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Selects: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

Oct 23, 2021

45:02

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Episode guests

Freeman Dyson

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Episode notes

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01:59

Is There a Way to Build a Dyson Sphere?

01:51

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02:47

Introduction

2min

Is She's Likea Keith Richards of Podcast Producers?

2min

Have You Ever Used Energy?

3min

The Dice and Hair Dryer

2min

Dos Not Have Complete Privacy in an Airport Bathroom

2min

Climate Change

3min

The Stapleton Sphera, a Dison Sphere

2min

A Nikolay Cardishef Reectio.

2min

How to Build a Type Two Civilization?

2min

10.

Shevy Silverado Trail Boss - The Ultimate Offrord Adventure Truck

3min

11.

The Sun's Power Is Great, but It's Not That Great, Right?

2min

12.

The Sun Could Power Our Earth for Half a Million Years in One Second

1min

13.

What's the Opposite of Clear, Convaluted?

2min

14.

Is There a Way to Enclose the Sun?

2min

15.

Is There a Way to Build a Dyson Sphere?

2min

16.

The Swarm or the Bubble?

2min

17.

Solar Sales Are the Statites, Right?

3min

18.

Stitch Fix Free Style - The Shop That Evolves Alongside Your Style

2min

19.

Star Trunk Prodigy - The First Star Track Series for Young Audiences

2min

20.

How to Harvest and Reassemble Mercury Parts in 30 Days?

2min

21.

How Many People Would Need to Take Part in This Project?

4min

22.

We Need a Dison Sphera

2min

23.

The Problem With Lazer Beams

2min

24.

Freeman Dyson's Fears

2min

25.

The New Chicin Chong Podcast

2min

26.

Finish Your Diploma Dot Org

2min

In 1960 physicist Freeman Dyson suggested that in the hunt for alien life, we should search for evidence of massive engineering projects that encapsulate stars with solar arrays to harness their energy. Could we humans ever make one ourselves? Find out in this classic episode.

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Stuff You Should Know

Selects: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

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We Need a Dison Sphera

Is There a Way to Build a Dyson Sphere?

Solar Sales Are the Statites, Right?

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