Are Alien Machines Wiping Out Civilisations? | The Berserker Hypothesis

Описание: Are alien machines hunting civilisations, one by one, until only silence remains?

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The universe should be full of alien civilisations. Billions of stars, billions of planets… yet all we hear is silence. This mystery is known as the Fermi Paradox. But what if the silence isn’t natural? What if it’s enforced?

The Berserker Hypothesis suggests that advanced civilisations may have unleashed self-replicating machines designed to seek out and exterminate intelligent life. These deadly Von Neumann probes could roam the galaxy, wiping out civilisations one by one, leaving behind only empty, lifeless worlds.

In this video, we explore:

The origins of the Berserker Hypothesis in both science fiction and science.

How deadly probes could function - from asteroid bombardments to engineered plagues.

Why some scientists see this as the darkest solution to the Fermi Paradox.

What it would mean for humanity’s future in space - and whether we might already be in danger.

Could the Milky Way be a vast cosmic graveyard, its silence the aftermath of an ancient purge? And if so… are we next?

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:00 Origins of the Berserker Idea
15:18 How Berserkers Would Work
25:46 Scientific and Engineering Feasibility
41:27 Criticisms and Limitations
55:14 What it Would Mean If True
01:09:37 Concluding Thoughts

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References & Further Reading

Brin, D. (1983). The Great Silence – the Controversy Concerning Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 24.

Felton, J. (2023). The Berserker Hypothesis: The Darkest Explanation of the Fermi Paradox. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com

Harrison, E. (1981). Cosmic Quarantine: An Hypothesis. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Sagan, C., & Newman, W. (1983). The Solipsist Approach to Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Saberhagen, F. (1967). Berserker. (Science fiction series inspiring the hypothesis).

Williams, M. (2021). Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” VI: What is the Berserker Hypothesis? Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.com

Labrujulaverde. (2024). Berserker Hypothesis: The possible destruction of all universal intelligent life by self-replicating robotic probes. https://www.labrujulaverde.com

Wikipedia contributors. Berserker hypothesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk...