Q&A 130: Does the Dark Forest Explain the Fermi Paradox? And More...
In this week's questions show, I talk about the Dark Forest theory in the Three-Body Problem series of books. Is it a compelling answer to the Fermi Paradox? How much of a risk is dust to interstellar travel? Is black hole evaporation negated by black holes absorbing additional material and energy?
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In case you missed it, here's a link to Monday's Open Space QA as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXsvdJn_zDQ
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Dear Fraser, given that the world's space agencies and government advisers are all fellow space enthusiasts, why hasn't the idea of colonising and terraforming other planets been abandoned for the reason stated in the poster behind you. Exploring is a great idea, but colonising seems a waste of resources. Is sci-fi starting to hold us back from developing realistic strategies for our long term survival. Not a great question to answer, but you did say you were running out. Thanks for all your efforts to keep us all informed and enlightened on space news.