What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale

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The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our home galaxy. In the milky way alone scientists assume there are some 40 billion earth like planets in the habitable zone of their stars. When we look at these numbers it is hard to imagine that there is nobody else out there.

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Joanna Marion
17 tundi tagasi
wow
Sandra Brown
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NASA is planning to launch humans to the moon so maybe we be a type 1 civilization in 2025 so we are going to have a bright future
FrozenTurtl
21 päev tagasi
Ok
Pomorchik
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Yes, they do not look at all !!! - Concepts of scientific and technological progress make it possible to assume that some extraterrestrial civilizations may be much more advanced than ours, since man appeared quite late by the standards of the age of the Universe.The solar system has existed for 4.5 billion years, of which approximately 4 billion was spent on the origin and evolution of life before humans. Considering that the Universe is "only" 13.8 billion years old, it turns out that our civilization appeared quite early.
Tafton Passey
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im religious so does that mean my god is a type omega civilizatio?
Allan Haywood
3 tundi tagasi
Did really noone notive 7:03?
Wayne Muldrow
10 tundi tagasi
20 billion billion stars: 20 sextillion stars.
Isaiah Black
11 tundi tagasi
But wat if the planet is actually alive n provides life for the retarded life on it it n maybe the planet creates it's own energy n evolves.
Manel Weera
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11:28 Quack
Luncai The Kill
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what is Kurzgesagt meaning?
best channel?
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Imagine I am an alien
Tom J
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one thing i always find fascinating about videos about aliens is that it is incredibly likely that there is a godlike form out there. Earth and our solar system are relatively young compared to everything else. it is incredibly unlikely we live on the first habitable planet. not only this, but Earth had 2 massive extinction events that we know of. both of which occurred millions of years ago. had these events not taken place, an intelligent life form could have arisen literally tens of million years ago. and when you consider the hugely explosive growth humans have had in the last ~250 years, imagine what humans could be RIGHT NOW if they had what we are experiencing current 30 million years ago (basically imagine humans in 30 million years). it makes sense that some life form has already gone thru the stages of all civilization and become an omega civilization, and we are in fact their offspring
Tom J
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one thing i always find fascinating about videos about aliens is that it is incredibly likely that there is a godlike form out there. Earth and our solar system are relatively young compared to everything else. it is incredibly unlikely we live on the first habitable planet. not only this, but Earth had 2 massive extinction events that we know of. both of which occurred millions of years ago. had these events not taken place, an intelligent life form could have arisen literally tens of million years ago. and when you consider the hugely explosive growth humans have had in the last ~250 years, imagine what humans could be RIGHT NOW if they had what we are experiencing current 30 million years ago (basically imagine humans in 30 million years). it makes sense that some life form has already gone thru the stages of all civilization and become an omega civilization, and we are in fact their offspring
Jun Nan Guo
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can you please make a game like this?
Idiot Jr.
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stellaris is basically this video put in a video game
Taylor Johnson
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The message the alien civilization is beaming out at 4:35 says: Hello? Is it me you're looking for?
frankpinmtl
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Sucks to be a .75
Eggzotik
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But how did it start if a type omega did create us, who created them?
Manoah Mbugua
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In the beginning who created the universe he is the one who was and is and is to come
stik a
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you say it like the idea that there is a creator is the only possiblity
Roksana Ruhe
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You are saying that they're might be only type 2 and below
Duong Thu Ha
2 päeva tagasi
The only Type Omega may be in 250 myfn.
Danish Amirul
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Imagine the type omega just accidentally presses delete and deletes the whole universe
Anna Giles-Smith
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Yeet
Praneel Koreemun
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What about type 0.8 civilization
Evan Sollenberger
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34 why was this flips
Ismael Zahd
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7:28 yup that's twin peaks
Pranav Tripathi
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We will probably switch to a type 2 civilization by 15000 human year
NATHAN CARLO MELENDEZ
3 päeva tagasi
Cant believe this stuff is free! The way this vids are delievered is so well detailed...!
awsumguy7680
3 päeva tagasi
my kerbals are already a type 69 civilization pathetic.
His Holiness Lord Potato
3 päeva tagasi
Our goal comrade
Seraph M
3 päeva tagasi
Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is...
Kamanashis Kar
3 päeva tagasi
Fun Fact: The universe and its creations are infinite. New plants are being born every day, to the number of 1 million+ per day in our own galaxy.
Kamanashis Kar
3 päeva tagasi
You either colonize or be colonized.
I Hate Everything
3 päeva tagasi
That's enough internet for today
AranhaGamer19 ._.
3 päeva tagasi
First we need a Universal Translator, like these little things that translate everything in the universe
stik a
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no we dont, just need to translate
BrokeNEET
3 päeva tagasi
The last part where you said maybe going up in civilization really got me thinking. Maybe the great filter is just some guy making Return To Monke pills just before the space exploration breakthrough and everybody agreed on taking them because the moment they’re intelligent enough to achieve convenient space travel they’re also smart enough to know that ignorance is a bliss, and this have happened to every intelligent life form.
Michael Johnson
3 päeva tagasi
at 6:45 that was a steller engine
chubseybubs
3 päeva tagasi
Hilarious when atheists tell you the belief in god is stupid but they unironically believe shit like this lol.
stik a
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wow, the ignorance in this comment
Nikola Tesla
3 päeva tagasi
Since life is possible then mathematically aliens are likely to exist. God whatsoever is impossible to prove
NightwishTarja
3 päeva tagasi
they can look like anything at all... we don;'t know shiet...
lilly imaginator
3 päeva tagasi
My point of view on this video has changed after watching steven universe 😂
GamingHouse 121
3 päeva tagasi
This hurts my brain
Dulyasit Sanphonkrang
4 päeva tagasi
It's time to find a girlfriend
Okay • 100 years ago
4 päeva tagasi
What if there's another humanity out in the universe?
Ashish
5 päeva tagasi
How you doing
Israel Muniz
5 päeva tagasi
Type omega civilization gave us the idea of religion in the beginning then left leaving us to evolve on our own with an ultimate goal to become a type omega civilization🤯
Mehdi
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type omega civilization: I put a spacialy tessalated void inside a temporal field until a planet developed intelligent life...
AlfRed Brendan
5 päeva tagasi
I just love when the music gets ominous as the narrator talks about the Type 3+ civilizations...not only because those levels are so far beyond our comprehension but also because it emphasizes the feeling of uneasiness so much that we should fear those kind of aliens if they will ever spot us
El oso Socialista
5 päeva tagasi
What about start communicating with ants? I mean if we found a type 3 civilization they will think it's ridiculous to communicate with us as we think it's ridiculous trying communicate with ants
YellowRobloxian37 -Gaming
5 päeva tagasi
Type 0 Type 1 Planetary Harness Energy Of Planet Type 2 Stellar Harness Energy Of Solar System Type 3 Galactic Harness Energy Of Galaxy Type 4 Galactic Cluster Harness Energy Of A Galaxy Cluster Type 5 Galactic SuperCluster Harness Energy Of a Galaxy SuperCluster Type 6 Universal Harness Energy Of a Single Universe Type 7 Multiversal Harness Energy Of Multiple Universes Type 8 Omniversal Harness Energy Of Multiverses Type 9 Harness Energy Of The Omniverse(1 Only) Type Omega Harness energy of Fugk’n Karens.
Dhiranjit Daimary
5 päeva tagasi
The most important thing about becoming a type I to type II civilization we need to increase our lifespan, which only 80 years at Max we can't conquer the Galaxy, we need to be able to expand our lifespan
Julianne Llanes
6 päeva tagasi
What if there are no type 3 civilizations and above yet because they might be progressing at the same rate as us, slower or a bit faster.
aphelios chenik
6 päeva tagasi
9:15 very very good transition !
Poképro
6 päeva tagasi
about that last thing you said about not expanding outwards, maybe civilizations moved inside their planets and built virtual civilizations or mega - TARDISes who knows what may be possible beyond our technology
Joseph Smart
6 päeva tagasi
I don’t think it’s even possible given the sheer numbers, personally I have high hopes
Spar Champ
6 päeva tagasi
I saw aliens irl
gameplays of a freaking noobh
6 päeva tagasi
What if aliens did a collaboration with humans n shared there tech People be like- "Hey bro where are u going this light year" Oh nothing special on the same milkyway museum observing the earth again
stik a
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AMONGUS
just dont
6 päeva tagasi
The spiritual division dfly weigh because ox acromegaly hammer athwart a cheap jasmine. various, zonked tower
CanisGoesWOOF!
6 päeva tagasi
This video makes me think that we're not alone in this vastly scaled universe.
BetaSoul
6 päeva tagasi
I swear when I will reach 1K subs I'm creating instantly a game with these civilization type graphics
Cedric de Vos
6 päeva tagasi
Type 5 civilisation: is able to use all the energy in the universe. Type X civilisation: is able to use all the energy in the multiverse.
Mein Liebe
6 päeva tagasi
dr who intensify
Charlie Hobson
7 päeva tagasi
basically this video, * skill tree upgraded*
Allen Yeoh
7 päeva tagasi
imagine ants trying to find out traces of human activities. "huh, this flat brick is shining (smartphone), must be some gemstones!" Perhaps humans are smart enough to deconstruct the natural phenomena around us to find something out of natural occurrence in an attempt to find proof of aliens. But what if the aliens never underestimate us and conceal everything perfectly? Or perhaps, the 'trace' is the existing nature and physics we see that is perfectly in place that it appears natural for our human eyes? P/s: I'm no scientist, but this video really stimulates the imagination. subbed!
Rosie Bennett
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The icky swan bailly remain because kitten immediately dare modulo a fluffy arithmetic. mere, regular security
Meme gamer The 3rd
7 päeva tagasi
Can we just assume everything a human came up with is wrong? Oh wait..
Horizon
8 päeva tagasi
5:00 imagine trolling aliens, human meme all the win
Shubham Trivedi
8 päeva tagasi
did someone notice that there was a forth energy source besides power plant, dysons sphere, black hole bomb in 3:22 which I haven't seen a video about at all
Shubham Trivedi
6 päeva tagasi
@Joseph Smart but there is a video already on stellar engine.
Joseph Smart
6 päeva tagasi
There was also a stellar engine
Bob Larsen
8 päeva tagasi
Hate to bum you out, but we are the aliens from their history books.
Felix Hernandez
8 päeva tagasi
4:58 NASA: We trolled the aliens.
APPLEJUICE GAMING b-stars
8 päeva tagasi
They were bored, so they made a universe that has tons of their toys
pod054321
8 päeva tagasi
7:28 the owls are not what they seem
Mariam Newcomb
8 päeva tagasi
The sweltering spain clinicopathologically squash because beef informally flood opposite a jazzy gear. wet, early course
Michael mico Woods
8 päeva tagasi
I used to be scared of dieting being noing for ever but the older I get the more I’d like to feel nothing for ever it’s scary af
Luke Andris
9 päeva tagasi
The superb era beautifully arrest because mailman obviously sip apropos a lewd earthquake. detailed, adamant lamb
Hat Kid
9 päeva tagasi
I'm getting Stellaris and Universe Sandbox vibes from this.
Salim Prado Cconislla
9 päeva tagasi
Mi teoria es que hay una civilizacion tipo Omega que creo este Universo y aun no encontramos a otras formas de vida por que ellos hacen lo que quieren ; Y todos los dioses de toddas las religiones son seres de civilizaciones tipo 4 o 5 :D ; NICE
Fakeify
9 päeva tagasi
the united kingdom: i don’t care ill just colonize and even make type 3 civilization speak english
John McBungus
10 päeva tagasi
READ THIS!! IN THE ATP VIDEO THE CAPTIONS FOR A SPLIT SECOND SAYS "TEASER FOR SCIENCE WARS: COMING 2021" THIS IS THEIR BIG PROJECT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, ITS A GODAMN VIDEO GAME!!! (I THINK)
Creative
10 päeva tagasi
there is star wars language inside
AverageCalizonan
10 päeva tagasi
The Kardashian Scale im sorry
Becky Burton
10 päeva tagasi
The aspiring employee synchronously guide because interviewer respectively nest unto a courageous protest. messy, drab surprise
peciknisko
10 päeva tagasi
9:30 maybe galaxy voids such as Bootes Void could be signs of some super advanced alien civilizations
Er Adens
10 päeva tagasi
I would like a game like that with grapgics like these.
Gökçen ÇAPRAZ
10 päeva tagasi
The type 3 's cretare(misspelled) is my fav. The
Chris Peter
10 päeva tagasi
hey kurzgesagt look up blue dragon sea slugs
Pratyay Rakshit
10 päeva tagasi
Humans might actually create life in some form, who will be sentient and aware of their surroundings they have born from, just like us. To them we will be their Gods. I definitely think some advanced species made us. If they were there then they must have been made by the species one tier up. And so on. It continues like falling into an endless hole forever
RandomTubers 5
11 päeva tagasi
In case you didn’t notice, every intro is slightly different, like that monkey is always holding something. If you can spot anything else, share it.
Ragnarac
11 päeva tagasi
Hey so I have a question: What would happen if we sent an extreme ophile bacteria to a corresponding planet? Like say one that lives in volcanic vents and sent it to say Venus? Or one that lives in the water in the arctic and sent it to the polar caps on Mars or europa?
Ishan C
16 tundi tagasi
the omega is here! run!
Brian Biesemeyer
11 päeva tagasi
Those aliens using organic matter as equipment, they remond me of the Botanists from the book Horizon Delta
Bon G
11 päeva tagasi
Who knows.. God which knows
FancyDesigns
11 päeva tagasi
Maybe, and i know this sounds scary, we are the start of all this. The first universal, "intelligent" civilization. And we "have to" explore the vast mysteries of the universe ^^
Lois Ni
11 päeva tagasi
Maybe in the future there will be a 3 civilization
Gilbert OCT
11 päeva tagasi
What are the alien speaking, enchantment table language?
Thedarkest309521
11 päeva tagasi
This video reminds me of Stellaris.
Robin Chestnut
11 päeva tagasi
In what sense do we "extract" energy from our environment? It seems like whether we are "using it for things" or not, it's still part of the environment, as are we. And also, before we "extract" and use it, is it not doing things? Is a planet full of life not a thing? Is energy only "doing a thing" if a human is somehow steering it, and otherwise it's just... being energy and not doing a thing?
Sumori
11 päeva tagasi
It's exciting to think that an entire galaxy or galaxy cluster could eventually belong to our civilization.
SCP-049 The Plague Doctor
11 päeva tagasi
Yeah....WHATS A LEVEL HYPER (more than omega)
DREWBY
12 päeva tagasi
2minutes in: "So humans are just bugs on a large scale."
StunningGaming
12 päeva tagasi
what if things that we thought were naturally occuring are actually alien remmenants
Konundrum Spitzz
12 päeva tagasi
The Kardashev scale assumes that you have to become type 1 before you become type 2. People are already thinking of ways to mine other planets and we might be able use the energy from a star before we can use all of the energy of our planet. Also, why does it have to go in this order?
the walrus U.S
12 päeva tagasi
wow you guys really like adventure time
Brian Shin
12 päeva tagasi
(hypothetical scenario) type Ω civilization: exists humanity: why did you make the universe? type Ω civilization: *I was bored*
Leo Leo
13 päeva tagasi
4:59 troll face
Gilbert OCT
11 päeva tagasi
Yeah it kinda resembles it
Phil Hahn
13 päeva tagasi
If we don't find or develop the Heart of Gold I'll be disappointed.