10 SETI Technosignatures We May Not Want to See

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  • An exploration of ten of the spookier technosignatures SETI might detect in the future.
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  • @jgr7487
    @jgr7487 Před 4 lety +1424

    humans: "the WOW! signal can't be from an alien civilization, because it didn't repeat"
    also humans: "let's send this one-off signal to the stars with the Arecibo antenna!"

    • @georgemargaris
      @georgemargaris Před 4 lety +97

      lmao true. Humans!

    • @block4562
      @block4562 Před 4 lety +43

      Got em

    • @SHx589
      @SHx589 Před 4 lety +132

      Great point. We always think of things in the form of how it relates to us as humans. We need to think outside the box. Who’s to say aliens are on the same technological path as us? Maybe they skipped something like oil and went straight to antigravity. Maybe they have elements from their host star that is able to create stable heavier elements.

    • @Dan-lt8vm
      @Dan-lt8vm Před 4 lety +12

      Humans are not a monolith.

    • @loganthesaint
      @loganthesaint Před 4 lety +6

      Let’s just pulse a laser off the moon into the distance

  • @the80hdgaming
    @the80hdgaming Před 4 lety +825

    If the universe is a simulation, let's hope Bethesda isn't running it...

  • @HakunaMatata-os1og
    @HakunaMatata-os1og Před 4 lety +319

    A review of our DNA reveals the message: "This DNA proprietary and copyright Ur-Quan Monsanto Terraforming Corporation, please return to head office on Betelgeuse Prime in the case of unintended dispersal or Panspermia event."

    • @asagoldsmith3328
      @asagoldsmith3328 Před 4 lety +46

      LOL
      Suing then obliterating infant civilizations for unauthorized DNA usage

    • @DavidWilsonsays
      @DavidWilsonsays Před 4 lety +25

      "Failed experiment #28166, do not release into biosphere"

    • @brandong.1857
      @brandong.1857 Před 4 lety +7

      LOL. This is so scary, thanks for lightening it up

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před 4 lety +9

      youtube gets copyright struck by alien super AI for stealing their bots.

    • @user-yp5fp8gn7o
      @user-yp5fp8gn7o Před 3 lety +1

      Or worse yet..... Propriitary Property of Microsoft

  • @astronomybrainiac
    @astronomybrainiac Před 4 lety +480

    The worst message to receive would be one tightbeamed directly to us.
    "BE QUIET. OR IT WILL FIND YOU."

    • @thedeadlinger6992
      @thedeadlinger6992 Před 4 lety +37

      Sounds like a cliche movie quote from some lost soul.

    • @johncrafton8319
      @johncrafton8319 Před 4 lety +62

      Nah. It would be the one to follow, since we wouldn't have gotten the first message until long after it was sent: "YOU WERE WARNED. IT HAS FOUND YOU."

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j Před 4 lety +36

      Or "the experiment will reboot in 9 Earth years"

    • @bakfixx
      @bakfixx Před 4 lety +9

      Yeah, then the Doomsday Machine from Star Trek enters our solar system...

    • @Puleczech
      @Puleczech Před 4 lety +59

      Only to find out 10.000 years later that this message was sent by an artist on a distant planet trying to prove some political point to their government.

  • @tayzonday
    @tayzonday Před 4 lety +295

    I just love these videos

  • @Handsomeanthony68
    @Handsomeanthony68 Před 4 lety +648

    Don’t get me wrong, I like Event Horizon, but I’ve missed these kinds of videos. Good to see it again.

    • @itslordy2563
      @itslordy2563 Před 4 lety +12

      I was thinking the same thing the other day .

    • @backwoodsjunkie08
      @backwoodsjunkie08 Před 4 lety +5

      Same here! I like the shorter ones, i like to watch them on my breaks

    • @rockscousteau
      @rockscousteau Před 4 lety +1

      Me 2 man....me 2

    • @Dorgannn
      @Dorgannn Před 4 lety +8

      Same! I'm a big fan of John so I like hearing him speak a lot too.
      Much love to event horizon ❤

    • @HighLordSythen
      @HighLordSythen Před 4 lety +6

      Same. The channels have very different feels to them -- both are great.

  • @Grocel512
    @Grocel512 Před 4 lety +178

    Aliens enriching plutonium into their star could be 2 things:
    A) The Aliens are just flexing on us
    B) The found an effective solution to their nuclear waste problem, AND they are flexing it on us

    • @DougPoker
      @DougPoker Před 3 lety +22

      Yeah, but then we found a star with plutonium in it and the scientists are all "yeah it's probably natural"

    • @karsu
      @karsu Před 23 dny

      Yes. Flexin on us like Ronnie Coleman.

  • @gdwnet
    @gdwnet Před 4 lety +80

    The thought of the CMB as a memorial wall to previous universes and civilisations is both fascinating and terrifying.

  • @adamb89
    @adamb89 Před rokem +46

    Imagine if we finally find an alien radio signal, and after years of diligently capturing as much data as possible, analyzing it, somehow against all odds figuring out how it's meant to be decoded.... And it turns out to be an Alien version of Jackass, where we watch a crabman get kicked in the crabnuts while a bunch of other crabmen clack their claws gleefully.

    • @sid2112
      @sid2112 Před rokem +1

      I would go PPV prices for that.

    • @TiitchC
      @TiitchC Před 6 měsíci +2

      Fear the crabcat!

    • @SuperYtc1
      @SuperYtc1 Před měsícem

      People like you are why we have the Bible and the Quran…

  • @Shachza
    @Shachza Před 4 lety +114

    John: "Odd nuclear materials in a star seems like a silly thing to do. It would take tons of effort and would seem to reap very little reward."
    Alien 1: "I made the star burn neon black!"
    Alien 2: "Pretty!"
    Alien 1: "I know!"

    • @nothingnobody1454
      @nothingnobody1454 Před rokem +13

      Then our scientists find it and falsely think its natural and it flukes up our models of the universe lol

    • @ekothesilent9456
      @ekothesilent9456 Před rokem +19

      @@nothingnobody1454 alien CZcams prank videos be like: “lol accidentally started a new religion on earth again.”

    • @Qinti101
      @Qinti101 Před rokem +8

      And imagine that was their science project.

  • @sneakyking
    @sneakyking Před 4 lety +234

    The real message we will get...RAID SHADOW LEGENDS from far across the universe.

    • @blueskygroup202
      @blueskygroup202 Před 4 lety +1

      Or... Hello and welcome to DnD online.

    • @SuperNovaHeights_
      @SuperNovaHeights_ Před 4 lety +3

      No no I doubt that. It just doesn’t make sense

    • @useodyseeorbitchute9450
      @useodyseeorbitchute9450 Před 4 lety +5

      We would need to develop ASAP a relativistic kill missile...

    • @SelcraigClimbs
      @SelcraigClimbs Před 4 lety +9

      Me: "they found a way to monetize the universe" *sigh*

    • @Zaluskowsky
      @Zaluskowsky Před 2 lety

      We ve been trying to talk to you about your extended planet warranty!

  • @murphyboy24
    @murphyboy24 Před 4 lety +144

    Once again, John has awakened from his slumber to bless us with a small piece of his infinite knowledge to us, we are truly lucky to have a deity as benevolent as him.
    God speed John!

    • @olorin4317
      @olorin4317 Před 4 lety +9

      Is this what the kids refer to as "thirsty"?

    • @marcuscicero5033
      @marcuscicero5033 Před 4 lety +9

      MurphyBoy ! John has a second channel, a long form interview format channel called Event Horizon, that I’m sure keeps him busy. Far from slumbering

    • @suthinscientist9801
      @suthinscientist9801 Před 4 lety

      Yeah, thank the gods,

    • @rockscousteau
      @rockscousteau Před 4 lety +1

      This channel RULES. Every upload is awesome

    • @brianrichard8310
      @brianrichard8310 Před 4 lety

      Hmmmph! A very small piece of wisdom, mixed with a load of BS.

  • @drockjr
    @drockjr Před 4 lety +176

    It's such a tease being able to open our minds and take in the scope of the universe, but knowing I will never live long enough to experience any of it.
    Thanks for the great video. Stargazing at night in an Iowan field, listening to John Michael Godier. What more could you ask for? Oh yeah, a blunt. This bowl is for you John. Cheers all.

    • @TeeLow
      @TeeLow Před 4 lety +19

      I tell people all the time my biggest regret is I’ll die long before I can travel the stars.

    • @suvrosarkar4419
      @suvrosarkar4419 Před 4 lety +14

      ahhh a fellow man of culture !
      i too will be rolling a blunt inorder to completely geek out with this video 😀
      happy trips bro !

    • @andr1
      @andr1 Před 4 lety +9

      That does sound quite good

    • @ploppyploppy
      @ploppyploppy Před 4 lety +1

      We might be lucky and one of the theories about universal consciousness is correct. That way we would find out (already know) all these answers, and not bound to the time dimension could experience everything at once, after we die. But as we don't remember anything before birth I doubt it'll be very useful because we'll never know until then. It's all very depressing lol.

    • @backwoodsjunkie08
      @backwoodsjunkie08 Před 4 lety

      The only thing that goes together better than astronomy and weed is astronomy and mushrooms!! Or alittle LSD😝

  • @mariofreak4500
    @mariofreak4500 Před 4 lety +180

    We missed you, John. Welcome back!

  • @ManahManah77
    @ManahManah77 Před 4 lety +119

    Hidden message discovered in the cosmic radiation background:
    The Holy Grail can be found in the castle agggggghhhhhhhhhh.....

    • @IRex-wm9pd
      @IRex-wm9pd Před 4 lety +8

      Look, if they were dying,
      they wouldn't bother to imprint "Aaargh." Theyd just say it.

    • @SelcraigClimbs
      @SelcraigClimbs Před 4 lety +9

      An unfathomably advanced civilisation wants to know:
      "What's your favourite colour"

    • @snate56
      @snate56 Před 4 lety +7

      ...maybe he was dictating...

    • @robertmiller9735
      @robertmiller9735 Před 4 lety +6

      Perhaps it's dictation?

    • @MyMarsham
      @MyMarsham Před 4 lety

      Oooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!

  • @vrikey
    @vrikey Před 4 lety +263

    About time! Was afraid JMG was captured by aliens, wanting to silence him.

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 Před 4 lety +19

      Quality over quantity ;)

    • @suthinscientist9801
      @suthinscientist9801 Před 4 lety +5

      Maybe he was!

    • @raybeeze5522
      @raybeeze5522 Před 4 lety +3

      @@suthinscientist9801 he was. cuz this episode is out of this world!

    • @Dorgannn
      @Dorgannn Před 4 lety +2

      Make sure you check out his other channel!

    • @hulkhogan4203
      @hulkhogan4203 Před 4 lety +2

      They demanded to know Obama's last name but he wouldn't tell em. Good guy

  • @brianoconnell6459
    @brianoconnell6459 Před 4 lety +41

    "We've received a message!", "What does it say? What does it say?", "Drink... More... Ovaltine...", "Dammit!"

  • @RHLW
    @RHLW Před 4 lety +166

    Most terrifying "necrosignatire", I always thought, would be the discovery in some star system, of a planetary mass black hole.

    • @nmarbletoe8210
      @nmarbletoe8210 Před 4 lety +22

      yikes

    • @desther7975
      @desther7975 Před 4 lety +19

      Interesting thought. Almost Twilight Zone worthy! I wonder how it would be detected, though. Would it be periodic lensing of the star's light?

    • @terranentity
      @terranentity Před 4 lety +29

      Perhaps, to wait out the lifespan of the universe, then only to emerge from the shroud of the event horizon? Planetary cloak that allows your enemies to think you've left the chat, but it's really just allowing you to see the universe around you go in fast forward.

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 Před 2 lety +2

      Who's the say the LHC isn't manufacturing tiny black holes that are accumulating at the center of the earth

    • @derp195
      @derp195 Před 2 lety +44

      @@nosuchthing8 Scientists for one.

  • @commanderjavik6369
    @commanderjavik6369 Před 4 lety +31

    "Here lies the noobnoob, a long forgotten race. They tried to blow shit up but it blew up in their face." -an epitaph on a galactic tombstone

  • @stt5v2002
    @stt5v2002 Před 4 lety +390

    Before watching: “Ugh, I’m worried about Covid.”
    After: “Covid is a pretty small problem compared to being a civilization whose entire world or universe is dying.”

    • @mikeharrington5593
      @mikeharrington5593 Před 4 lety +14

      So now you know we are observing it in real time here on Earth? We have front seats for runaway Arctic amplification & that's just for starters.

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye Před 4 lety +10

      Even later: "Buuuuuut ..... It's pretty stupid to worry about imaginary problems when I have real-world problems to face. Otherwise I might go back to worrying that the Nothing will consume us all if the Child-Like Princess is not given a name."

    • @papinbala
      @papinbala Před 4 lety +15

      dont worry i had Covid, its not that bad. even my mother had it and shes 75 and she beat it too

    • @scottwest9299
      @scottwest9299 Před 4 lety +13

      If that rattles your cage, Ask the dinosaurs what they thought of asteroids.

    • @phillipkalaveras1725
      @phillipkalaveras1725 Před 4 lety +4

      Instead of worrying about imaginary problems I prefer to worry about things that people did a long time ago before I was born which after hearing about it has left me so traumatized I am unable to work or do much of anything.

  • @MysterousBear
    @MysterousBear Před 4 lety +118

    What if we were indeed left a message incoded in DNA giving us the keys to the universe, but to avoid tampering with their prime candidate for intelligent life they left it in another animal?
    Like, say, the Dodo bird?

    • @Puleczech
      @Puleczech Před 4 lety +1

      That's right! Let's kill them all to find that bloody scribble.
      Oh...

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis Před 4 lety +23

      Error correction theory says that no intelligent civilization capable of doing such a thing would embed a message in such a constrained population if they had any significant intention of communicating it to anyone else. Instead, it would be placed into a very large variety of organisms.

    • @danaralston6688
      @danaralston6688 Před 4 lety +3

      @@absalomdraconis Something like "The Chase" in Star Trek TNG wouldn't surprise me at all.

    • @desther7975
      @desther7975 Před 4 lety +6

      @@danaralston6688 I dunno. How do you preserve a message in DNA when it is constantly mutating and evolving?

    • @dakarai47
      @dakarai47 Před 3 lety +5

      @@desther7975 you don't lol,alien conspiracy theorist are wild

  • @Alamandorious
    @Alamandorious Před 4 lety +61

    Message in the cosmic background radiation: We Apologize For The Inconvenience.

    • @3DPDK
      @3DPDK Před 4 lety +2

      "... but PLEASE don't push the big red button when you find it!"

    • @nathanlawrence7319
      @nathanlawrence7319 Před 4 lety +1

      Or:
      “All Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning To The Universe”

    • @sirbarringtonwomblembe4098
      @sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 Před 4 lety

      If you were ever to use my WC I'd have to say 'Sorry for the convenience'.😁

    • @BCWasbrough
      @BCWasbrough Před 4 lety

      "We have updated our terms of service."

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 4 lety +2

      thanks for all the fish 🐟

  • @ferrreira
    @ferrreira Před rokem +2

    I've lost count of how many times I've listened to this video to fall asleep.

  • @realzachfluke1
    @realzachfluke1 Před 4 lety +27

    I love Event Horizon, but there’s something really special about these videos on John’s original channel. So glad he’s still making them from time to time. Thank you, JMG.

  • @JohnJ469
    @JohnJ469 Před 4 lety +6

    An artefact passing through our system, such as a destroyed ship. You mean maybe something long and thin tumbling through space? Something that behaves a little bit odd and doesn't look quite right for an asteroid? I wonder if we might have seen something like that...

  • @andrewwidmer4037
    @andrewwidmer4037 Před 4 lety +15

    Thank you soooooo much for returning to the old ways! I love it! Keep these videos coming forever!

  • @moe2788
    @moe2788 Před 2 lety +12

    Wow you made me reconsider my stance on the wow signal. For the longest time I thought it was completely disproven that it originated from extraterrestrials but now I believe it's very possible

  • @snivla4
    @snivla4 Před 4 lety +27

    Really missed you.... Glad you have added to the top ten playlist one of my favourites....

    • @JROD-uf2pp
      @JROD-uf2pp Před 4 lety +1

      Same

    • @Michael_Dominic
      @Michael_Dominic Před 4 lety

      Make sure you're keeping up with weekly uploads at his other channel "event horizon"

  • @sparramore
    @sparramore Před 4 lety +46

    I think it's reasonable to assume we are sourounded by techno signatures but don't know it anymore than an ant is aware of radio

    • @sparramore
      @sparramore Před 4 lety +4

      I will even go so far as to say it would not surprise me if a citizen scientist in his garage with available technology could find something despite our inability to fully understand it

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 Před 4 lety +3

      I doubt it. Anything that's been around for more than a few million years, which is extremely likely if any advanced species ever existed, would have signatures on a galactic scale. They'd also likely have sent self replicating probes across the galaxy, at least.
      The only plausible way an advanced alien race might exist in our galaxy is if it's relatively young. Which would be a huge coincidence.

    • @cadenrolland5250
      @cadenrolland5250 Před 4 lety +1

      It wasn't too long ago that human scientists didn't believe in radio waves, they scoffed at the idea that invisible waves of energy could pass through solid objects, much less that they could be received again after passing through solid objects. "POPPICOCK I SAY!"

    • @tauceti8341
      @tauceti8341 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sparramore That's one of the problems with science.
      There's only science where the money is aka grants.
      And if any citizen scientist does find something or try to publish something
      "iT wAsNt iN tHe jOurNalS!!!!"
      This is why we see these dark matter/energy people so insistent on the theory when its slowly starting to fade when held to scrutiny from new data sets and experiments.
      No money in discovering other theories because all this money has already been spent on this theory, therefore it MUST BE RIGHT!!!!!
      Look at the parker solar probe, an easy instrument could have been attached to do some science regarding the Electric Universe Theory.
      Did they? Nope. Same reason NASA's never figured out how to put a microscope on a rover, yet the Russians did in like the 80s.
      Now where going to have to wait another what 20-50 years before another probe goes to the sun again. It's a hard place to get too.
      For example, I can't do a gardening experiment in my own yard, write about it the academic standard, with proper protocols, because I have no degree. Therefore no ones going to vouch for some CITIZEN SCIENTIST to get published in the journal. Then you have all these phosphate junkies saying SEE THERES NO SCIENTIFICAL EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THAT METHOD (Hugelkulture). The money is in the phosphates, which is surprise, surprise is one of the biggest polluters.

    • @Silverfirefly1
      @Silverfirefly1 Před 4 lety +1

      Ant: What if there's aliens everywhere but we can't smell them anymore than humans can smell the queen?

  • @Tmccreight25Gaming
    @Tmccreight25Gaming Před 4 lety +18

    We are constantly beaming signals into space...
    The worst reply possible: *BE QUIET, THEY ARE LISTENING*

  • @justcruise241
    @justcruise241 Před 4 lety +16

    ...I feel like this is just giving 2020 more ideas of how to mess with us...

  • @OfMiceAndMegabytes
    @OfMiceAndMegabytes Před 4 lety +28

    Welcome back, John!

  • @meatfractals3380
    @meatfractals3380 Před 4 lety +74

    I love your Event Horizon feed but there's nothing like a top ten SETI list by JMG..

  • @Tyan0A
    @Tyan0A Před 4 lety +29

    The year is 2169. Scientist, Cosmo Dyson Vaccum III discovered an imbeded message within the structure of the universe itself, which reads: "No ass to mouth."
    And peace was restored on Earth.

    • @Puleczech
      @Puleczech Před 4 lety +2

      Hahaha
      Only for humanity finds out 5422 years later that it was done by a rogue artist so engulfed in layers of multiversal irony that she actually meant the exact opposite. Anyways, the piece was rejected as "highly misleading and confusing" by the art comitee and forgotten because at that time the artist was having another five comissions running. One of which made her multiverse-wide famous - the Cosmic Microwave Background - which is basically a visualization of governmental corruption regarding energy spending.

  • @AlphaBravoTech
    @AlphaBravoTech Před 4 lety +2

    Just opened CZcams on my phone and this was my 3rd or 4th suggested video!! I wasn't expecting it!! Awesome!! 👍👍😊😊

  • @rylanwhite3753
    @rylanwhite3753 Před 4 lety +6

    This is one of my favourite channels. Not many spark my imagination, curiosity and love for astronomy. Links to papers and pages are the icing and the sound of his voice is the cherry. Never stop John. Ever...

  • @rossbedford4056
    @rossbedford4056 Před 4 lety +5

    Our patience has been rewarded with a 21 MINUTE VIDEO!!! This was worth the wait

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta Před 4 lety +8

    I think we have seen one already: universal red-shift.
    They are on to us, and they are all running away.

  • @shannonnicollechannel5884

    I wish there were endless hours of these talks...💖💖💖...

  • @bentilbury2002
    @bentilbury2002 Před 4 lety +83

    Message from the previous universe: 41

  • @manitasdeplomo
    @manitasdeplomo Před 4 lety +19

    Maybe a signal could be “coded” in gravitational waves. For instance a kind of signature of an alien alcubierre drive ?

  • @LuxPerp
    @LuxPerp Před 4 lety +23

    I think therefore I am really thinking. Simulated substrate or no, my consciousness is real. I’m not disturbed by the possibility of being a simulation. I’m certain that it would make no difference to the essential reality of perceiving and thinking.

    • @TonyP9279
      @TonyP9279 Před 4 lety

      If we are a simulation, they need to stop and restore the system to the last restore point before year 2020.

    • @desther7975
      @desther7975 Před 4 lety

      Sure. "Real" or "simulation," we life and then we die, and so, presumably does the universe as we know it. Whether it's natural or artificial, the outcome for us would be the same, barring some interference from our simulating overlords. Would be tragic if we were obliterated so they could try running some other simulation instead.
      It would be interesting if we were in a simulation meant to test whether and how long it takes for us to work out that we're in one.

  • @Merto6
    @Merto6 Před 4 lety +159

    Scientists:
    -Think of million ways aliens might leave a signature
    -Actually detect said signatures
    Also scientists:
    -Nah it must have been natural cause

    • @londonspade5896
      @londonspade5896 Před 4 lety +10

      Lol so true

    • @Dinoenthusiastguy
      @Dinoenthusiastguy Před 4 lety +41

      That's just how science works . Of course scientists are interested in receiving an alien signature but they don't want to jump the gun and assume something is of alien origin without ruling out the far more common natural causes.

    • @FelipeKana1
      @FelipeKana1 Před 4 lety +2

      Exactly. "It's never aliens!"

    • @shauljonah6955
      @shauljonah6955 Před 4 lety +1

      Hope they have toilet paper. Too that would be harsh for us.

    • @ReivecS
      @ReivecS Před 4 lety +16

      Yes, it is called critical thinking. Give it a try, you might like it.

  • @RaDeus87
    @RaDeus87 Před 4 lety +2

    Jupiter getting hit by a Nicoll-Dyson beam would be one hell of an introduction 🥺
    My head-canon for Seven Eves just changed a bit; it was a relativistic kill vehicle that hit the moon.

  • @leifharmsen
    @leifharmsen Před 4 lety +24

    I would trade my phone for an ox.

    • @JohnMichaelGodier
      @JohnMichaelGodier  Před 4 lety +11

      Hadn't thought of that, but I would imagine a good ox probably is worth more than a phone.

    • @tacinmesa
      @tacinmesa Před 4 lety

      @@JohnMichaelGodier Especially if it's 5,000 years before cell towers! LOL

  • @KaeYoss
    @KaeYoss Před 4 lety +81

    "If we're in a simulation, the creator of the simulation might embed a message. What would that message look like?"
    16 - 16 - 16 - 16

  • @tomfieselmann5906
    @tomfieselmann5906 Před 4 lety +12

    "...announcing one's presence..." is asking for problems or asking for help.

  • @raybeeze5522
    @raybeeze5522 Před 4 lety +3

    thanks for another great episode. thanks for all the time and energy you put into the series. your vids are always the first to be watched bumping any other content.
    thank you.

  • @Lichtboys
    @Lichtboys Před 4 lety +7

    I got so excited when I saw there was a new video. I’ve watched all your other ones dozens of times each! Keep up the great work!

  • @slinkerdeer
    @slinkerdeer Před 3 lety +24

    Humans: "One way we could detect another civilisation is elements in their host star that shouldn't be there"
    *Detects a star with elements that shouldn't be there*
    Also Humans: "iT cOuLd bE nAtUrAl CaUsEs"

  • @johnga911
    @johnga911 Před 4 lety +16

    Wonderful video as always! Love this kind of content. Your lists may be the only "clickbait" on CZcams that do away with the "bait" part.

    • @Aatell764
      @Aatell764 Před rokem

      The bait is there, it's just a nice juicy grub that's worth taking a bite out of

  • @elguinolo7358
    @elguinolo7358 Před 4 lety +58

    "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před 4 lety +3

      THANKS FOR THE WARNING, WE WILL BE READY, BITCHES👌

    • @DrunkenUFOPilot
      @DrunkenUFOPilot Před 4 lety +1

      *sigh* Again? Okay, fine. Just give me a minute to put on my formal being-assimilated suit.

    • @Dubliner-un9lw
      @Dubliner-un9lw Před 4 lety +2

      Even worse
      "Resistance is futile. You will be annihilated"

    • @aarongarza4769
      @aarongarza4769 Před 4 lety +2

      “Lower your shields and surrender your ships. Your culture will adapt to service us.”

  • @kevincrady2831
    @kevincrady2831 Před 2 lety +5

    I still think one of the scariest scenarios is the one we've got (so far): no technosignatures. That is compatible with the possibility that animals spawned from Darwinian competition for mates and territory cannot adapt to the power of advanced technology (nukes, nanotech, AI, etc.); that technological civilizations are akin to toddlers left to play in a room full of loaded pistols and hand grenades, with the weapons increasing in power/danger level far faster than the toddlers mature.
    Any technosignature of a civilization that "made it" into space is at least an indication that we can "make it" as well.

    • @nothingnobody1454
      @nothingnobody1454 Před rokem

      We might just be alone. Maybe life at all is just not very likely

    • @CyVinci
      @CyVinci Před rokem

      Imo it seems this is most likely. It’s probably a large conglomeration of filters that when put together make the chance of a advanced alien civilization arising akin to flipping a coin 50 times and each one landing on heads (credit to Isaac Arthur for that parallel)
      We think of ourselves as pretty advanced, yet we are a long way from being truly space-fairing and meaningfully detectable by other civilizations. Reasonable to say that the large technological gap we have to fill may lead us to even more dangerous and easily proliferated technology than nuclear weapons. Right now state and non-state actors can’t make nukes without being detected; even if they have the full picture the infrastructure is impossible to conceal. If in the future these things could be concealable and easy to create then non-proliferation becomes impossible and opens a significant threat to society from non-state extremists.
      From the lens of bio-engineering deadly viruses or even crop/livestock diseases this will probably be a reality in the near future.

  • @mtbass3413
    @mtbass3413 Před 4 lety +8

    We need to get ourselves to Conjoiner level before we trip an Inhibitor trap.

  • @summer-west
    @summer-west Před 3 lety +2

    I stop by to watch this video every few weeks just to get good and creeped out. The voice, the music, the bouncing back forth from infinite possibility to infinite futility.

    • @redcat9436
      @redcat9436 Před 3 lety

      I watch them at night before I go to sleep. They help to calm my brain down.

    • @louisuchihatm2556
      @louisuchihatm2556 Před 3 lety

      I watch them when am high...they hit hard! You might wanna try it

  • @heywacked
    @heywacked Před 4 lety +2

    JMG, you provide entertainment and education in a unique and thought provoking way. Thank you for your videos. Hoping all is well and keep up the great work

  • @riccidicky
    @riccidicky Před 4 lety +4

    John you're videos inspire me to learn more of what surrounds us, thank you.

  • @mvolestrangler
    @mvolestrangler Před 4 lety +50

    I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

  • @freebased1780
    @freebased1780 Před 2 lety +1

    I could listen to your videos all day long, they are so informative, both terrifying and relaxing at the same time, but as mentioned before and I believe most importantly, besides me hoping you enjoy producing them, is just how informative they truly are, thank you Mr. John Michael Godier

  • @jamesdreads7828
    @jamesdreads7828 Před 2 lety +2

    How lucky I am, I live out in the country with minimal light pollution (actually near a couple of dark sky observatories), it's a clear night in spring, and i can look up at the stars and gases of the milky way while rewatching JMG videos, and getting absolutely baked. Blessed.

  • @gustavbabic5004
    @gustavbabic5004 Před 4 lety +65

    I'm putting my money on a derelict alien craft from a defunct alien civilization drifting through our system some day.

    • @peachesrambo4037
      @peachesrambo4037 Před 4 lety +11

      You mean like that "object " discovered a few years ago at the edge of the solar system?

    • @ReivecS
      @ReivecS Před 4 lety +9

      I dunno man, the chances of having ANY direct collisions when the milky way and Andromeda galaxies merge is pretty low which is basically just a way of saying "There is a ton of empty space there." I would think the chances of a spaceship drifting through our solar system by accident would be even more remote, unless there were either some intentionality behind it, or there are just a metric butt ton of ships out there.

    • @JesusFriedChrist
      @JesusFriedChrist Před 4 lety +14

      The probability of that is infinitesimally low.
      The probability of us seeing it is even lower. We can’t even keep track of all the asteroids in our solar system.

    • @Puleczech
      @Puleczech Před 4 lety

      ReivecS That's right. But I'll still bet my money )

    • @marcusmonk1015
      @marcusmonk1015 Před 4 lety +3

      I think we as humans have already recovered ancient alien probes that where sent to earth like 10000 years ago, simular to humans sending probes out to our solar system (think voyager) also our internet/computing tech has been built on these/a alien probe *drinks another beer*

  • @andreasimon2752
    @andreasimon2752 Před 4 lety +8

    I really like ur other channel but i LOVE this one...
    Ive watched all ur videos and I was super excited to see a new one
    Hope u and yours are well
    Namaste from Pacific west coast 🌎⭐🌞🌛

  • @kris10n52
    @kris10n52 Před 4 lety +2

    I’m so happy you made another video! A great one, as always!

  • @ismanimal
    @ismanimal Před 4 lety +1

    Finally! Man I was missing this videos so much, glad you’re back

  • @glenjohnson212
    @glenjohnson212 Před 4 lety +16

    I find these aliens talks so interesting and about time I found a channel that talks about it now mate u have a new sub keep up the good work ❤️

    • @bxmully
      @bxmully Před 4 lety

      Look up isaac arthurs youtube page. Youll love it. He has done videos with this channel too.

  • @BYERE
    @BYERE Před 4 lety +16

    *Talking about a partial Dyson Beam* "If such a thing is possible, we haven't seen one in this or any other galaxy..."
    Only a galaxy, far, far away...

  • @patrickmertz2426
    @patrickmertz2426 Před 4 lety +2

    I enjoy your thought provoking videos John, many thanks and please keep them coming.

  • @4sername
    @4sername Před 4 lety +2

    Your videos always fail to disappoint! Thanks for the new upload

  • @richardbidinger2577
    @richardbidinger2577 Před 4 lety +5

    The Berserkers of Saberhagen were actually weapons built to destroy the enemies of some long dead alien world. The mistake of its creators, was that the machines were programed to "Destroy enemy life", but the enemy life was never defined, so the machines destroyed any life it came across, including its creators. Loved those books growing up. I'm just surprised that anyone else would even know them, let alone remember them.

  • @CaidicusProductions
    @CaidicusProductions Před 3 lety +29

    I get the feeling that we'll become aware of other civilizations (if they exist) when we figure out faster than light communication. If there is such a thing, we might find we're not the only ones on the line. If a civilization can travel great distances in the galaxy, they're likely using a superior communication technology to radio waves.

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 Před 2 lety +1

      Well if you can do ftl travel or anything close to it you could send harddrives at those speeds as a data transport

    • @bluenightfury4365
      @bluenightfury4365 Před 2 lety +5

      @@orbismworldbuilding8428 Or if theres wormholes that can stay open near indefinitely as long as somethings supplied into it, you could just wormhole to another place and have a Galactic spanning Internet perhaps.

    • @CaptainFalcoyd
      @CaptainFalcoyd Před 2 lety

      FTL communication/travel will never be possible because of how spacetime works with relativity. Any FTL method would violate causality and make paradoxes possible like killing yourself in the past.

    • @ottercookiesottercookies394
      @ottercookiesottercookies394 Před 2 lety

      Sub space transmission 😜

    • @zz-nc5kx
      @zz-nc5kx Před 8 měsíci

      @@bluenightfury4365No wormhole has been discovered.

  • @laurawillits176
    @laurawillits176 Před 4 lety +2

    Always enjoy giving the brain a good stretch. Thanks!

  • @jaimemassa4085
    @jaimemassa4085 Před 4 lety +1

    Yes! Been waiting for a new list video, love your content.

  • @ogeezy4817
    @ogeezy4817 Před 4 lety +3

    Missed your videos John :) keep up the good work

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 3 lety +5

    Wether we are alone (unlikely) or not, discovering the universe and exploring it will definitely be a fun journey.

  • @emilr628
    @emilr628 Před 4 lety +1

    Great Video JMG!! Keep up the good work !

  • @elliottryan13
    @elliottryan13 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for such informative, outstanding, and awesome videos John it's GREAT!

  • @AlphaFoxDelta
    @AlphaFoxDelta Před 4 lety +3

    Very good, what I enjoy about this episode is that it notes the fact that one, we may, probably, just find dead remnants of a civilization and two, that there are technologies that we couldn't even understand, like a caveman seeing a quantum computer.

  • @mitseraffej5812
    @mitseraffej5812 Před 4 lety +9

    The most likely signal, “ don’t take yourself so seriously “

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 Před 4 lety

      The most likely signal: "Go fuck yourselves."

  • @MA-mq5hp
    @MA-mq5hp Před 4 lety

    Glad to have you back!

  • @deku812
    @deku812 Před 4 lety +1

    Miss these lists from your original channel John. Glad to see you putting out a new episode. Also your voice help me go to sleep, I watch them before bed. Not a bad thing mind you.

  • @danaralston6688
    @danaralston6688 Před 4 lety +4

    Great video as always.
    The cynic in me could see something like "(some alien name) was here!" or "Eat at Milliway's" being encoded in DNA...or a picture of some alien making duck faces.

  • @tchy7246
    @tchy7246 Před 4 lety +11

    the feeling when you realize that #1 has already happened

  • @Chreeeis
    @Chreeeis Před 4 lety

    This channel makes me wait seemingly forever, but every video is worth the wait.

  • @scifijones1974
    @scifijones1974 Před 4 lety

    This is officially a new Favorite of mine of your videospheres!

  • @creativedesignation7880
    @creativedesignation7880 Před 4 lety +55

    I must admit that the possibility of DNA encoded messages is really interesting, BUT how would one keep the message from being subjected to mutation? Let alone for millions or billions of years! It would need to be a vital sequence (a sequence that when changed in any way, leads to the lifeform not being able to survive) in order to be kept from mutating by evolution alone, a situation that would most likely keep us from ever discovering that it even is a message in the first place. Or it would need some other mechanism that protects it from being influenced by radiation, chemicals, viruses, replication errors and chance. Such a mechanism would have most likely been found by now, since it would be a unique situation in all of the genome.
    But genetics is not a trivial topic by any means and since it is not Your primary field of expertise, I'll just let this one slide :) Still a great vid, but I simply had to object here :)

    • @ReivecS
      @ReivecS Před 4 lety +6

      There is a way to create error correcting genes and even program them to iterate a set number of times and then stop. These concepts are being tested in mosquito as a way to sterilize a population (mostly) but then stop working after x number of generations just in case it has unintended effects we can "undo" it. I think there was a radiolab podcast on this awhile back involving crazy uses of CRISPR but I may be confusing it with something else. But I would agree with your point that if such a thing existed in all life on Earth, we probably would have spotted that by now.

    • @theslay66
      @theslay66 Před 4 lety +3

      Or it could be a specific sequence that is repeated at regular intervals in all the genetic material. Sure, most of these sequences may have been modified through generations, but by studying the repeating patterns it would be possible to determine what was the original content of these sequences.

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold Před 4 lety +2

      Like backups in IT, there are mechanisms that allow for corrections. Checksums, multiple copies etc.
      Nature uses some of such mechanisms - the most obvious ones being symmetry. All life we know is symmetrical. It can be lateral symmetry, or radial (octopuses etc.), but it's there, because natural selection is set up so that it favors it - noone wants to mate with asymmetrical specimen, since it's a red flag warning about mutation and DNA damage.
      I believe this is how humans will bio-engineer themselves within 500 or 1000 years. The reason why we're getting older and finally die is mostly because copying errors accumulate over time.
      But if you had 5 copies of your genotype, and everytime something is off, your body would compare the copies, it could identify the "common denominator"; this gene is different in copy B, but the same in copies A, C, D and E , so it's obvious which one must be correct, and we can safely ditch version B because it's corrupt. No cancer, no aging, back to Eden.
      Evolution is cheap, and its ultimate goal is survival of the species, not individuals, so it didn't waste resources on creating such an error proof mechanism. It would be an overkill. But deliberate bioengineering very well could.

    • @urphakeandgey6308
      @urphakeandgey6308 Před 2 lety

      There are probably ways to pull it off, plus these seem to assume tech beyond our capability. I'm sure we could even be capable of something like it one day.

    • @MrAlvaro751
      @MrAlvaro751 Před 2 lety

      @@vibovitold Not all life is symmetrical:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_featuring_external_asymmetry

  • @Robnoxious77
    @Robnoxious77 Před 4 lety +59

    DNA encoded message: “do not harvest until yield reaches 10billion”

    • @user-yp5fp8gn7o
      @user-yp5fp8gn7o Před 3 lety +1

      Or .....sterilize upon reciept of this transmission

    • @Scorch428
      @Scorch428 Před 3 lety +3

      sad thing is evening knowing that, were too dumb to prevent it
      every human ever: MUST BREED

    • @J0krswy1d
      @J0krswy1d Před 3 lety

      Soon enough then. ;-)

    • @bernardtaylor7768
      @bernardtaylor7768 Před 3 lety

      How to serve humans

  • @Mrssanaiftikhar
    @Mrssanaiftikhar Před 4 lety +2

    thanks, John!!! I was soooooo excited this video said two days ago!!!!!! I've missed you! lol

  • @SirFapsAlot
    @SirFapsAlot Před 4 lety

    Keep up the good work John! Always look forward to ur videos

  • @rockscousteau
    @rockscousteau Před 4 lety +19

    Your channel KICKS TOTAL BUTT MAN. I have watched EVERY upload. Always makes my day when you upload a new one. YOU ROCK

  • @SquirrelASMR
    @SquirrelASMR Před 4 lety +3

    You give me mad relaxation and ASMR. Your voice is so soothing its and the content let's my imagination run free, it's the best way to fall asleep. ❤

    • @milounoorda2337
      @milounoorda2337 Před 4 lety

      That’s so interesting. For me it’s the complete opposite. This topic is extremely interesting and I want to watch this video so bad, but his way of speaking annoys me, the constant going from high to low with his voice within one word on the end of sentences, such as at for example 4:29. It actually gives me misophonia vibes. Funny how different his way of speaking is perceived to different people.

  • @BrezHurley
    @BrezHurley Před 4 lety +1

    Mr. Godier, I thoroughly enjoy your content!

  • @cassandrarose11
    @cassandrarose11 Před 4 lety

    I've only just now been able to sit down and watch this. Yes another video! 🤘🤘

  • @DM-qg4bi
    @DM-qg4bi Před 4 lety +4

    Great cell phone metaphor 👍

  • @moss3828
    @moss3828 Před 4 lety +7

    I love these vids. I’m able to turn these on at night, watch it and fall asleep to ur voice. Don’t take it weird. I love thinking of infinite possibilities when going to sleep

  • @psychachu
    @psychachu Před 3 lety

    These are always fabulous. I love your CZcams channel immensely.

  • @SupremeCleave
    @SupremeCleave Před 4 lety +2

    I've been waiting for a new vid from you, great topic!

  • @dylanschnabel4859
    @dylanschnabel4859 Před 4 lety +6

    I really like the idea from the sow Star Trek Picard of an octonary star system being created by an advanced civilization as a means of warning others

  • @veqv
    @veqv Před 4 lety +19

    Message from the universe devs:
    // Needs to be fixed.

  • @billyc9707
    @billyc9707 Před 4 lety

    Love his videos. Clear and simple explanations. Natural narrator. His videos got me obsessed with space. I’m going to read his books I’m sure they’re well written.

  • @GIGOLD-cp2or
    @GIGOLD-cp2or Před 4 lety

    Glad to see you are back John