Society & Culture
Welcome to Episode 34 of Nooks and Crannies! 4 Fingers of Fermi Paradox or Not Alone in Our Strange Skies :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: What happens when you combine 6 fingers of Scotch and Evan’s Existential Despair that was remedied by Carl Sagan? You gets this episode on the Fermi Paradox! *whether or not there is life in the galaxy. Matty’s less-frequent-than-I-would-like-mushroom-trips, came in handy on this one let me tell ya..I was even able to slip in not 1 but 3 podcast recommendations on this one: Our Strange Skies, Not Alone and The Mad Scientist *I can still hear Chris yelling into his Airpods! This is an Evan Episode; he starts us off with some mind bending statistics that quite literally tore my partial lobe’s in 4! In shocking clarity for a Marxist, Evan takes us through the nuanced features of the proposition: 1. The Great Filter: That cataclysmic events occur that wipe out civilizations and whole evolutionary stages, if this is the case..maybe some similar planet to ours was depopulated at a certain stages (like ours was) halting and restarting that planets’ evolution! Then we either need these restarts or ours is such a unique example that it is statistically implausible to reoccur! 2. Kardashev Scale: Outlines the stages or techno-civilizational development around the ability to harness energy from the Planet, Sun, Solar System and Galaxy. This is one that broke Evan’s noggin, while I could not get the Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner visual out of my already broken mind. That Sucked! ;-) sorry 3. The Dark Forest: Based on Hugo Winning trilogy (Remembrance of Earth’s Past) by Chinese Sci-Fi author Lui Cixin the DF theory suggests that us humans can never be sure of Alien’s true intentions due to the extreme distances and divergences in intentionality and cultural priorities. 4. The Problem with the Speed of Light: Basically, due to the upper limits of the speed of light, we can never hope to reach distant galaxies. How then can they reach us?? Well ol Matty just flings out a few pop-physics terms and provides an efficient and plausible work around! We end things with an overview and recap. This one was an unexpected treat, hope it helps to chase away those Winter Blues/Complex Depression! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft9sJyS2wd0) Be Well, Talk to Yas’all Soon and Aren’t I lucky :-) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: N&C Links All The Episodes Our Social Links in One Place Drop us a line: Nooksandcranniespod@gmail.com Tweet a little Tweet at Us: https://twitter.com/NooksCrannie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nooksandcranniespodcast Ponder Evan’s Blurry Pictures: https://www.instagram.com/nooks_and_crannies_pod/ Find Nooks and Crannies on Spotify Follow, Rate and Review on Podchaser (please!) Graphics by Donna Hume ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Theme Music Attribution: Cullah - "Neurosis of the Liver" on "Cullah The Wild" https://www.cullah.com/discography/cullah-the-wild/neurosis-of-the-liver Under license (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/