The Kardashev Scale
Update: 2025-01-24
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MYS348: Humanity has come a long way in the last few thousand years, but we still have a long way to go. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask, as we continue to progress, is there a way of classifying our civilization and making reasonable predictions? Some scientists have come up with a scale to do just that.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube
Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Michio Kaku’s book The Physics of the Impossible
* John Horgan’s book The End of Science
* Kardashev’s 1964 paper (English)
* Kaku’s article “The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilization”
* Kaku’s article “The Physics of Interstellar Travel”
* The Great Filter Hypothesis
* Silurian Hypothesis
* John Horgan’s new doubts about his book The End of Science
* Sabine Hossenfelder video on the end of science debate
* Philip Metzer’s paper “Nature’s Way of Making Audacious Space Projects Viable”
* Nicholas Loris on “Drilling our way out of the problem”
* Average U.S. gas prices (not adjusted for inflation)
* U.S. inflation calculator* Join Jimmy and Dom on pilgrimage in Italy in 2025. Find out more!!
* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.
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* Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to <a href="https://www.twitter.
Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Michio Kaku’s book The Physics of the Impossible
* John Horgan’s book The End of Science
* Kardashev’s 1964 paper (English)
* Kaku’s article “The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilization”
* Kaku’s article “The Physics of Interstellar Travel”
* The Great Filter Hypothesis
* Silurian Hypothesis
* John Horgan’s new doubts about his book The End of Science
* Sabine Hossenfelder video on the end of science debate
* Philip Metzer’s paper “Nature’s Way of Making Audacious Space Projects Viable”
* Nicholas Loris on “Drilling our way out of the problem”
* Average U.S. gas prices (not adjusted for inflation)
* U.S. inflation calculator* Join Jimmy and Dom on pilgrimage in Italy in 2025. Find out more!!
* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.
* Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page.
* Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord
* Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to <a href="https://www.twitter.
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