WatchMojo Unveiled: Advanced civilizations and the Kardashev scale

Looking at how much technology has progressed over the last century, we have a strong argument toward greater advancement over shorter timescales for the foreseeable future. This begs the question, is there an upper limit to human civilization? I mean, how far can we go? My latest script for WatchMojo Unveiled tackled these questions in […]

Does the Great Filter spell doom for humanity?

Much like how we use a sieve to strain or refine liquids and dry ingredients, the Great Filter is a universal sieve with its primary ingredient being actual species, and in our case, humanity. The Great Filter is the response to a question posed by Nobel Laureate and physicist Enrico Fermi when he pondered about […]

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage (1980) – “Re-View”

The first I heard of Carl Sagan was in high school when one of my professors suggested science writing as a prospective career path. He would mention his admiration for Sagan’s ability to dissect scientific concepts and communicate them to his readers in an eloquent manner. He would suggest I follow in his footsteps and […]