Could We Accidentally Destroy the Universe?

What if the end of everything came not from cosmic fate, but from us? This episode examines the physics, probability, and peril of experiments that could, in theory, unravel the universe.

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Could We Accidentally Destroy the Universe?

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Lukas Konecny

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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:38 Vacuum Decay (False Vacuum Collapse)

9:59 Strange Matter Conversion

13:09 Gray Goo Scenario (Nanotechnology Out of Control)

16:05 Runaway Energy Reaction

19:06 Altering the Constants of Nature

20:49 Brane Collision (M-Theory Catastrophe)

22:27 Time Travel or Causality Paradox

23:55 Nebula

25:20 Simulation Shutdown

27:21 Big Rip or Cosmological Instability

28:35 Baby Universe Creation or Collapse

29:51 Why It Hasn’t Happened Yet (Anthropic Principle & More)

31:49 Channel Updates

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