Michio Kaku: Why we don’t even rank on the Kardashev scale
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"We're stuck at type zero. But what would it take to move between universes? What would it take to enter a black hole? What would it take to break the light barrier?"
If alien life exists, how would we even recognize it? Physicist Michio Kaku argues that our search for intelligence beyond Earth forces us to question the assumptions behind our own definition of “intelligent.”
Our current criteria for intelligence might be too narrow. Here’s what that means for the search for extraterrestrial life.
00:00 How can we recognize alien intelligence
01:53 Decoding animal intelligence
03:00 The Kardashev scale
03:55 What type civilization are we?
05:15 How would we recognize a type 2 or 3?
06:16 Flying saucers and UAPs
07:53 Optical illusion or extraterrestrial?
10:38 A 'gold mine' of UFO data
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