The speaker, Vsauce Michael, discusses the concept of Earth's value, uniqueness, and potential as a commodity. He mentions that Earth is the only known place officially named 'Earth', and it's the only place with a natural satellite (the Moon). From September 2006 to June 2007, Earth had an additional moon, 2006 RH120, a near-Earth asteroid that temporarily orbited our planet.
The speaker also touches on the concept of a moon, stating that a moon is just a natural satellite in orbit around a planet that humans didn't intentionally place there. He mentions that there's no official minimum size requirement for moon status, and that the International Space Station and Sputnik are not considered moons but artificial satellites.
Astrophysicist Greg Laughlin has developed an equation to assess the value of exoplanets, considering their habitability, the ease of being studied, and the money already spent looking for them. According to this equation, Earth is worth about five quadrillion dollars.
However, the speaker also brings up the Fermi Paradox, which questions why we haven't been visited or heard from by intelligent life yet. He suggests that perhaps Earth and its intelligent life are rare and unique, or perhaps they are so unremarkable that no other advanced life forms would bother to visit.
Finally, the speaker reflects on the concept of Earth's ownership, noting that humans have developed complicated socially agreed-upon norms for bartering goods, the use of currency, and the concept of owning a piece of Earth's surface. He concludes by suggesting that humans are Earth's first 'fart', a sometimes messy, stinky presence that has built up within it.
1. The phrase "hey Vsauce Michael here earth only" appears at the beginning of the text and could be an introduction or greeting.
2. The Earth is the only place on Earth officially named Earth.
3. There are at least two places named Moon but the Earth only has one.
4. From September 2006 to June 2007, Earth had an additional moon named 2006 RH 120.
5. A moon is a natural satellite something in orbit around a planet that humans didn't put there.
6. There's no official minimum size requirement for moon status.
7. The International Space Station and space junk are not moons, they are artificial satellites.
8. Astronomers believe that most of the time Earth has additional moons.
9. These newcomers don't always stick around that long and they tend to only be about a meter in diameter.
10. Earth is moving through space incredibly quickly.
11. Our solar system orbits around the center of the Milky Way at about 780,2000 kilometers an hour.
12. From the perspective of the center of our galaxy, about every 1,300 years, Earth travels an entire Lightyear.
13. Earth is worth about five quadrillion dollars.
14. If you removed and isolated all of the elements your body contains and then sold them each at market price, you could fetch about two thousand dollars.
15. If we could mine the entire planet and separate out all of its pure elements, we could sell it all for 15.8 sex Tilian dollars.
16. The Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain a supply of around 100 to 400 billion planets.
17. Earth is probably the only planet like itself within at least 12 light years.
18. Earth does have some unique selling points for one, it's probably the only planet like itself within at least 12 light years.
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