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Flash Talkin’
w/ Derek Springer
Park City Grand Meetup - September 2014
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SpaceFacts™
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Trust me, I’m a
(former) professional.
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Everything you need to
know about space
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1. Space is really big
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2. Space is cold
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3. Stars are hot
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3.14 π is everything
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Large asteroids contain more
aluminum, gold and platinum then
what has ever been mined on earth
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At least 5 bodies have been found
beyond Pluto that are bigger than Pluto
(Why its not a planet anymore)
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There is more water on Jupiter’s moon
Europa then all the water on Earth
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Statistically there is a habitable earth-like
planet within 20 light years of Earth, now
its only a question of when we find it
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It’s estimated that there are 100 to 500
billion galaxies in the Universe, each of
which has hundreds of billions of stars.
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Hold on to your minds…
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The big bang occurred at a
specific point in time.
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What was going on before that?
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The universe is continuously
expanding
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What is it expanding into?
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Given the universe has a finite
amount of energy, and that the
universe continues to expand,
eventually the universe will no
longer be able to support actions
which require energy
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Cards Against Humanity fans:
that’s the inevitable heat-death of
the universe
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Alternate theory:
The universe expands then
eventually contracts into another
singularity, eventually restarting
with another big bang
(The Big Bounce)
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Fermi’s Paradox: tl;dr
•Given the age of the universe there
should be galaxy-spanning
civilizations by now.
•Earth should already have been
colonized, or at least visited. But no
convincing evidence of this exists.
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Some reasons:
•We’re the first intelligent species
capable, give us a bit of time!
•All intelligent life eventually “shorts
out” see: Great Filter.
•They do exist, but we see no evidence
(e.g. bacteria vs blue whales).
•Internet addiction (seriously).
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Thanks for listening!