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Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news - or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.

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Why Alien Life Would be our Doom - The Great Filter

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Peter Rosa

I second that, the videos of the human body are REALLY informative! Keep it up.

Anonymous

Hi, guys! I was thinking.... On the aspect of the Space and Time, I bet We are more likely alone. 🤔

Bester

Just about to turn my 20018 calendar to February. 👍🏻

Paige

Yay!

Zeragamba

Awesome video like always.

Codeaholic

Woothoo! It's a great day

Royi Mindel

"The uploader has not made this video available." :(:( also - keep up the good work :)

Super Denden

It looks like the video is now blocked. (T^T)

Hawkfrost

Interesting! I had heard the greater filter mentioned before but I had no clue what it was. Thanks for the amazing (as usual) explanation!

Yelahneb Unicornucopiax

Another excellent video! A potential bit of hope: if we do encounter a space-faring civilization who made it through the great filter that's in front of us, might they not tell us what it is, so that we could avoid it?

LonMcGregor

Great animation & explanation!

LonMcGregor

If they're nice. If they're not, they might steer us in the wrong direction to get rid of the competition.

Poker Chen

Another rare possibility is if they don't occupy the same niche as us (in terms of not using the same resources).

Lenka Weingartová

Hi Kurzgesagt! I love your videos, I often share them with my friends and colleagues and talk about them all the time. :) But this particular video seems to contain an unusual number of unsupported claims and logical leaps - which contrasts starkly with your other well-researched and well-argumented videos. (I've seen the others about the Fermi paradox and I'm a huge science-fiction fan, so I give this topic a lot of thought). 1) The development of civilizations symbolized by the staircase as a universal principle - we cannot possibly know that. We are generalizing only from one example - us humans. Also, a civilization might walk the staircase DOWN (for example colonizing other planets and then for some reason becoming confined to these planets). Or they might stagnate on a single step. 2) The great filter doesn't have to be the same for all civilizations and may just be pure chance - one civilization could have been wiped out by a nuclear war, the other by an asteroid, another by polluting their atmosphere, etc. Each civilization faces destruction and the longer it's around, the more dangers it has to overcome, naturally. 3) The fact that we have not yet detected another civilization may not be due to its non-existence. We simply may not be able to detect them, or we can detect them but don't know that these are signs of a civilization alien to us. 4) The discovery of remains of another civilization or of life elsewhere doesn't tell us anything of the position of our great filter - maybe the fishes on Titan didn't get there yet - maybe the Martians were wiped out by chance - or they might have been behind us in evolution. There is a very small probability of one singular event that destroys every civilization. Our history is so incredibly complex and sometimes depends on individuals and/or chance - it's only logical to assume that this would be the same for any other complex civilization. Nevertheless, be that as it may - please don't stop making videos and I won't stop sharing them, thinking about them and talking about them! <3

Matthew

Cool video! Can you guys do a video explaining auto-immune diseases? I think it would be really interesting!