Cosmic Geographic · Scienshell film series · S1E2 · 23:48 · Free
Cosmic Disasters
What could bring a civilization to an end? Cosmic Disasters imagines threats that grow from planetary catastrophes to events on stellar, galactic, and cosmic scales.
Inside the film
This Cosmic Geographic film explores survival through the lens of the Great Filter hypothesis: the possibility that difficult barriers help explain why advanced civilizations appear rare. Its scenarios are speculative; they do not establish why we have yet to find extraterrestrial civilizations.
Science and imagination
Scientific ideas provide a starting point for this imagined world. The film’s civilizations, technologies, and events are speculative, and its documentary style should not be read as a report of real events.
Facts
- The Great Filter is a hypothesis
- The idea concerns barriers that might make advanced, expanding civilizations rare. It does not identify a confirmed cause for the apparent absence of such civilizations. Robin Hanson: The Great Filter
FAQ
Which series is this film part of?
This is S1E2 in Cosmic Geographic. You can explore the series page for the films currently available.
Is this film free to watch?
Yes. This film is currently free to watch on scienshell.com, without signing in.
Is this a record of real events?
No. It is science fiction told in documentary form. The future settings and engineering scenarios are imagined.