In 1964, Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev figured that
civilizations can be categorized by the total amount of energy available to them.
He called it the Kardashev Scale.
He initially came up with 3 civilization types; type 1, type 2, and type 3.
According to Nikolai Kardashev,
a type 1 civilization has access to all of the available energy of its home planet;
a type 2 civilization has access to all the energy available of its home star;
and a type 3 civilization has access to all the energy available in its home galaxy.
Now the Kardashev Scale may be one of the best in terms of measuring
and understanding the progression of different types of civilizations in our universe.
But it too comes with some limitations.
The main criticism of the Kardashev scale comes from the fact that its approach solely relies on
the available energy of a civilization as a means to measure its progression and how advanced it is.
So, the more energy a civilization processes, the more advanced it becomes.
Furthermore, under this model, it is assumed that every advancing civilization would want to expand
further and further outwards into the universe consuming more and more energy as it expands.
This of course is based on the very limited sample of human history available to us.
But this may not be the only way of looking at things.
Many Others have since proposed changes to the original Kardashev scale
using different metrics such as 'mastery' of systems,
amount of information used, or progress in control of the very small as opposed to the very large.
So today, we are going to be exploring an alternative version of the Kardashev Scale:
Microdimensional Mastery.
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Microdimensional mastery extension to the Kardashev Scale was first
proposed by an English cosmologist, and theoretical physicist, John David Barrow.
Barrow did not focus his idea on the expansionist history of humans like
Kardashev, he instead chose to focus on the fact that humans
have had better success trying to manipulate microstructures like molecules and cells.
He observed that humans have found it more cost-effective
to extend their abilities to manipulate their environment
over increasingly smaller scales rather than increasingly larger ones.
So for Barrow, manipulation at the smallest of scales like the atomic scale and beyond
was the way to go instead of the outward expanding idea
proposed by the original Kardashev Scale.
Barrow, therefore, proposed a reverse classification downward from Type I-minus
all the way down to Type Omega-minus.
According to the Microdimensional Mastery version of the Kardashev Scale,
a civilization that is capable of manipulating objects at a macro level
is considered to be a type 1- minus civilization.
This type of civilization is capable of controlling matter at the observable level.
This means that it could manipulate only
the things that it can see with a naked eye or touch with its hands.
In other words, any civilization that is a Type 1 - minus in the universe
would be able to work over the scale of about 10^0 m or 1 m.
So it would pretty much be able to manipulate objects over the scale of itself.
This would include things such as tool making or building
small shelters like huts, cabins, or shacks.
Moreover, a Type 1 - minus civilization
could also accomplish features such as mining of resources from its home planet
along with building other more complex structures such as water dams and other such things.
Now, to be able to achieve a Type 2 - minus status, a civilization would need to have mastery
over the scale of 10^-7m under the Microdiensional Mastery model of the Kardashev Scale.
This means that a Type 2 - minus civilization
would be capable of controlling and manipulating genetic codes.
Not only would it be able to alter its own genetic make-up, but it would have total
control in altering the genetic make-up of any other life form it shares its home planet with.
Moreover, this type of civilization would be able to develop new biological lifeforms from scratch
or perhaps even be able to transplant or replace biological components
from any species it chooses.
Another distinction of this civilization would be the development of species domestication
also known as forced breeding that we humans are capable of today.
The next step from a Type 2 - minus civilization is a Type 3 - minus civilization.
This type of civilization would be capable of controlling
and manipulating matter over the scale of about 10^-9 m.
This would allow a type 3 - minus civilization total control over molecules and molecular bonds.
It would be able to manipulate molecular
properties and chemical bonds to create brand new materials unknown to its kind.
Not only would it be able to create these brand-new materials from scratch,
but it would also have the understanding to change the microstructure of pre-existing
materials to create custom materials with specific properties for specific uses.
Under this model, we humans can also be considered a Type 3 - minus civilization
since we too can manipulate molecular structure and bonds to our liking.
A Type 4 - minus civilization would have reached levels far beyond a Type 3 - minus.
So, a Type 4 - minus civilization would be capable of working over the scale of 10^-11m.
This would allow it total control over the manipulation of individual atoms in the universe.
This is extremely impressive since all the visible matter in the universe is made up
of particular arrangements of atoms.
With this type of control,
this civilization would be capable of creating nanotechnologies on the atomic scale.
It would even be able to create and manipulate complex forms of artificial life to its advantage.
This is where we humans are today in terms of our progression
down the Microdimensional Mastery Scale.
So can we progress further than this?
Well, only time will tell!
In order for humanity to advance on the Microdimensional Mastery scale,
we would need to be able to work over the scales of around 10^-15 m.
Now, a Type 5 - minus civilization is capable of exactly this level of control.
It would be capable of controlling and manipulating the atomic nucleus
which is far smaller than even the atom.
In other words, a Type 5 - minus civilization would be able to work with
and manipulate the individual protons and neutrons that live within the center of atoms.
This level of control would be highly advanced and far beyond our current capabilities.
So a civilization of this status would easily far surpass us, humans, in every way imaginable.
Going beyond a Type 5 - minus civilization, we have a Type 6 - minus civilization.
This type of civilization would not only be able to control the nucleons in any given atom,
but also be able to manipulate the very elementary particles of matter.
To be able to achieve this, a
Type 6 - minus civilization would need to work over the scale of 10^-18 m.
This would allow this type of civilization total control
over Fermions which include quarks and leptons.
Now, the feats that a Type 6 - minus civilization would be able to achieve
with this level of control are far beyond what we can do today.
So they would pretty much be like gods to us as far as we understand.
According to Microdimensional Mastery,
a Type Omega - minus civilization is the ultimate civilization that there is.
It is capable of working at the Planck length of 10^-35 m.
This kind of mastery would allow it to manipulate the very fabric of space-time itself.
So, a Type Omega civilization would be capable of controlling and manipulating the very
fundamental structures and elements of space-time.
To us humans, actions of such a civilization would be undetectable
and indistinguishable from natural events.
Furthermore, a Type Omega - minus civilization would be equivalent
to the concept of God that we have today.
And that brings us to the end of this video!
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