Fermi Paradox - Where are all the aliens?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro - Fermi Paradox
02:04 The Observable Universe
09:42 The Drake Equation
18:38 Fermi Paradox Solutions
34:08 Our Flawed Assumptions
45:22 The Current Scientific Paradigm
54:42 Conclusion
56:46 You are not Separate from the Universe
58:55 Is the Universe Intelligent and Aware?

Are we alone? There’s a reason why this question is so intriguing; it defines how we see ourselves. Finding life would greatly alter our worldview and our place in the cosmos.

Space is vast - full of billions of habitable planets and potential life forms, yet we’ve never detected any. It’s the great silence. The perplexing nature of this is known as the fermi paradox. There are many theories to explain this paradox away:

Maybe we’re too far away from one another.
Being isolated on purpose.
They’re already here but we can't sense them.
We haven’t found anything because our search has just begun.
Transcension hypothesis.
We are the only intelligent life out here in the universe.
We haven’t detected life because we’re searching in the wrong way.

Is it possible that they have transcended the physical limits as we know them? Could they be traveling and communicating in ways we never thought possible or haven’t yet discovered? Do they even perceive space, time, and base reality as we do? We assume they do. We assume a lot, but we have to as it’s all we have to go on. Nevertheless, these assumptions should be explored, examined, and scrutinized.

We will cover all that and more in this video.

Part 1 - The vastness of the observable universe
Part 2 - Hypothetical solutions to the fermi paradox
Part 3 - Our flawed assumptions
Conclusion

Credits:
Art - self/Midjourney

Footage:
NASA
ESO
University of Rochester
Wikipedia
Open space project

[ItsKrma]

Thank-you Wisdom For Life, sincerely. I've entered my 70's now and I have more time to explore my previously squelched sense of wonder. Running a business, raising a family and being a responsible and busy member of society did not help expand my once endless thirst for understanding "what exactly is life". The last I recall I was 8 years old, lying face down in the grass and parting the blades to make passages for travel-bound ants. I always compared my life to theirs imagining there was little difference. A voice told me "You'll always have an awareness of life in the world, no matter what". It was a thought deeper than my ability to comprehend and yet I've never forgotten it. Fast forward 60 some years and I've just put my ear buds in, reclined in my comfy chair, turned on your video and I'm exploring through the grass once again. Thank-you deeply.

[sa]

What an amazing, mind blowing, addictive and well narrated video. Genuinely blown my mind, especially the size compassion part. The way he relates space to here is brilliant.

[leeriches]

The more you learn about space, the more freaky and bizarre it becomes. There has to be a truly mind-boggling amount of other life forms out there, wondering also if they're alone too. Just the thought of that excites me so much, my imagination goes into overdrive just thinking about what they could possibly be like! Maybe due to the sheer size of the universe, other civilisations will never meet each other. All part of a bigger plan I think in all honesty. Too bad I'll never get a lot of answers in my lifetime but I'm excited for all the future generations that are going to be discovering so much. As the saying goes 'born too late to explore the planet, born too early to explore the universe.' Rather appropriate for all of us right here right now sadly. In terms of space exploration, we're pretty much at the equivalent of creating the wheel or discovering how to make fire- that's how early we are in our quest for answers.

[weyigajosephca]

The efforts this channel puts into breaking down complex astronomical theories and phenomena is simply great. I really love the narrations, videos and all. Thank you very much. Keep up with the good work

[MrAndreybond]

Wow! This is by far the best set of thoughts and ideas about the topic I’ve ever watched. I’ve also been thinking about the physical limitations and our extremely limited understanding of life and physics to have any contact with other civilizations. It’s also very likely that there has been multiple rises and falls of civilization on earth, we are humans and most likely to destroy ourselves before progressing enough to even understand the inter workings of the universe. It’s also amazing how micro and macro worlds are similar, our universe might just be a cell of an organism and we are juts microbes that think they are intelligent, not knowing what true intelligence is.. We are made out of elements as old as the universe and are truly eternal in a sense. I just hope that our consciousness/soul is also preserved after our physical death, and continue its existence in a different dimension. Thank you for the hard work you put into this great video! Your videos are true masterpieces 👍🏻

[rohand]

I learn more about life from this one video than from 20 years of learning and practicing religion, that is saying a lot. Please keep it up, this video should at least have 500 million views.

[streamer_services]

Probably the best video on this subject...the illustration of Andromeda colliding with the milky-way was awesome...i always wondered what that would look like.

[deanshort]

What an incredible experience the past hour has been watching this video! It is feeding my mind in spectacular ways! Ways I can immediately understand as well those spatial concepts about our Cosmos which are breathtaking. The immensity of which is an absolute thrill to imagine. Thank you for everything you said. The impact of it continues to astonish me. I have subscribed and look forward to your other videos. Stardust does flow in our veins.

[doobiedoo]

Very well thought out video. Thanks for publishing it!

[bearman]

Great video, a thought provoking and enlightening commentary. As a modern Pagan I'm struck by the parallels invoked herein with my spirituality; that as a human being I am part of something very much bigger than myself, ultimately created by it on a biological, chemical and physical level as well as sustained by it throughout my life. A life interconnected with every other form of life I know and those I don't know. And when that life is through I will STILL be here, in another chemical and physical form.

[inthend]

These words are the same thing that I have been thinking but could not communicate what I was thinking.
Regarding the video, in the same way of this truth - our limited knowledge thinks that there was a big bang. It’s hard for us to believe in infinity. We are always thinking of a beginning and an end. We are also bound by gravity and direction.

[centralmetalex]

Glad to know that I am not alone with these kind of thoughts, people are trying to find meaning of life when we don't even know what life is

[kaywarren]

Amazing video. Positive and thought provoking.

[beerman]

I have long believed that time zones and physical distances of stars and planets from earth will one day be accessable to us in ways we currently do not understand, but will understand at some point in the future.
"Never" is a very poor choice of words when discussing the
I really appreciated this video....

[keithmetcalf]

Bro you put my feelings into words and better yet a whole documentary. Your views are spot on with mine and I thank you for putting together this amazing documentary. Brilliant presentation ☄️

[netsurfer]

This was absolutely brilliant. Superbly articulated. Much of this I've posted before myself, and the rest is new, fascinating and totally plausible. Excellent analogies, comparisons and descriptions with possibilities that are clear.

[streamer_services]

Everyone needs to watch this and listen to ppl are smarter and have the ability to explain things better than any video iv watched on YouTube....and its amazing that i believe most of what they are saying i just did not have the words to explain it to the ppl around words dear ppl.

[DANKERBRIAN]

I've watched hundreds of documentary like this, but this deserves an Oscar
The artwork and content
UNMATCHED!

[AKKKR]

Such a great video. Your ideas at your conclusion on what the universe and life as we know it actually is are fascinating to hear. It is something that I also believe, we are all part of the same universe and all connected by something we will never understand. I would really like to see your next video and hear your thoughts on what you think may be possible. Again, such great content, thank you.

[ToddRickey]

Stellar - yes! And your meaning(s), as related here is sublime. Intelligence arises from memory, i.e. patterns in a dynamic sense - carried forward perhaps even multiplying.