Cool Worlds

Author: Cool Worlds

Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.The Cool Worlds Lab (http://coolworldslab.com), based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.Links:Subscribe!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHZpIpAWJQ-Jy_CeCdXhMA?sub_confirmation1
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Why Technological Civilizations Might Be Insanely Rare
Tuesday, 3 November, 2026

Sponsored by Perplexity! This is truly a game-changer – Perplexity Computer built this insane tool in only one prompt! Check out my tool and build your own today: https://pplx.ai/cool-worlds-youtube-1Today's video explores the most terrifying calculation I've ever done, one that comes with some deeply unsettling implications for the Universe in which we live...Written & presented by David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas→ Support our research: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support→ Get merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/cool-worlds→ Check out our podcast: www.youtube.com/@CoolWorldsPodcastTHANK-YOU to S. Shardool, M. Seay, M. McMillan, M. Popovski, M. Singh, M. Elliott, M. Donkin, M. Zajonc, M. Czirr, M. Williams, M. Daughaday, M. Muriuki, M. Cartmell, M. Ford, M. Devermont, M. Hedlund, M. Patterson, M. Murphy, M. Bassnett, M. Lovely, M. Schiff, M. Bylinsky, C. Fitzgerald, M. Danielson, M. Morrow, M. Corwin, M. Schreiner, M. Metts, M. Stevenson, M. Vystoropskyi, M. Brownlee, M. Shamp, M. Sattler, M. Ross-Lee, M. Bueche, M. Fitzsimmons, M. Borisoff, M. Larter, M. Cunningham, M. Williams, M. Alley, M. Adler, M. Murray, L. Deacon, M. Kruger, M. Bryant, M. Lee, P. Johnston, M. Sanford, N. Offor, M. Saint, R. Borbidge, M. Reese, M. Langley, M. Howard, M. Stewart, M. Morrison, M. Kennedy, M. Aron, M. Rockett, M. Kingston, M. Daniluk, M. Schoen, M. Lee, M. Huch, M. Chaffee, M. Simmons, M. Herman, M. Vaal, M. Canning, M. Kochkov, M. Fullwood, G. Belsak, M. Bergman, M. Armstrong, M. Bottaccini, M. Farabee, B. Gaalen, M. Haan, M. Hoffman, E. Garland, M. Everest, M. Venzor, M. Frederick, M. Peraza, W. Ruf, M. Matters, M. Smith, M. Hansen, M. Edris, M. Souter, M. Smith, M. OBrien, M. Provost & M. Nimmerjahn.REFERENCES► Kipping, D. (2026), "The Cosmological Hart-Tipler Conjecture": https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04044► Hart, M. (1975), "Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975QJRAS..16..128H► Tipler, F. (1980), "Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980QJRAS..21..267T► Olson, S. J. (2015), "Homogeneous cosmology with aggressively expanding civilizations": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015CQGra..32u5025O► Armstrong & Sandberg (2013), "Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life and sharpening the Fermi paradox": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AcAau..89....1► Forgan, D. (2019), "Predator-prey behaviour in self-replicating interstellar probes": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019IJAsB..18..552F► von Neumann, J. (1966) "Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata": https://cba.mit.edu/events/03.11.ASE/docs/VonNeumann.pdf► Ellery, A. (2022), "Self-replicating probes are imminent ─ implications for SETI": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022IJAsB..21..212E► Borgue & Hein (2021), "Near-term self-replicating probes - A concept design": https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AcAau.187..546BMUSICLicensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via CC Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) or with permission from the artist. You can see all of our past music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Bu2UQlKDb0KaeliLZUOZn► Amnesia OST - Ending Agrippa► Scott Buckley - Dragon’s Lullabye► Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four► Hill - It Wasn’t Mine to Begin With► Hill - World of Wonder► Hill - Don’t Think► Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two#FermiParadox #Aliens #CoolWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices