Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What if the end of everything came not from cosmic fate, but from us? This episode examines the physics, probability, and peril of experiments that could, in theory, unravel the universe.
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Could We Accidentally Destroy the Universe?
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Lukas Konecny
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:38 Vacuum Decay (False Vacuum Collapse)
9:59 Strange Matter Conversion
13:09 Gray Goo Scenario (Nanotechnology Out of Control)
16:05 Runaway Energy Reaction
19:06 Altering the Constants of Nature
20:49 Brane Collision (M-Theory Catastrophe)
22:27 Time Travel or Causality Paradox
23:55 Nebula
25:20 Simulation Shutdown
27:21 Big Rip or Cosmological Instability
28:35 Baby Universe Creation or Collapse
29:51 Why It Hasn’t Happened Yet (Anthropic Principle & More)
31:49 Channel Updates
What if the end of everything came not from cosmic fate, but from us? This episode examines the physics, probability, and peril of experiments that could, in theory, unravel the universe.
Watch my exclusive video The Economics of Immortality: nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-the-economics-of-immortality
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=isaacarthur
Use the link gift.nebula.tv/isaacarthur to give a year of Nebula to a friend for just $36.
Visit our Website: isaacarthur.net
Join Nebula: go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/IsaacArthur
Support us on Subscribestar: subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
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Reddit: reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur
Twitter: twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.
SFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GAShE
Credits:
Could We Accidentally Destroy the Universe?
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Lukas Konecny
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:38 Vacuum Decay (False Vacuum Collapse)
9:59 Strange Matter Conversion
13:09 Gray Goo Scenario (Nanotechnology Out of Control)
16:05 Runaway Energy Reaction
19:06 Altering the Constants of Nature
20:49 Brane Collision (M-Theory Catastrophe)
22:27 Time Travel or Causality Paradox
23:55 Nebula
25:20 Simulation Shutdown
27:21 Big Rip or Cosmological Instability
28:35 Baby Universe Creation or Collapse
29:51 Why It Hasn’t Happened Yet (Anthropic Principle & More)
31:49 Channel Updates
