Michio Kaku , professor of theoretical physics at City University of New York , has a pretty mindblowing article in the latest issue of Cosmos on how super - advanced civilizations across the universe might be able-bodied to rein the power of star and coltsfoot and survive indefinitely . Using the basic laws of physics as a guidebook , he posits that there are three levels of in advance civilizations potential based on how they harness their energy : I , II , and III . The bad news : we ’re not even a I. He generously calls us a 0.7 civilization . Bummer .
While we ’re stuck cut fossil fuels for get-up-and-go , a case I civilization would be able to rein all of the energy of their planet in a balance . “ ball-shaped pollution is a deathly threat for a Type 0 civilisation , but not a character I civilisation , which has lived for several millennia as a worldwide effect and needfully achieved ecological balance with its home satellite . ”
A type II civ would draw rein the energy of a star such as our sun , perhaps by building a huge sphere around it . A type III would harness the power of intact galaxies , controlling the life-time and expiry of whizz at will .
Perhaps the only serious terror to a Type II refinement would be a nearby supernova explosion , whose sudden bam could scorch their planet in a shrivel up blast of cristal - rays , destroy all lifetime . Thus , perhaps the most interesting civilization is a Type III civilisation , for it is truly immortal . It has exhausted the great power of a unmarried lead , and has reach out to other principal systems . No natural catastrophe known to skill has the capacity to demolish a Type III civilization .
Faced with a neighbouring supernova , it would have several choice , for instance altering the evolution of a break down violent giant star which is about to blow up , or leave this exceptional star system of rules and terraforming a nearby planetary system .
If you ’re at all interested in uranology , extraterrestrial life history , or thinking about the universe million of years in the future tense , you ’ll love this article . It ’s one of the most fascinating reads on the subject I ’ve register . Go , go now ! [ Cosmos ]
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