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Episode 695: Q&A 130: Does the Dark Forest Explain the Fermi Paradox? And More...
In this week's questions show, I talk about the Dark Forest theory in the Three-Body Problem series of books. Is it a compelling answer to the Fermi Paradox? How much of a risk is dust to interstellar travel? Is black hole evaporation negated by black holes absorbing additional material and energy?00:00 Start00:46 Is the Dark Forest a reasonable answer to the Fermi Paradox?04:05 How much dust is in interstellar space?05:57 Can we go faster than the Voyagers?08:24 Are black holes gaining mass faster than they're evaporating?10:07 Is abiogenesis happening right now?13:47 How do we calculate the…
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