Black holes are objects of mystery and dread from which nothing can escape… but could they also be the foundations of future civilizations of unimaginable might and size.
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Quasar Cannons & Black Hole Tech
Episode 434; February 15, 2024
Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg
Fishy Tree
Jakub Grygier
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Luca De Rosa
Sergio Botero
SpaceResourcesCGI
Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, “Red Giant”, “Ultra Deep Field”
Sergey Cheremisinov, “Labyrinth”, “Forgotten Stars”
Taras Harkavyi, “Alpha and …”
Miguel Johnson, “So Many Stars”
Lombus, “Cosmic Soup”, “Hydrogen Sonata”
0:00 Intro
06:18 Accretion Disk Utilization
08:00 Magnetic Field Exploitation
08:44 Penrose Process
10:19 Blandford-Znajek Process
12:06 Hawking Radiation
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Now I am wondering how much damage highly advanced hard sci-fi civilisation could potentially cause to warhammer 40 000 universe. Wait. They can sterilise the galaxy.
i like to think that black holes are just float point errors in the simulation.
4:00 I think that's strong evidence that graviton don't exist.
Romulan tech. Yaaaay. Kidding.
Truly a Xeelee Sequence moment.
The IA Algorithm has a pull greater than a Singularity and missiles greater than a Quasar cannon.
hi Isaac Arthur can you explain speed of light + warping together to create augments faster than light
if we shrunk and flew with particles is that considered speed of light momentum? and if you took your speed of light and warped with it, does that mean your circuit is before its end point allowing better error checking
Q: since a black hole is created primarily from the collapse of a star when it goes supernova, could we infer that primordial black holes were formed similarly in the first moments of the aftermath of the Big Bang?
2nd Q: if the above were true, would there be enough evidence to support the possibility that the event horizon is just matter/antimatter collisions, hence the gamma ray bursts when a black hole is "feeding"?
3rd Q: if both above were true, could you (in theory) decrease the size of a black hole by directly feeding it only radiation in an attempt to exponentially decrease the half-life of it?
Every time you talk about killing Cthulhu with a galaxy killing weapon I die of laughter. I'm sorry its so funny!
Like some necrons or daot humans super weapons
I got into this channel many years ago at a young age to hear Isaac discuss ftl methods. At the time I was disappointed to hear that such an intelligent person (and noted optimist) wasn't optimistic about ftl ever becoming reality. Over the years Isaac has helped me fully realize the universe is amazing enough as it is and that there is so much to be learned and explored without bending the laws of physics.
How would you control the aim the quasar cannon?
i just wish the background music was lower
0:37: 🌌 Exploring the misconceptions and potential of black holes for future civilizations and technology.
3:55: 🌀 Utilizing energy from black holes through different techniques and misconceptions about their escape capabilities.
7:06: ⚙️ Innovative methods for harnessing power from black holes and stars.
10:48: ⚛️ Extraction of rotational energy from black holes through twisted magnetic field lines.
14:15: ⚫️ Rare occurrence of spaghettification near black hole event horizon due to extreme tidal forces.
17:42: 🌌 Potential of black holes as energy sources and propulsion systems for space exploration.
21:09: ⚛️ Feasibility of creating hawking radiation scale one through various methods.
24:55: 🌌 Utilizing black holes for artificial gravity and time manipulation on space stations or inhabited spaceports.
28:11: 🌌 Potential of black holes in establishing galactic capitals and civilizations.
31:36: 🚀 Innovative weapon technology utilizing artificial quasars for interstellar domination.
35:14: 🚀 Exploration of megastructures in Nebula Exclusive content, covering topics like Space Monsters and Colonizing Binary Stars.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
Black hole centered mega-earth sounds like an Elon Musk XXVI project.
Increase the ergs to maximum!
There goes Issac again, Mega-Hollow Earth Theory.
Hi Isaac!
One thing about gravitons — they aren't magically escaping up and out of the event horizon to "transmit" the gravity of the black hole to the surrounding universe. PBS Space Time did a great video on "where" the gravity of a black hole comes from and why there's no issues with special or general relativity there.
I miss how your old episodes used to include a bunch of math to get a sense of the scales and factors involved. Still great though, of course!
"God may give you his toughest challenges but he also gives you his biggest gun" describes the quasar cannon perfectly