{"id":231929,"date":"2026-02-23T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/how-alien-would-aliens-behave"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:08:05","slug":"how-alien-would-aliens-behave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/how-alien-would-aliens-behave","title":{"rendered":"How Alien Would Aliens Behave?"},"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\/VgMfuSxn-es?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Forget tentacles\u2014what matters is the mind. We explore how alien behavior might emerge from evolution, culture, and technology, and why our biggest first contact risk may be misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>Watch my exclusive video Mass Drivers on the Moon: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur-\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur\u2013<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=isa\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=isa<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Use the link <a href=\"https:\/\/gift.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/gift.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a> to give a year of Nebula to a friend for just $36.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Join Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Facebook Group: \/ 1583992725237264<br \/> Reddit: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> Twitter: \/ isaac_a_arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: \/ discord.<br \/> Credits:<br \/> How Would Aliens Behave?<br \/> July 13, 2025; Episode 732<br \/> Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Select imagery\/video supplied by Getty Images.<br \/> Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound <a href=\"http:\/\/epidemicsound.com\/creator\">http:\/\/epidemicsound.com\/creator<\/a>.<br \/> Stellardrone, \\<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget tentacles\u2014what matters is the mind. We explore how alien behavior might emerge from evolution, culture, and technology, and why our biggest first contact risk may be misunderstanding. Watch my exclusive video Mass Drivers on the Moon: https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur\u2013\u2026 Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur. Get a Lifetime Membership to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,42,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-media-arts","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}