Robin Hanson's Great Filter: The Most Terrifying Idea in Astrophysics

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Robin Hanson ran the numbers in 1998.

[00:00:03]>> [music] >> One improbable step blocks every civilization.

[00:00:08]>> [music] >> He called it the great filter.

[00:00:15]The question is the filter behind us or ahead?

[00:00:18]>> [music] >> Behind us means we were lucky. Ahead means catastrophe.

[00:00:25]New data suggests [music] ahead. Case file linked in the description.