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Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse T

The idea that our reality is a simulation is not as far-fetched as you may think. Many philosophers, scientists and tech-billionaires are seriously considering not just the possibility but the high probability that our civilization may be a program being run by another, more advanced alien civilization.
Season 3 Episode 23 Length 12:16 Premiere: 05/03/17

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The Nature of Nothing
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Absolute Cold
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When Quasars When Quasars Collide STJC
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Are the Fundamental Constants Changing?
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The Future of Space Telescopes
S3 E40 Length 10:34 Premiere Date 09/20/17

Neutron Stars Collide in New LIGO Signal?
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White Holes
S3 E38 Length 12:25 Premiere Date 08/30/17

First Detection of Life
S3 E37 Length 10:34 Premiere Date 08/24/17

Extraterrestrial Superstorms
S3 E36 Length 10:49 Premiere Date 08/16/17

The One-Electron Universe
S3 E35 Length 09:11 Premiere Date 08/10/17

Dark Flow
S3 E34 Length 12:29 Premiere Date 08/02/17

The Secrets of Feynman Diagrams
S3 E33 Length 12:05 Premiere Date 07/26/17

The Real Star Wars
S3 E32 Length 12:38 Premiere Date 07/19/17

Solving the Impossible in Quantum Field Theory
S3 E31 Length 11:52 Premiere Date 07/12/17

Feynman's Infinite Quantum Paths
S3 E30 Length 11:39 Premiere Date 07/07/17

The First Quantum Field Theory
S3 E29 Length 12:15 Premiere Date 06/28/17

Anti-Matter and Quantum Relativity
S3 E28 Length 11:20 Premiere Date 06/21/17

Supervoids vs Colliding Universes!
S3 E27 Length 10:41 Premiere Date 06/07/17

The Fate of the First Stars
S3 E26 Length 10:47 Premiere Date 05/31/17

Martian Evolution
S3 E25 Length 10:39 Premiere Date 05/17/17

The Great American Eclipse
S3 E24 Length 08:55 Premiere Date 05/10/17

Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse T
S3 E23 Length 12:16 Premiere Date 05/03/17

Are You a Boltzmann Brain?
S3 E22 Length 10:20 Premiere Date 04/26/17

The Oh My God Particle
S3 E21 Length 09:38 Premiere Date 04/19/17

Telescopes on the Moon
S3 E20 Length 09:11 Premiere Date 04/05/17

How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Hole
S3 E19 Length 10:56 Premiere Date 03/29/17

Superluminal Time Travel + Time Warp Challenge Answer
S3 E18 Length 10:40 Premiere Date 03/22/17

Time Crystals!
S3 E17 Length 09:36 Premiere Date 03/15/17

The Race to a Habitable Exoplanet - Time Warp Challenge
S3 E16 Length 05:12 Premiere Date 03/08/17

The Treasures of Trappist-1
S3 E15 Length 08:47 Premiere Date 03/01/17

The Eye of Sauron Reveals a Forming Solar System!
S3 E14 Length 09:39 Premiere Date 02/22/17

Telescopes of Tomorrow
S3 E13 Length 09:49 Premiere Date 02/15/17

The Geometry of Causality
S3 E12 Length 10:34 Premiere Date 02/02/17

Why Quasars are so Awesome
S3 E11 Length 10:03 Premiere Date 01/25/17

The Phantom Singularity
S3 E10 Length 12:13 Premiere Date 01/19/17

The EM Drive: Fact or Fantasy?
S3 E9 Length 09:29 Premiere Date 01/11/17

How to See Black Holes + Kugelblitz Challenge Answer
S3 E8 Length 11:01 Premiere Date 01/04/17

Have They Seen Us?
S3 E7 Length 13:02 Premiere Date 12/21/16

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S3 E6 Length 07:51 Premiere Date 12/14/16

Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism
S3 E5 Length 12:18 Premiere Date 11/30/16

Strange Stars
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S3 E3 Length 12:14 Premiere Date 11/09/16

What Happens at the Event Horizon?
S3 E2 Length 11:23 Premiere Date 11/08/16

Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
S3 E1 Length 09:02 Premiere Date 11/02/16

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