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18 - Could a Hyper-Advanced Civilization Resist Dark Energy?

Why This Universe?

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The Kardashev Scale

The Kardashev Scale is a scale used to describe advanced civilizations. Earth could increase its energy output by 100,000 times if we did everything just right. "We are not even type one yet," says Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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