Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/EntropyRising?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ What happens when machines can build more of themselves—and never stop? In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas unravel the strange, fascinating world of von Neumann probes: self-replicating systems that could mi...

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/EntropyRising?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas take a hard look at the Kardashev scale – a framework that ranks civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness – and ask whether it still serves as a meaningful tool...

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/EntropyRising?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ What if we could mine the Sun? What if we didn’t just build around stars, but engineered them? In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore two of the most mind-bending concepts in astrophysics: star lifting and stellar en...

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/EntropyRising?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ When we talk about interstellar travel, most stories end with arrival—ships decelerating into orbit, crews waking from stasis, boots hitting alien soil. But the reality is, that’s where things get messy. In this episode of ...

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/EntropyRising?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ What if the reason we don’t see aliens isn’t because they’re hiding—but because they never had a shot? This episode dives into the Rare Earth Hypothesis, a compelling (and kind of depressing) answer to the Fermi Paradox. It...

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Website: https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Original Episode description from the multiverse employee handbook: Journey through the solar system with humanity's mechanical ambassadors! From Soviet Luna probes to interstellar Voyagers, we explore how these sophisticated machines have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos while battling radiation, extreme temperatures, and occasionally, corporate restructuring. https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com In this episode, we pres...

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Listen to The Multiverse Employee Handbook podcast: https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ Book highlight (The Awakening) : https://www.jumpmasterpress.com/product-page/the-awakening Fusion power has been "just around the corner" for decades—but is that finally changing? In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas dive into the science behind nuclear fusion, why it's so difficu...

Listen to The Multiverse Employee Handbook podcast: https://multiverseemployeehandbook.com Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ Book highlight (The Lever): https://rebelsatori.com/product/the-lever/ In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas tackle one of the most thought-provoking and unsettling ideas in the search for extraterrestrial life: the Dark Forest Theory. This theory, popularized by science fiction b...

Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcast Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/ Book highlight (Platirius Infiltration) : https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platirius-infiltration-book-i-d-l-hannah/1146309084;jsessionid=1F54 Could humanity one day mine entire planets, extract heavy metals from the Sun, and turn our solar system into a vast network of orbiting habitats? In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas explore the science and engineering behind Dys...

Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcastWebsite: https://www.entropy-rising.com/In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas set their sights on the ultimate frontier: interstellar travel. What would it take for humanity to leave the solar system and venture to distant stars like Proxima Centauri? They unravel the staggering distances involved, the challenges of traveling at significant fractions of the speed of light, and why faster-than-light travel remains f...

Follow us on treads: https://www.threads.net/@entropyrisingpodcastWebsite: https://www.entropy-rising.com/In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas dive into the fascinating and brutal world of space warfare. Forget the epic dogfights and flashy laser battles of Hollywood—real space combat will look more like a terrifying game of high-stakes chess. From the impossibility of stealth in the vastness of space to the challenges of dissipating heat with massive radiators, we explore how p...

The universe is vast—unimaginably vast. With billions of stars in our galaxy alone and countless planets orbiting them, it seems almost inevitable that intelligent life must exist somewhere. And yet, we see no signs of it. This haunting question is at the heart of the Fermi Paradox: if the cosmos is teeming with possibilities, why haven’t we encountered aliens?In this episode of Entropy Rising, Jacob and Lucas unravel the mysteries of the Fermi Paradox and take you on a journey through some o...