A new paper has come out discussing how the Fermi Paradox might be explained by the rigors of traveling space for interstellar colonization, causing settlements to be rare and and possibly not long-lived. We'll look at this model for spreading humanity out across the galaxy and see what insights or flaws it might have.

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The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.04450

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Credits - The Fermi Paradox: The Aurora Effect

Episode 176a, Season 5 E10a

Written by:

Darius Said

Isaac Arthur

Mark Warburton

Editors:

Gloria Meadows

Keith Blockus

Matthew Campbell

Sigmund Kopperud

Graphics by:

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

Music:

Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through, pt1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Markus Junnikkala, "Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

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