Summary of How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity (Old Version – Watch the New One)

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The author of the video explains that there are limits to human exploration because of the nature of empty space and the dark energy that is pushing everything away from us. They discuss the limits of human knowledge, citing the example of humans not being able to perceive the universe beyond the Local Group of galaxies. Even though the Local Group is far away, the author points out that it is still large enough for humanity to explore.

• 00:00:00 The video explains that there are limits to human exploration because of the nature of empty space. Our galaxy is only one of hundreds of galaxy groups in the Laniakea Supercluster, and even within the Local Group (our own pocket of the universe), dark energy is pushing everything away from us. Eventually, all other galactic structures will become unreachable.
• 00:05:00 The author discusses the limits of human knowledge, citing the example of humans not being able to perceive the universe beyond the Local Group of galaxies. They go on to say that even though the Local Group is far away, it is still large enough for humanity to explore. The author also points out that humanity has a long history of discovering new things, even though we still have a lot to learn.