Cool Worlds's video: Schelling Points for Alien Contact

Could it be that aliens are trying to communicate with us right now, but we're just not listening in the right way? They might have chosen a specific frequency, time or method of communication that we just never thought to try. In game theory, two players can co-operate towards a common goal even without communication. The idea is called a Schelling point - today we'll explore what this is and how it affects our search for life in the Universe. Written & presented by Prof David Kipping. Thanks to Prof Jason Wright for discussions on this topic! → Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get merch here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-store THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, J. Rockett, N. Fredrickson, D. Holland, E. Hanway, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, F. Van Exter, S. Roulier, B. Smith, P. Masterson, R. Sievers, G. Canterbury, J. Kill, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, T. Wheeler, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, J. Alexander, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, S. Krasner, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., I. Attard, M. Donovan, N. Corwin & M. Mangione. ::References:: ► Alcubierre, M., 1994, "The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity", Classical and Quantum Gravity, 11 L73: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009013 ► Pfenning, M. & Ford, L., 1997, "The unphysical nature of Warp Drive", Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, 1743: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702026 ► Finazzi, S., Liberati, S., Barceló, C., 2009, "Semiclassical instability of dynamical warp drives", Physical Review D., 79, 124017: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0141 ► McMonigal, B., Lewis, G., O'Byrne, P., 2012, "Alcubierre warp drive: On the matter of matter", Physical Review D., 85, 064024: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.5708 ► Everett, A., 1996, "Warp drive and causality", Physical Review D, 53, 7365: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.7365 ► For a more rigorous breakdown of the axis flipping in Minkowski spacetime, see Chapter 3 of "Special Relativity" by Valerio Faraoni (Chapter 3 is also available here https://williamsgj.people.cofc.edu/Minkowski%20Spacetime.pdf) ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist ► Hill - The Meek [https://open.spotify.com/album/0wv44MyPxj3pFQTQlyHa7j?si=zEaFsUKRTxqke2g47KDVQA&nd=1] ► Joachim Heinrich - Stjärna ► Chris Zabriskie - Neptune Flux 1 ► Hill - Evening Approaches [https://open.spotify.com/album/4pmiXcyRpPlFjWjb45pYLx?highlight=spotify:track:3mYMEDKgj4qwBkuwcXeb89] ► Chris Zabriskie - Neptune Flux 4 ► Joachim Heinrich - Y ► Indive - Trace Correction ::Film/TV clips used:: ► The Straight Story (1999) Buena Vista Pictures Distribution ► Ad Astra (2019) 20th Century Fox ► Clara (2018) D Films ► Contact (1997) Warnes Bros. ► X-Men (2000) 20th Century Fox ► Vanilla Sky (2001) Paramount Pictures ► Interstellar (2014) Paramount Pictures ► Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) Paramount Television ► Sunshine (2007) Fox Searchlight Pictures ► Mankind: The Story of Us (History Channel) ► Annihilation (2018) Paramount Pictures ► Independence Day (1996) 20t Century Fox ► Somewhere in Time (1980) Universal Pictures ► The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Paramount Pictures ::Chapters:: 00:00 Prologue 01:13 Game Theory 04:16 Radio Water Hole 05:48 Planck Frequencies 07:45 Schelling Methods 09:56 Tech Imbalance 11:16 Schelling Locations 13:29 Schelling Times 15:34 Searching the Dark 17:32 Outro and Credits