How to Win an Interstellar War
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Published 2023-11-15
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Could aliens destroy us from light years away? Another day at Kurzgesagt Labs, where we answer the most important questions with science.
Today: how might civilizations wage war across light years? What kind of devastating weapons could they use and what would they look like?
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All Comments (21)
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Thank you Kurzgesagt, I was planning to wage an interstellar war soon, this will surely be helpful
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I love how instead of deciding to help humanity build the weapon, kurzgesagt instead decided to help the aliens
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"planning a hyper-space bypass through our solar system" I see a Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy reference, and I like it!
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“The bigger it is, the longer its range.” Didn’t think I would be able to take a kurzgesagt audio bit out of context.
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Imagine waiting 84 years just to hear that your intergalactic weapon hit a random planet that was in the way.
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The three body problem is the greatest series of novels I have ever read to do with alien invasion. Read this series and instantly double your perceived imagination of space. It's that mind blowing. I highly recommend it.
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If you sent a pebble fast enough you’d be able to destroy an entire planet
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If the aliens sent a message like "Surrender within 24 hours or face destruction" we could send a message back "Is that 24 hours in your time or our time?". Considering the distance involved, we could gain millions of years of extra time just by trying to sort that out.
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So fascinating to learn that humanity is completely defenseless to advanced hostile aliens in at least three different ways!
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Absolutely loving how with the Electron Beam you can hear the narrator carefully counting each '9'
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Love how you's went full "3 Body Problem" in this video 👌🏽
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Fun Fact: if there are aliens watching us from around 78 light years away, they're watching WW2, if it's 65 million light years away, they're watching dinosaurs.
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An interesting follow up video would be how a more advanced humanity might defend against such existential weapons.
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I love that I've grown up to Steve Taylor. He has such a calming, yet captivating voice!
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Didn't expect the hitchhikers reference and was pleasantly surprised Edit: 42 years. Heh.
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Ah yes, the thing we truly need. Kurzgesagt helping aliens to obliterate us for the sake of science.
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8:44 when you get rejected from art school...
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The best is the star laser because it’s the easiest to build if they already have a Dyson sphere. But it’s the one that most tell everyone around the galaxy there location.
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Missiles? Just ask uncle Kim Jong Un.
