think we're not seeing them because the universe is huge. we haven't seen the bulk of our galaxy and all the planets in it. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more human type species in the universe that we'll never know about. I also don't think they choose not to communicate with us for some existential reason, they don't know we exist and why would they come here when there are so many planets in our galaxy, some a lot more interesting imo. I hope we find someone tho I'm down for some galactic drama

the biggest problem I have with fermi paradox is that it fails to take account that our observation of other planets and systems is very low and the image resolution is horrible. and as we all know, the farther the distance the more altered the signals we can get. even if there is life on the nearest star system, their radio signals will be very weak to the point that it gets clouded by other cosmic signals.

Great perspective about cooperation. Would be interesting to explore as well this possible solution to the Fermi paradox, which is arguably the simplest: maybe we’re just too far. Considering the mind-boggeling distances between stars and the comparatively slow speed of light, couppled with the massive technological challenges linked to achieving even of fraction of c, it might very well be nearly impossible to communicate effectively, let alone travel between stars-at least for biological beings with short lifespans such as us. Would love to hear your thoughts on this in another video. Thanks for sharing 🙏 - Patrick

Amazing presentation! Much appreciated!👍

Thank you for an excellent vantage point to further discuss 'Star People'... If Star People do exist on other worlds, they wouldn't even know we are here until they receive electronic confirmation (Radio, TV, and other electronic emissions) we have only had those for last 100 years or so. Let's say they live 10 light years away. They received electronic confirmation that other civilizations were out there. If they have the technology to travel at 1/10th Light Speed, it would take them 100 years to get here. It is possible they just arrived, or not quite yet. It is possible they have been here for 10 or more years too. Star People would have sent probes, not manned missions to explore Earth. If they are smart enough to travel at 1/10th Light Speed, they are smart enough to send probes with super advanced AI. The probes would act independent of communication with their home planet. Any signal would take 10 years to get there, another 10 years for a reply. Also, if they are that advanced to travel across the Galaxy, they are smart enough to make probes that don't crash at Roswell, get tracked on Radar, be imaged with IR, make noises, or even be visible to our eyes. They certainly would not get recorded on someone's cell phone. Maybe the Star People have come and already left. Maybe they didn't find what they consider to be 'intelligent life'. maybe they survived their own wars and have become peace loving beings. If they see war, famine, greed, etc here, it is recognized as non-intelligence. Maybe their probes came, took some samples (air, water, soil, dna) and then left. Maybe they plan on returning 1,000 years from now to see if we destroyed ourselves, or like them, became a peace loving species. What do you think ???

It would be more likely that aliens would, if at all, study us with extreme caution before attempting first contact. At least, if they are the friendly sort. If not, we could expect either blatant contact, or even violence.

I keep thinking they're most probably out there but they're soooo immensely far away we'll never cross paths because it's impossible to travel faster than light and survive. I once heard Brian Cox say he calculated/ speculated there might be 1 or 2 civilizations per galaxy... Loved the video, amazing thought provoking content

Well this video is great but also can bring chills. When a certain word was mentioned i can't help but be reminded of the legendary VN, Muv-Luv Alternative.

There are a lot of practical things to consider that you hinted on. Things like. You are right, likely exploring would be for resources, but if a race is capable of harvesting resources at a planetary or larger scale, they likely would have no problem finding plenty of uninhabited places to do that. If they are capable of that kind of travel, they are likely also likely capable of doing it in a guided manner. I think it's more likely life is super common in water worlds in the habitable zone, and we should consider that nobody has found us because nobody is looking for more life, as we aren't special.

All the creatures that met humans were either eaten or made part of their system (dogs, horses, birds in cages etc...) Maybe aliens noticed it and decided not to be matrix batteries.

The simplest answer to the Fermi paradox is that the universe is just too big and too old to allow for meaningful communication between civilizations on different planets. Through persistence and a lot of luck SETI or other astronomical programs might catch some sign of intelligent life on a distant planet, but in all probability it will be hundreds or thousands or millions of light years away and so there would be no point in attempting to respond even if we chose to.

Another fantastic video, and I’m actually now pretty interested in that Henson Razer 😅

Any life forms which can travel between the stars would kick the hell out of us. Game over.

The last one was just describing star fleet in star trek 🖖👌 prime directive

I think the answer to the Fermi paradox might be speed of light travel is impossible and other worlds are too far away.

When talking about this subject with others, I often like to bring up the analogy of a primitive tribe on an island. They look out from the island in all directions but only see water going off to the horizon, so they naturally conclude that they are alone, and that their island-tribe is the only one to exist.

What if aliens are just less advanced or at an equal level of advancement to us. People always assume they're more advanced.

Incrível vídeo!! Mesmo as diferencas, mesmo que tivessem permitido a evolução de várias formas de vida ...essas formas não podem ser muito diferentes e muito mais especiais que nós?!! Sabemos que com o passar do tempo o Universo desenvolveu estruturas cada vez mais complexas e no mais complexo encontram-se seres inteligentes e suas construções conceptuais ...não poderiam existir sem o surgimento de estruturas com formas de vida simples e vida mais organizada que a nossa os Extraterrestres com ideias pré concebidas talvez se tornem um obstáculo ...a história da vida na Terra parece tão cheia de acontecimentos casuais...que a probabilidade de o mesmo ocorrer noutros mundos parece remota...Se calhar são mais inteligentes e ao observarem-nos acham-nos rudimentares porque nos andamos aqui a matar uns aos numa violência enorme e não somos Unidos ...

Looking forward to catching up on your new videos 😁

What if the communication signals are being blocked and erased? If many intelligent life forms have existed and communicated in the past perhaps many wars have already happened between planets so the most advanced beings have decided to keep the lesser developed life forms from communicating until they're ready to join an intergalactic community.

Also the paradox kind of falls apart when you realize the starlight coming in from distant worlds is essentially millions and billions of years in the past. By the time we see any signal being sent out, it will have been a hundred thousand generations or more.

I've always laughed when people say "humans are the only life we've found in the universe". Excuse me but no, there are MILLIONS of species on this planet. So we know that not only can life evolve in the right conditions, but it can evolve explosively

It think the most probable answer is that its just rare for life to form and even more rare for intelligent life that builds technology to evolve.

So the Prime Directive from Star Trek? I can buy that. Don't make contact until a civilization is sufficiently advanced, a common theme in scifi (the Asgard from Star Gate not sharing their technology with lesser races) Great video!

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for this!

Simply brilliant Alex! Fantastic analogy 🏆

The most likely solution to the Fermi Paradox is simply that the huge, giant and unimaginably vast distances of space don‘t allow space travel, no matter how advanced you are!

i have to ask, why is the theory of aliens being less advance so unexplored? maybe we're the ones that otrher civilizations will be wondering about. It's far off and a small chance but considering every other alien life we've found are microorganisms. Humans may truly just be the first ones to get past the great filter.

You find the idea of communication with insects pointless, you kill them for entering your house. Always thinking about the stars, talking about them in dreamy voice. But no appreciation for the small wonders all around us.

Hard to find part one without you creating playlists for us.

Fermi didn't question the existence of aliens. He pretty much assumed it. His question was with regards to whether timely interstellar travel was possible.

Well considered points. It may seem simplistic, but the more I think about it, something along the lines of a Prime Directive seems plausible: hands off until we try to leave our solar system, and then we get first contact, and a lecture on the rules of the road.

As we learn more and more about how unique our planet actually is, I think there's just not as much intelligent life in the universe as we once hoped. If advanced alien species exist or existed, we are simply too separated by deep space and time to be able to detect and communicate with one another.

Such a fascinating thing. This subject is one of the most interesting concepts of all. I recently heard that the universe is expanding beyond light speed in some areas, and that we could never ever know what is beyond those areas. The light/information will never reach us, and we'll never know. Maybe I heard wrong, but I think this is the case. Fascinating.

One of the DUMBEST things humans have ever done, is to broadcast a signal into outer space saying ‘we’re HERE’ ! What were they THINKING !! 🤣🤣

Wow, you raise really great points! Never thought aliens, if monitoring us, would want us to learn the importance of cooperation before revealing themselves.

Beautiful! We can have a value for them as a nice experiment too. Triple blind:). Also the more independent teams you have working on developing something the more chance you will find an excellent solution.

"Aliens would look at us like how we look at bugs" like you've never seen anyone be fascinated by watching a bug doing something, or want to talk to them just to know what they know

This is the most intuitive incredible channel I've ever experienced

We have explored what type of motivations alien beings might have, but this is based on what we know of ourselves. What I propose is another little piece, "any alien civilization who are capable of the technology and the determination to cross the vast expanses of space, may actually ask "are they worth the trouble?"

I talk to the insects in my garden, especially the beneficial ones like lady bugs, praying mantis and bees. And I talk to the plants too. However, much like our search for extraterrestrial intelligence, nothing ever talks back.

The zoo hypothesis and prime directive hypothesis don’t add up because no directive is ever universally followed. Some rouge individual or group would’ve broken the directive by now for their own ends. The dark forest and rare earth hypotheses hold the most water, imo.

I think we just greatly overestimate our ability to detect other civilizations right now, especially ones more than a few light years away. We barely know what's going on with other planets and moons in our own solar system without probes.

people on DMT report multiple ET contacts but for some reason are ignored by physicists, it might be worth taking seriously given that the nonlocality of consciousness implies the superfluousity of radio communication

Looking forward to Astrum videos is the only TV show I look forward to haha

My favorite answer is just that its really hard to decode another races radio waves after its travelled such a long distance & is likely just another part of the cosmic background.

"Throw insulting messages to each other across the void" Sir, you just described the internet

What if what we consider life is too narrow. What if they're communicating right now and we don't even know how to receive it, let alone how to understand them.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and do your utmost not to antagonize. The details will have to be figured out on the fly because we can’t know every possibility.

You said I should see other videos in this series first but I wasn't clear where to look. I looked on your channel and didn't see anything obvious. What should I look for?

Given the vast expanse of the universe there's no way we're alone, I think we just happened to grow up in an isolated part of the universe where nothing much really happens in terms of intelligent life forms, and it could also be that given how isolated we feel it could just be that we're the only ones making a big deal about finding life outside of our planet, maybe we've already been detected but those who detected us must be so familiar with life outside of their home planet for a very long time that it doesn't really mean anything to them. And another thing is, I don't think there's anything valuable in our little bubble that can't be found anywhere else out there so there's really no reason to come our way

I've always pondered about: "if a alien race came to our planet?" ~ I wonder if they would mist our atmosphere with genetically modified viruses that would act as a conduit transfer for the Aliens to transfer whatever factors they wish to alter in us to better suit their needs. Things such as "predisposing us to less violent behavior" or other such things. Idk just a random thought

Dark Forest is the only explanation for the fermi paradox that ever truly convinced me

I'm not sure what questions you think we need answers for as mentioned in your intro. In the very unlikely instance that some alien makes contact, they are technologically advanced enough for interstellar travel. They are far enough ahead of us that we are completely at their mercy regardless of what we might have prepared for them.

Gambling my spirit by materialistic future !! It was my speech topic just half an hour ago. Such a sincronisty!!❤

You aren't looking for signs of life, you are looking for signs of technology.

I've always believed the same that until we learn to fully get along whole heartedly never harming each other because we don't want stress, pain, anxiety etc... we need to learn the lesson ourselves & work as a collective before the greater races that let us join their collective! we must shed our aggression through our global advancement as a species before being able to join the larger peaceful community much like a correction facility allows an aggression person to learn the benefits of working with others and being more collaborative before being allowed into society! I came to this conclusion myself before covid in 2019 due to my own illness I had to drop out of university and became isolated by physical inability to leave my home... at first i'd lost my mind but I remember playing minecraft and being with new friends that helped me get better mentally... so instead of bad thoughts for my health It gave me alot of time to think introspectively and evaluate the meaning of my life and my purpose then when I had finished I found my perspective on life had changed I was at first feeling seperate estranged to humanity so when humanity did something wrong I separated myself from it and denounced myself as a human but then I realised that was wrong in itself with more introspection as I watched other people online from the sidelines I began to realise that theres a collective responsibility that needs to be taken... the issue is the thought of "It's not my problem" and many people think that way people have become so fed up with the issues in life they've begun to be willingly ignorant of them because they feel powerless to do anything about these issues but this is where co-operation comes in... I want to have a good life, you want to have a good life so we compromise and make life comfortable for the both of us... but these days I feel things have gotten so out of control people just let them happen... i myself am guilty of that and have changed my mind to that of a collaborative one to address issues and think of a way to fix them but heres where that falls short... I am but one person with limited resources and means such as money my life path is not something I can do alone I need collaboration with connected and collaborative people in order to achieve my goals that may benefit the many! what I want for the world is to make it a better place and thats a monumental undertaking that can be so achieved by just one person alone but in order to get the connections with people who do want to do something along those lines through their own way we need a middle person someone who communicates better what I want and how it could benefit the person I'm trying to collaborate with... sure I have a way with words but that doesn't mean I have a way with people! i'm often too long winded and can't keep it simple and sweet which is difficult cause most people these days have short attention spans when it's not something they're personally invested in. Theres many links needed in order to make a chain and if we want to bring the heavens closer to us and those who reside in it... then we are gonna need really long and unbreakable chains... if we wanna form a union with the chains of society. perhaps chains are not the best analogy it doesn't sound exactly freeing but imagine being able to roam the cosmos and visit any planet without stepping on others toes or having an unwelcome experience... society is a strange egg and if we fall to the follies of indifference and aggression then that egg could crack sometimes I feel like the cracks are already beginning to show our global society is in it's infancy and it may fall apart it might not work the first time but if it fails we can rebuild it better and take what we learned of what went wrong on the first one and improve upon it for the betterment of everyone! For example I think the current governmental and political structures are severely flawed and outdated and rather than trying to update a broken system we could perhaps more easily start again with a new engine of civilisation and do it better because it's finally up to date with modern beliefs, understanding, courtesy and needs of our society it needs to be more all inclusive and solve the issues by adressing them from the ground up so that the issues are no longer generated by the systems society placed on itself When the software is broken on a 3d game engine developers build a new system that is not as derived from the old one rather than progressively changing it starting again with a new system designed and built for the needs and requirements of what it's built to achieve... rather than trying to improve an old system that foundationally will not meet the new needs and requirements fully no matter how much you try to achieve it! many of our global systems are 100's of years old... this needs to be replaced in order to meet the requirements of the modern age or it's just a patch job which sooner or later reaches the capacity of what you can do with the old engine (e.g. 32 bit games are reaching the technological capacity of what they can do so they have to switch to 64 to fix the many problems or they just simply wont be able to fix the issues arisen now)

Solution to the Fermi paradox: aliens might be human too, I like that. Also, just a little correction. Viking culture at home was largely oriented towards fertility worship. Raiding was a long held tradition going back to the bronze ages, that sought to focus the winter food supplies on women and children, and bring to back riches and slaves to keep the society running. The image of vikings as a solely violence-worshipping culture (like the aztecs are portrayed too) was created by christian monks and kept alive later by Wagner, nazis and other people capitalizing off it, when really raiding was a well organized economic necessity. :) generally the vikings actually sought to trade first and strike second. Lindisfarne was an unprecidented event, which is why it takes up so much space in the litterature. culture is infinitely diverse, especially polytheistic non-book-religious ones! (The sagas, our earliest written account dates from the 1200’s, and is also a christian culture product, despite the late christening of Iceland.)

My solution is simply that we're not as interesting as we think we are.

I think the ad works really well and I don’t mind hearing it in the video. Something about aerospace and precision makes it seem not out of place on this channel.