{"id":225702,"date":"2025-11-23T01:28:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T07:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/were-probably-not-alone-out-here-youtube"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T07:28:45","slug":"were-probably-not-alone-out-here-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/were-probably-not-alone-out-here-youtube","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re (Probably) Not Alone Out Here\u2026 \u2014 YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6aJ3MNUw0vc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Give the most meaningful Christmas gift \u2728 Create a custom star map from Under Lucky Stars at <a href=\"http:\/\/UnderLuckyStars.com\">http:\/\/UnderLuckyStars.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why haven\u2019t we heard from aliens? That\u2019s a question that sounds simple but turns into a mess the moment you try to answer it. Recently, a mathematician tried to simplify the equation by trying to calculate the odds that we\u2019re the only intelligent life in the universe \u2013 according to his math, we shouldn\u2019t be. Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<p>Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science<\/a>\u2026 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udcda Buy my book \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW<\/a> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sabine \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a> #science #sciencenews #aliens #maths.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd13 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udcda Buy my book \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSAWJW<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c \/ sabine.<br \/> \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c<br \/> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#science #sciencenews #aliens #maths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give the most meaningful Christmas gift \u2728 Create a custom star map from Under Lucky Stars at http:\/\/UnderLuckyStars.com. 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